UW–Madison School of Education again ranked among best in nation

March 30, 2021

UW–Madison is home to the fourth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the eighth straight year it has been rated among the top five. In addition, U.S. News ranks nine education graduate specialty programs — and all nine housed within the UW–Madison School of Education are rated among the Top 10 nationally.

Indigenous Learning Lab receives award from the Spencer Foundation

March 12, 2021

A research team from UW–Madison’s Culturally Responsive Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (CRPBIS), housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation. The project, titled “Indigenous Learning Lab: Implementation of a culturally responsive behavioral support system to address the racialization of school discipline,” is led by Aydin Bal and Aaron Bird Bear.

UW–Madison alum O’Connor honored with two awards from State of Wisconsin

March 9, 2021

UW–Madison alumnus David O'Connor, an education consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s American Indian Studies Program, recently received a certificate of commendation from Governor Tony Evers and a legislative citation from Wisconsin State Senator Mark Miller and Representative Melissa Sargent for his work. O’Connor holds a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.

Article by UW–Madison’s Burt explores why some graduate students choose faculty careers

February 26, 2021

UW–Madison’s Brian Burt has authored an article for Prism, the magazine of the American Society for Engineering Education, that is titled, “Who Wants to Be a Professor? One individual’s trajectory offers insights into broadening participation in academic careers.” Burt is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.

Wang recognized for being a ‘game-changer’ in the transfer field

February 24, 2021

UW–Madison’s Xueli Wang is being honored with a Transfer Champion-Catalyst Award from the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS). “Receiving this honor from the NISTS is especially humbling because it is an organization that primarily serves practitioners, faculty, and administrators on the ground working to improve the experiences of transfer students,” says Wang, the Barbara and Glenn Thompson Professor in Educational Leadership with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.

Diamond speaks with Education Week about ‘Reframing Suburbs’

February 15, 2021

UW–Madison’s John Diamond was interviewed for a report in Education Week that’s headlined, “Suburban Schools Have Changed Drastically. Our Understanding of Them Has Not.” The article focuses on the release of a recent study by Diamond and co-first author Linn Posey-Maddox that’s titled, “Reframing Suburbs: Race, Place, and Opportunity in Suburban Educational Spaces.”