August 14, 2024
Thanks to a generous gift from Jim and his wife Georgia Thompson, up to eight new scholarships will be awarded annually — with those who are employed by rural school districts receiving priority consideration. The scholarships, worth up to $8,000 each, will help educators pursuing a master’s degree that, upon completion, makes one eligible to apply for a Wisconsin principal license.
August 12, 2024
On Wednesday, July 31, 10 student scholars took part in the 22nd annual Summer Education Research Poster Symposium hosted by the UW–Madison School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
August 7, 2024
UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman, a professor in the School of Education's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, was recently interviewed by Marketplace for a report about the Biden administration’s newest attempt to relieve student debt.
July 31, 2024
Resources and programs that would effectively close opportunity gaps for primary and secondary school students in North Carolina would require a roughly 200% increase in funding, according to a new report co-authored by a School of Education faculty member.
July 23, 2024
Nineteen UW–Madison community members were recognized in Madison365’s annual list of “Wisconsin’s Most Influential Asian American Leaders” for 2024, including four who are current and former UW–Madison School of Education students and employees.
June 25, 2024
The Wisconsin State Journal recently spotlighted a new collaboration between the UW–Madison School of Education and three Wisconsin school districts — Madison, Lake Mills, and Middleton-Cross Plains — which aims to transform their current employees into future school leaders.
June 6, 2024
UW–Madison graduate student CJ Greer, a PhD candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has been awarded the Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship by Marquette University.
May 31, 2024
A book by UW–Madison’s Tony DelaRosa was named a Silver Medal winner in the Independent Publisher Book Awards’ category of Education — Commentary/Theory. The work was also named a Next Generation Indie Book Awards finalist in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or persons of color) category.
May 29, 2024
To help identify and nurture future school leaders, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education is partnering with three Wisconsin school districts to launch the District Leadership Preparation Pipeline (DLPP) program.
May 24, 2024
UW–Madison’s Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr., an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, was recently a guest on the PBS Wisconsin program, “Why Race Matters,” discussing the impact of race when it comes to COVID-19 and educational disparities.