May 17, 2021
Seven UW–Madison students pursuing degrees within the School of Education received a Leadership Certificate from the Center for Leadership and Involvement during the 2020-21 academic year.
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UW–Madison’s Diamond, Henry awarded Spencer Foundation grants
May 15, 2021
UW–Madison’s John B. Diamond and Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr., both from the School of Education's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, have been awarded grants from the Spencer Foundation.
UW–Madison’s Lou Brown, who revolutionized field of special education, dies
May 14, 2021
Lou Brown, a longtime UW–Madison faculty member and one of the most influential scholars and advocates for students with severe disabilities, died on May 1, 2021. Brown, who is widely considered to have revolutionized the field, spent 34 years with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education until his retirement in 2003. It was in the 1970s that Brown called for the end of segregated services for individuals with disabilities — a view that was considered extreme both at the time and throughout much of his career. Today, however, due to his unyielding and life-long leadership such services are widely accepted as best practices.
UW–Madison’s Rau receives Early Career Award from ISLS
May 14, 2021
UW–Madison’s Martina Rau, an associate professor in the School of Education's Department of Educational Psychology, has received the Early Career Award from the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).
UW–Madison’s Rubin creates last print in Humanities, before building is closed for repairs
May 13, 2021
UW–Madison's Andy Rubin, a lecturer in lithography in the School of Education's Art Department, finished one last lithographic print — “of our beloved Bucky Badger, posing as a 19th century intellectual,” he explained — before the equipment had to be moved out of the building to a temporary space. The print will be used as a fold-over cover for the print sets that Rubin’s lithography students have created this semester.
The Discussion Project invites applications for August in-person sessions
May 12, 2021
The Discussion Project has released application information for three new sessions opening in Aug. 2021. Taking place in person, the course will support instructors in designing and implementing discussion for classes of 40 or fewer students.
Rice University reports on passing of UW–Madison alumna Linda McNeil
May 11, 2021
UW–Madison alumna Linda McNeil died on April 1 at the age of 77. She earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 1977. McNeil was the co-founder and longtime director of Rice University’s Center for Education.
Samantha Becker to join OEDI team
May 11, 2021
After a nationwide search, the School of Education's Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion has named Samantha Becker (she/her) as the inaugural equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) director of teaching and learning innovation. Becker will begin her role on May 24.
UW–Madison student named Newman Civic Fellow for 2021
May 10, 2021
Beth Allen was named UW–Madison’s 2021 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow. Her experiences working at the Morgridge Center for Public Service, which is administratively housed in the School of Education, and in the Wisconsin Governor’s Office have helped inform and reinforce her passion for voter engagement and social justice.
Fuller receives Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
May 10, 2021
Regina Fuller, a doctoral candidate in the School of Education's Department of Educational Policy Studies, is one of two recipients of the Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice from UW–Madison’s Center for Research on Gender and Women. Fuller was recognized for her project, “Debating sexuality: Sexual ideologies, gender, and education policy in Ghana.”