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 1, 2021
The New York Times published a guest essay by UW–Madison alumna Eleni Schirmer that is titled, “We’re Burying Our Kids in Debt (Just Not the Way You Think).” Schirmer earned her PhD in 2021 from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
August 27, 2021
UW–Madison’s Erica Turner, an associate professor in the School of Education's Department of Educational Policy Studies, has received an honorable mention for the American Sociology Association’s Pierre Bourdieu Award for the Best Book in Sociology of Education.
August 25, 2021
UW-Madison’s School of Education is welcoming faculty and staff back to campus with its typical Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Sept. 2. The School will again introduce new faculty members during the event, with three talented scholars joining us for the start of the fall semester.
July 30, 2021
The Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE) invites applications for a new undergraduate research fellowship program. The deadline is Aug. 15 to apply for this fellowship opportunity for traditionally underrepresented students.
July 23, 2021
Ladson-Billings is a professor emerita with the School of Education whose research examines the cultural foundations of teaching and learning that leads to educational improvement for students who are most marginalized in schools.
July 19, 2021
Five individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been named Morgridge Fellows. They are Moisés Gabriel Contreras (Educational Policy Studies), Morgan Mayer-Jochimsen (Educational Policy Studies), Rachel Santiago (WCER), Emily Skaletski (Kinesiology), and Peter Wardrip (Curriculum and Instruction).
July 14, 2021
UW–Madison’s Stacey Lee was selected as a 2021 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Lee is the Frederick Erickson WARF Professor in the School of Education's Department of Educational Policy Studies.