May 26, 2020
Bianca Baldridge, a sociologist of education and an assistant professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies, explains that her research “challenges liberal and progressive claims of social justice in education within predominantly white cities that reify anti-Black racism.”
May 25, 2020
Each May, the UW–Madison Division of the Arts celebrates artistic achievement, recognizes service to the arts, and supports arts research by bestowing the Awards in the Creative Arts. And once again, artists associated with the School of Education were recipients of these honors. Fred Stonehouse received the Creative Arts Award and Leslie Smith III was recognized with the Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts.
May 22, 2020
Diana Rodríguez Gómez earlier this spring was named the winner of the 2020 Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) Junior Faculty Teaching Award. She is an assistant professor with the Department of Educational Policy Studies.
May 19, 2020
UW–Madison’s Kathryn Moeller co-authored an op-ed that was recently published by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Moeller is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, and the author of “The Gender Effect: Capitalism, Feminism, and the Corporate Politics of Development.” The op-ed is co-authored with Rebecca Tarlau, an assistant professor of education, and labor and employment relations at Pennsylvania State University.
May 15, 2020
A team of education researchers from across the country has pooled its expertise to develop the, “At-Home Early Math Learning Kit for Families.” Among those helping with the initiative is UW–Madison's Amy Claessens, who holds the Gulbrandsen Distinguished Chair in Early Childhood Education.
May 13, 2020
Highly regarded School of Education faculty members Li Chiao-Ping, Robert Enright, and Stacey Lee were appointed to prestigious WARF Named Professorships, UW-Madison announced on May 12.
April 23, 2020
There was a time when UW–Madison junior Tina Marshalek hesitated to tell people she was a non-traditional transfer student. Or that she had been homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade. Marshalek’s atypical academic path has led to a very elevated place. She has been named a Truman Scholar, one of the most prestigious undergraduate honors in the country.
March 17, 2020
In addition, nine graduate specialty programs within the School are rated among the Top 10 nationally — including No. 1-ranked programs in curriculum and instruction (Department of Curriculum and Instruction), and printmaking (Art Department).
March 3, 2020
UW-Madison alumnus Emanuele Corso recently published a book titled, “Schools and Society: In Defense of Public Education.” Using his home state as a case study, Corso passionately defends public education.
February 27, 2020
The new book from Erica Turner finds that, despite good intentions from district leaders, they often adopt policies and practices that perpetuated existing inequalities and advanced new forms of racism.