July 16, 2020
Carlton Jenkins, an alumnus of UW–Madison’s School of Education, was recently named the superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District, a position he will begin on Aug. 4. Jenkins earned both his master’s (1993) and PhD (2009) from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
June 17, 2020
The University of Wisconsin–Madison plans to begin fall classes as scheduled on Sept. 2 and offer in-person instruction in many courses until the Thanksgiving recess, the university announced on Wednesday, June 17. Additional information will be provided to the campus community as plans are finalized via the “Smart Restart” website: https://www.wisc.edu/smartrestart/
June 15, 2020
The following message from School of Education Dean Diana Hess was emailed to students, staff, and faculty across the School on Monday, June 15.
May 28, 2020
This is the first list of its kind for Madison365.com, which over the previous five years has recognized Wisconsin’s most influential Black and Latino leaders. This report includes several alumni of UW-Madison’s School of Education.
May 27, 2020
The 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) Conference was a virtual, international conference designed to serve as a premier venue for peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary research on broadening participation in computing.
May 21, 2020
UW-Madison’s Jerlando Jackson co-authored a recent article titled, “Mixed-reality simulations to build capacity for advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the geosciences.” Co-authors on this paper include Jason Chen of the William & Mary School of Education and M. Shane Tutwiler of the University of Rhode Island.
May 18, 2020
The early career researchers receive $350,000 to execute rigorous five-year research plans that stretch their skills and knowledge into new disciplines, content areas, or methods. Green received his PhD in 2013 from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
May 14, 2020
UW-Madison’s Brett Nachman co-authored an article published in the College Student Affairs Journal alongside Ryan Miller, of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Richmond Wynn, of the University of North Florida. Nachman is a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
May 12, 2020
UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman and his family were recently featured by “PBS NewsHour.” The report explains that when the coronavirus emerged in the U.S., people who share books on a small-scale, the stewards of little free libraries, saw a new need. Adding food and other supplies suddenly transformed many of their tiny library boxes into pantries.
May 6, 2020
A recent editorial from the Wisconsin State Journal’s (WSJ) editorial board makes note of some thoughts from UW-Madison’s Richard Halverson. The editorial focuses on shifts in education from in-person to online as COVID-19 forces schools across the country to close their doors.