March 10, 2020
On Wisconsin magazine recently put the spotlight on the importance of multicultural children’s literature and the important work being conducted by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. The in-depth On Wisconsin report is headlined, “A New Era for Children’s Literature: The Cooperative Children’s Book Center transforms publishing by championing diversity.”
March 9, 2020
Spectrum News 1 recently showcased Jessica Antonio-Gutierrez, a freshman at UW-Madison who hopes to become a teacher.
March 5, 2020
UW-Madison’s Shawn Robinson and his newest book were recently featured in a WMTV/Ch. 15 report headlined, “Author writes second book for children with dyslexia after learning to read at 18.” Robinson, a senior research associate with the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Lab (Wei LAB), is launching his second book, “Doctor Dyslexia Dude and the Battle for Resilience.”
March 4, 2020
According to a recent report from Isthmus, UW–Madison's Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) left a lasting impression on the 2020 Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner Kevin Henkes, who was once a student at UW-Madison.
March 3, 2020
The annual program honors 40 of the most successful and civic-minded young professionals under the age of 40 in the Greater Madison area. Rose, who is the School of Education’s Human Resources Recruitment and Retention Specialist, will be honored with other members of the class at a networking reception on March 4 at The Madison Club.
March 2, 2020
UW-Madison’s Tom Loeser, a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, and MFA student Jordan Pascoe recently created an artistic seating area from ash trees decimated by the emerald ash borer infestation for the Pinney Library in Madison.
March 2, 2020
UW-Madison’s Nick Hillman appeared on PBS Wisconsin’s “Noon Wednesday” webcast on Feb. 12 for a segment titled, “The Growing Student Debt Dilemma.”
February 28, 2020
The work of UW-Madison's Matt Hora is noted in an op-ed that appears in the Los Angeles Times and is headlined, "Sacramento's army of interns deserves to be paid." Hora is the director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT), which is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
February 28, 2020
Milwaukee’s public radio, WUWM 89.7-FM, recently profiled UW-Madison alumna Carolyn Stanford Taylor. Among many achievements in Stanford Taylor’s career, she is the first black woman to lead Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction. Stanford Taylor earned an undergraduate degree in elementary education in 1978 and a master's from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1979.
February 24, 2020
It’s becoming increasingly clear how critical internships are in landing a job after college and accelerating one’s career. So The Chronicle of Higher Education checked in with Matthew Hora, a researcher at UW-Madison who studies the path from college to career. While economists usually lead discourse surrounding work, Hora’s roots are in anthropology. He takes a qualitative approach “to shed light on the messy process by which companies hire talent and people seek out work.”