August 18, 2020
The Teacher Pledge provides financial support — including up to in-state tuition, fees, and testing certification costs — for students enrolled in one of the School’s teacher education programs. In return, after graduating the students “pledge” to teach for three or four years at a pre-kindergarten through 12th grade school in Wisconsin. Students who go on to teach in a high-need district or in a high-need subject area will fulfill their obligation in three years, while all others will do so in four.
August 4, 2020
Nancy Kendall, a professor and chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, was honored with a Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award. This award recognizes research and teaching excellence, and provides flexible research funding for three years.
July 22, 2020
UW–Madison’s Walter Stern was quoted in a recent report from FOX 8 in New Orleans about a group of people who pulled a bust of John McDonogh out of the Mississippi River. McDonogh leaves behind a mixed legacy.
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.
June 15, 2020
Hora is a faculty member with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and the director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT).
June 11, 2020
PhD candidates Qing Liu, Huimin Wang, and Choua P. Xiong were named Dissertation Fellows, while faculty members Jordan A. Conwell and Diego Román were awarded Postdoctoral Fellows, and Kathryn Kirchgasler received a Research Development Award.
June 9, 2020
The fellows were selected through a juried process to participate in the year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support community-engaged scholarship, defined as: teaching, research, and scholarly activities that are performed in equitable, mutually beneficial collaboration with communities to fulfill campus and community objectives.
June 2, 2020
Hora is an assistant professor with our Department of Educational Policy Studies and the director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT).
May 27, 2020
This award, for $145,000, is part of the NSF’s COVID-19 rapid grants program. Hora, the principal investigator, is an assistant professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies and the director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT). Chen is an assistant researcher within WCER who works with CCWT on research projects.