July 2, 2021
The Wisconsin State Journal utilized the expertise of UW–Madison professor emerita Gloria Ladson-Billings in a recent article discussing the “chilling” effect that proposed legislation introduced by Republican lawmakers would have on Wisconsin public schools.
June 30, 2021
A book by UW–Madison doctoral student Elizabeth Hauck, “Home Made: A Story of Grief, Groceries, Showing Up — and What We Make When We Make Dinner,” was reviewed by the New York Times.
June 29, 2021
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings was interviewed by Frederica Freyberg on PBS Wisconsin’s “Here and Now” program, for a segment titled, “The Roots of Critical Race Theory.” Ladson-Billings is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
June 23, 2021
We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Carolyn Mueller and Lauren Zepp for an article on the organization’s blog that is titled, “How to Make Disability Justice a Classroom Priority.” Mueller is an assistant professor in the School of Education's Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education (RPSE), and Zepp is a RPSE doctoral student.
June 10, 2021
UW–Madison’s John Diamond and former Madison Schools Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham are sharing their thoughts on "leading for racial justice" in a series of three essays for Education Week. Diamond is the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education and a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
June 10, 2021
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Ellie Bruecker, a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, for an article reporting on the declining number of Milwaukee Public School (MPS) students who have filled out the FAFSA his year. "It's like a 'canary in the coal mine' situation," Bruecker said.
May 28, 2021
UW–Madison student Jennifer Magee wrote a “Teacher Voice” op-ed for the Hechinger Report, headlined “Don’t avoid discussing race with your students.” Magee is a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and a fourth-grade teacher in Middleton, Wisconsin.
May 25, 2021
Shehrose Charania, a recent graduate of UW–Madison’s Health Promotion and Health Equity program within the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, shared her remarkable story on NPR’s Weekend Edition.
May 21, 2021
The Capital Times published a feature story about Litza Bixler, UW–Madison’s spring 2021 interdisciplinary artist-in-residence.
May 17, 2021
UW–Madison’s John Diamond, who holds the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education, shared his thoughts on school reopenings with the Washington Post recently, in an article headlined, “Biden is meeting his modest school-reopening goal — but progress is uneven.”