UW–Madison alum is finalist for national award for math and science teaching

May 21, 2021

UW–Madison alumna Erin Schroeder is one of six Wisconsin educators named as finalists for the 2021 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Schroeder is a mathematics teacher at Waunakee Community High School, and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

Article examines Black parents’ search for ‘good’ schools

May 19, 2021

UW–Madison’s Linn Posey-Maddox, Maxine McKinney de Royston, and Rachel A. Johnson are among the authors of an article published in the Harvard Educational Review that is titled, “No Choice is the ‘Right’ Choice: Black Parents’ Educational Decision-Making in Their Search for a ‘Good’ School.”

Study of surgery instruction reveals complex interactions

May 18, 2021

Three individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have published an article in the journal, Surgery, that is titled, “Attending’s instructional methods as exhibited during intraoperative takeovers.” The study is the result of a collaboration between the School of Education's Department of Educational Psychology and the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

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).