March 9, 2021
Madison Education Partnership's sponsored research for 2021 offers six projects on 'pressing topics' totaling $100,000.
Department of Educational Policy Studies
San Pedro is next speaker in Indigenous Speaker Series on March 18
March 8, 2021
Timothy San Pedro will be the next speaker in the Indigenous Speaker Series, hosted by the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, on Thursday, Mar. 18, at noon. San Pedro is an associate professor of multicultural and equity studies in education at Ohio State University.
As Sun Prairie redraws school boundaries, UW–Madison’s Stern warns of potential unintended consequences
March 4, 2021
The Wisconsin State Journal utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Walter Stern recently in an article focused on work taking place in the Sun Prairie Area School District to redraw its middle and high school boundary lines with an eye toward creating racial and economic balance.
UW–Madison’s Apple donates archival collection of his writings to Rowan University
March 3, 2021
UW–Madison's Michael W. Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, has donated the extensive collection of his published writings, including more than 50 books, to the Rowan University Archives and Special Collections.
Diamond speaks with Education Week about ‘Reframing Suburbs’
February 15, 2021
UW–Madison’s John Diamond was interviewed for a report in Education Week that’s headlined, “Suburban Schools Have Changed Drastically. Our Understanding of Them Has Not.” The article focuses on the release of a recent study by Diamond and co-first author Linn Posey-Maddox that’s titled, “Reframing Suburbs: Race, Place, and Opportunity in Suburban Educational Spaces.”
UW–Madison’s Hora questions so-called ‘skills gap’ in Aspen Institute podcast
January 30, 2021
UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora was featured in a Business 20/20 podcast produced by the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program. Hora is the director of UW–Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT), which is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. He also serves as an assistant professor of adult and higher education.
Four from UW–Madison ranked among most influential education scholars for 2021
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.
UW–Madison authors argue for ‘reframing suburbs’ in new paper
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.
The Nation article by UW–Madison’s Schirmer says ‘it’s not just students drowning in debt’
December 28, 2020
UW–Madison’s Eleni Schirmer has authored a new article for The Nation that is headlined, “It’s Not Just Students Drowning in Debt. Colleges Are Too!” Schirmer is a joint doctoral candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
Winter 2020 graduates are ready to lead and inspire
December 10, 2020
On Sunday, Dec. 13, UW–Madison will celebrate its Winter 2020 Commencement. We reached out to a few of our new School of Education graduates to learn more about their favorite memories, advice for incoming students, and most importantly, which is the best Babcock ice cream flavor.