October 6, 2021
The Culturally Responsive Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (CRPBIS) research center at UW–Madison has published a study in the leading journal Race, Ethnicity, and Education, titled “Transformative agency for justice: Addressing racialization of school discipline with the Indigenous Learning Laboratory.”
October 5, 2021
An opinion piece from the New York Times’ Jay Caspian Kang makes note of important work from UW–Madison’s John Diamond and Linn Posey-Maddox focused on the changing terrain of the suburbs and their schools.
October 4, 2021
UW–Madison’s Brian Burt is the lead author of a new paper published in the Teachers College Record that examines Black male graduate students’ advising experiences in engineering — with the researchers theorizing that more caring relationships could assist students in earning their degree. It’s estimated that more than half of all students who begin pursuit of a graduate degree do not graduate with one.
September 28, 2021
An inaugural research brief from WCER Principal Investigator Xueli Wang’s NSF-funded study of change and innovation in technical education finds institutions in the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) moved rapidly in response to the pandemic, revamping services and instructional practices to holistically serve students and meet their critical needs.
September 17, 2021
The Wall Street Journal utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Jerlando Jackson, the Rupple-Bascom Professor and chair in the School of Education's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, for an article that is titled, “A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost.’”
September 15, 2021
Jerlando F.L. Jackson chairs the School of Education’s highly regarded Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and is the director and chief research scientist of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB).
September 13, 2021
UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman, an associate professor in the School of Education's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is a co-author of an op-ed published in Inside Higher Education that is titled, “A College Completion Program for Both Sides of the Aisle.”
September 8, 2021
It was a beautiful late summer day for members of the School of Education community — many used to seeing each other only in boxes on their computer screens — to reunite for the traditional Welcome Back Bash for faculty and staff, in the North Plaza of the Education Building overlooking Lake Mendota, on Thursday, Sept. 2. While enjoying a full tailgate lunch, and picking up T-shirts tagged with the phrase “Lead and Inspire,” attendees took a break from their workdays to catch up with colleagues and kick off the new school year.
September 2, 2021
We spoke to some of our students, faculty, and staff to learn how the pandemic impacted them, what they learned from it, and what they are looking forward to this semester. Following are their stories.
September 2, 2021
We'd like to introduce you to one of the School of Education's newest faculty members — Suzanne Eckes, a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.