January 23, 2021
UW–Madison alumni Bruce Meredith and Mark Paige have published an article in the Houston Law Review that is titled, “Reversing Rodriguez: A Siren Call to a Dangerous Shoal.” Paige is a School of Education graduate, having earned his PhD from the School’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2011. Meredith earned his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
January 14, 2021
Education Week blogger Rick Hess published his annual rankings of the top 200 most influential education scholars in the United States recently, and several faculty members with ties to UW–Madison and its School of Education are on the list. UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings is up to No. 2 this year, while Adam Gamoran is No. 123, Jerlando Jackson is No. 178, and Bianca Baldridge is No. 198.
January 8, 2021
UW–Madison’s John Diamond and Linn Posey-Maddox are co-first authors on a new paper published in the journal Educational Researcher that’s titled, “Reframing Suburbs: Race, Place, and Opportunity in Suburban Educational Spaces.” The article is also co-authored by María D. Velázquez, a doctoral student with the Department of Educational Policy Studies.
January 7, 2021
UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman authored an opinion piece for USA Today that is titled, “Poor colleges need to get richer to put low-income students on a path to success.” Hillman is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and the director of the Student Success through Applied Research (SSTAR) lab.
January 4, 2021
UW–Madison’s Brett Nachman has been awarded a Paul P. Fidler Research Grant from the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina. Nachman is a doctoral candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
December 21, 2020
What a year it has been! Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, we faced challenges that few could have envisioned. Despite 2020 being such a unique year, our School of Education has retained its sense of optimism — and a belief in big ideas.
December 18, 2020
A new Marketplace.org report — headlined "Would canceling $10,000 in student debt really help that much?” — utilizes the expertise of UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman. Hillman is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
December 17, 2020
UW–Madison’s Brian Burt and Blayne Stone are authors of a new article in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, titled “STEM validation among underrepresented students: Leveraging insights from a STEM diversity program to broaden participation.” Burt, the lead author of the article, is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), and Stone is an ELPA doctoral student.
December 15, 2020
Jerlando Jackson received the 2020 Slesinger Award for Excellence in Mentoring during a virtual ceremony on Dec. 3. This award was created to celebrate the often hidden work of individuals who help women faculty members at UW–Madison achieve their goals and reach their highest potential.
December 14, 2020
Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education announced the formation of a joint Early Literacy and Beyond Task Force that will focus on analyzing the most promising approaches to teaching reading and making recommendations to MMSD and to teacher education programs at UW-Madison toward the goals of improving reading outcomes and reducing achievement gaps. The task force’s work will be focused on utilizing literacy — at every level — as an equity strategy to ensure all MMSD students receive high-quality, grade level accelerated instruction.