July 6, 2021
The latest edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. The Summer 2021 issue centers on the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the many lessons learned. In addition, we spotlight a range of important and innovative work being done across the School.
July 1, 2021
UW–Madison alumnus Chris Matheny has been named the next president of Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC). Matheny earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2013.
June 28, 2021
A research proposal by UW–Madison students Hannah Rapp and Yi-jung (Sally) Wu was one of three to be awarded a $1,000 graduate research scholarship in fall 2020 by the Future Institute Research Center (FIRC). This past April, Rapp and Wu were invited as FIRC research fellows to speak about their research vision at the World Future Forum virtual conference.
June 22, 2021
LaVar Charleston, an innovative leader and accomplished researcher with nearly two decades of experience related to diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, has been named to lead UW–Madison’s diversity and inclusion efforts. Since June 2019, Charleston has served as the inaugural associate dean for equity, diversity and inclusion in the School of Education.
June 19, 2021
UW–Madison alumnus Pao Lor is the author of a new memoir, titled “Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee’s Childhood Story of Survival,” published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Lor earned his doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and currently holds the Patricia Wood Baer Professorship in Education at UW–Green Bay.
June 10, 2021
UW–Madison’s John Diamond and former Madison Schools Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham are sharing their thoughts on "leading for racial justice" in a series of three essays for Education Week. Diamond is the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education and a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
June 10, 2021
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Ellie Bruecker, a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, for an article reporting on the declining number of Milwaukee Public School (MPS) students who have filled out the FAFSA his year. "It's like a 'canary in the coal mine' situation," Bruecker said.
May 28, 2021
UW–Madison student Jennifer Magee wrote a “Teacher Voice” op-ed for the Hechinger Report, headlined “Don’t avoid discussing race with your students.” Magee is a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and a fourth-grade teacher in Middleton, Wisconsin.
May 27, 2021
UW–Madison alumna Sandra Kiddoo has been named to serve as president of Northland Community and Technical College in Minnesota, effective July 1. Kiddoo earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2017.
May 26, 2021
UW–Madison alumnus David O’Connor, who earned his master's degree from the School of Education's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has been named the 2021 “Indian Educator of the Year” by the Wisconsin Indian Education Association (WIEA).