September 24, 2021
The Wisconsin State Journal featured U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona’s recent visit to the UW–Madison campus on Monday, Sept. 20, as part of his "Return to School Road Trip."
In the News
On Wisconsin magazine features ‘storybook romance’ of UW–Madison alums Dronzek, Henkes
September 22, 2021
The life and work of UW–Madison alumni Laura Dronzek and Kevin Henkes was featured recently in the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s On Wisconsin magazine. The article, titled “A Storybook Romance,” describes how Dronzek and Henkes — who both earned degrees from the School of Education’s Art Department — met at UW–Madison, married, and now “make magic together in children’s literature.”
Jackson talks with Wall Street Journal about widening college gap for men
September 17, 2021
The Wall Street Journal utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Jerlando Jackson, the Rupple-Bascom Professor and chair in the School of Education's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, for an article that is titled, “A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost.’”
UW–Madison’s Hillman is co-author of proposal to increase college access, accountability
September 13, 2021
UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman, an associate professor in the School of Education's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is a co-author of an op-ed published in Inside Higher Education that is titled, “A College Completion Program for Both Sides of the Aisle.”
UW–Madison’s Stoddard, Hess suggest new approach to teaching about 9/11
September 10, 2021
How do you teach about 9/11 to children who weren’t even born when the attacks happened? In an article they wrote for The Conversation — titled “What schools teach about 9/11 and the war on terror” — UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard and Diana Hess propose a different approach to teaching about the events of that day.
A look inside historic Lathrop Hall, home of the Dance Department
September 7, 2021
Join UW–Madison Dance Professor Chris Walker, who was recently appointed director of the Division of the Arts, as he leads this video tour of Lathrop Hall, home of the School of Education's Dance Department.
New York Times publishes essay by UW–Madison alumna Schirmer
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.
Ladson-Billings discusses the ‘limits of liberalism’ in Cap Times op-ed
August 25, 2021
Paul Fanlund of the Capital Times utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita in the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, for a recent op-ed he penned that is headlined, “Racist bogeyman and the ‘limits of liberalism.’”
Cap Times highlights vision of new Division of the Arts director Chris Walker
August 13, 2021
The newly appointed director of UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts, Chris Walker, who is also a professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department, was featured in the Capital Times in an article that is headlined, “New Division of the Arts director Chris Walker plans to support art and student activism.”
Alumni recognized on Madison365’s list of ‘Most Influential Native American Leaders’
August 12, 2021
Four graduates of the School of Education were among the UW–Madison alumni recognized in Madison365’s “Most Influential Native American Leaders” in Wisconsin list for 2021. Across its schools and colleges, UW–Madison alumni made up nearly one third of all of the leaders recognized on the list.