February 23, 2022
Once on a path to medical school, Courtney Bell altered course after spending two life-changing years teaching in rural North Carolina. Today, she is director of WCER — and planning new ways to bolster its impact.
Learning Connections
Class notes: Winter 2021-22 Learning Connections
February 15, 2022
Check out what School of Education alumni from across the globe have been up to.
Message from the dean
February 15, 2022
Dean Diana Hess reflects on how research is thriving across the School, writing: "This fall, as we transitioned back to in-person instruction, I was struck by how little the pandemic seemed to slow down our researchers and scholars across the School. By the end of the fiscal year, we discovered our external research dollars continued to increase, which is not only a testament to the excellence of our faculty, staff, and students, but also is important to our future success in attracting talented faculty and high-quality students."
With cautious optimism, School community comes together to build new normal
February 15, 2022
After a year and a half of remote work and largely virtual and hybrid instruction, faculty, staff, and students returned to campus for the start of the fall 2021 semester ready to discover the new normal of UW–Madison.
Li-Ching Ho discusses new book, ‘Curriculum for Justice and Harmony’
February 15, 2022
Li-Ching Ho is a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and is the faculty director of the School’s Global Engagement Office. She wrote the book with Keith C. Barton, a professor of curriculum and instruction, and adjunct professor of history at Indiana University. Ho explains how the book presents a global vision of social and civic education — one that reorients the field toward justice and harmony.
New Faculty Focus — Q&A with Suzanne Eckes
February 15, 2022
The School of Education welcomed three new faculty members to campus at the start of the fall semester. We share Q&As completed by our newest faculty members to introduce them to our campus and School of Education communities. Here, we get to know Suzanne Eckes, who joined the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis as a professor.
SERP inspires students with diverse backgrounds to pursue research, graduate studies
February 15, 2022
While in Summer Education Research Program, Tricia Francis joined a team studying vaccine hesitancy that was led by Dorothy Farrar Edwards, a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and the School of Education’s associate dean for research.
Meet Courtney Bell, the director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research
February 15, 2022
Once on a path to medical school, Courtney Bell altered course after spending two life-changing years teaching in rural North Carolina. Today, she is director of WCER — and planning new ways to bolster its impact.
Faculty members across the arts bring creative lens to critical issues
February 15, 2022
When you think of research, you might envision study teams designing experiments or conducting surveys. While research across the School of Education’s departments of Art, Dance, and Theatre and Drama might sometimes look different, faculty in these areas are engaged in projects that are examining social issues, deepening understanding of history, and advancing their artistic fields.
Stoddard, Hess examine what schools are teaching about 9/11 and the war on terror
February 15, 2022
For the 20th anniversary of 9/11 this past fall, Diana Hess and Jeremy Stoddard published an article and spoke with media about what their research has shown about how the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and the global war on terror are taught in classrooms.