February 15, 2022
Dorothy Farrar Edwards is a co-author of a study published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in September 2021 that found an optimal time for intensive rehabilitation of arm and hand use after a stroke.
February 15, 2022
Faculty members from UW–Madison’s School of Education will be playing important roles in studying a major new effort supported by the Wallace Foundation. The foundation’s Equity-Centered Pipeline initiative includes eight large, high-needs school districts across the United States that will create principal pipelines to prepare school leaders who can bring a district’s own vision of equity and student success to fruition.
February 15, 2022
Check out examples of a range of recent publications from faculty and staff across our School of Education:
February 15, 2022
Madison College students preparing to become elementary or special education teachers now have a direct pipeline to the UW–Madi- son School of Education thanks to a new transfer agreement signed this past fall. The agreement guarantees admission into these teacher preparation programs for students who meet the requirements.
February 15, 2022
Faculty and staff from across the School of Education are routinely quoted or make their voices heard in newspapers, magazines, and online news media outlets. Similarly, these experts are often interviewed and showcased on a range of local, national, and international radio and television news reports.
February 15, 2022
“At UW–Madison, we’re uniquely positioned to draw from the university’s world-class academic and athletic resources to prepare dynamic sports leaders,” says Peter Miller, the faculty director of the new Master of Science in Sports Leadership program.
February 15, 2022
A new certificate program in the Department of Counseling Psychology aims to fill this increasing need for bilingual mental health providers in Wisconsin, across the region, and in other “new growth” areas where Latinx people live. Called “Esperanza,” or hope, the program evolved from a growing partnership between the department and Centro Hispano of Dane County, and is being made possible via a grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program.
February 15, 2022
Diego Román and Lisa Barker are working on an initiative that aims to improve education for Latinx students in rural Wisconsin by training their teachers in how to facilitate discussion about topics that directly affect local communities.
February 15, 2022
A project being co-led by Beth Fields is focusing on the development of a home assessment tool to aid in modifying homes for people with disabilities. Fields is an assistant professor of occupational therapy with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology.
February 15, 2022
A small group of people with ties to the School of Education received the unique opportunity to meet and speak with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona during a visit to the UW–Madison campus on Sept. 20, 2021.