February 24, 2021
The Hechinger Report utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and the Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education, for a recent article focused on whether schools are responsible for rising political extremism.
February 23, 2021
The Capital Times spoke with UW–Madison’s Stephanie Graham and Anna Kawennison Fetter for a report headlined, “College students and mental health counselors in Madison adapt to pandemic needs.” Graham is director of the Counseling Psychology Training Clinic (CPTC) and Fetter is a doctoral candidate. The CPTC is staffed by graduate students in our Department of Counseling Psychology’s master’s and doctoral programs who are supervised by licensed psychologists.
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.”
February 12, 2021
Schools should teach children about current events in their civics courses, said UW–Madison’s Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and the Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education, in a recent article published by the Wisconsin Radio Network.
February 5, 2021
A recent Wisconsin State Journal article highlighted the work of UW–Madison's Donald Dantzler advising a team of high school students from 100 Black Men of Madison who won a national financial literacy contest. Dantzler is working toward his doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
February 3, 2021
Data from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education, was referenced in a recent article in The Atlantic about former New England Patriots football player Martellus Bennett’s new career as a children’s book author, and his activism for more Black characters in children’s publishing and entertainment.
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.
January 28, 2021
UW–Madison's Gloria Ladson-Billings was featured in the Capital Times recently, as part of the newspaper’s “What did we learn?” series of interviews with Madison educators, organizers, and leaders looking back at lessons they took from 2020. Ladson-Billings is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
January 27, 2021
UW–Madison student Bryanna Plaisir was featured in a recent Capital Times article, headlined “What did we learn? Bryanna Plaisir embraces the stage, finds true allies.” Plaisir is a double major in theatre, in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, as well as in mathematics.
January 22, 2021
UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education, was cited as an important change agent recently by veteran children's book editor Rosemary Brosnan (Harper Collins), in an interview she did with BookPage.