August 18, 2021
The UW–Madison School of Education believes in big ideas — and in finding ways to bring them to life. In August 2020, the School launched Impact 2030 — an exciting, $40 million initiative funded by donors that’s designed to dramatically strengthen our already highly regarded School of Education. To learn more about Impact 2030 and how it is changing lives one year later, visit: education.wisc.edu/impact-2030.
August 17, 2021
WCER researcher Andy Garbacz and his research team have received a $4 million grant to study the impact of family-school partnership intervention on behavior, practices, and relationships for young students with social, emotional, or behavior concerns. Garbacz is an associate professor in the School of Education's Department of Educational Psychology.
August 16, 2021
A research team from UW–Madison has published a paper in Health Education Journal that is titled, “Education and skills training for care partners of hospitalised older adults: a scoping review.” The study was led by Madeline Carbery and Samantha Schwartz, both graduate students in occupational therapy in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. Beth Fields, an assistant professor in Kinesiology, and Nicole Werner in the College of Engineering provided direct supervision of the project.
August 11, 2021
On Wednesday, Aug. 11, UW–Madison School of Education Dean Diana Hess submitted testimony to the Senate Committee on Education and the Assembly Committee on Education during a joint public hearing on Senate Bill 411 and Senate Bill 463.
August 11, 2021
Spatula&Barcode has announced five additional participatory artworks in the "Home Stretch" festival taking place throughout the summer, bringing the total number of projects to 17. Spatula&Barcode, a Madison-based arts collaborative, was founded by Art Department’s Laurie Beth Clark and Michael Peterson.
August 10, 2021
UW–Madison's Mindi Thompson, a professor in the School of Education's Department of Counseling Psychology, will receive the 2021 Committee on Socioeconomic Status (CSES) Award for Emerging Leadership in Psychology from the American Psychological Association.
August 10, 2021
The UW–Madison School of Education's Academic Planning Council (APC) recently completed a self-study as mandated by Faculty Policies and Procedures. Both the ACP's self-study report and the Dean's Office response are available on the committee's webpage.
August 9, 2021
The Discussion Project has released application information for two new sessions taking place virtually in fall 2021. This free, online course will support instructors in designing and implementing synchronous video conference discussion for classes of 40 or fewer students.
August 3, 2021
Department of Theatre and Drama faculty members Baron Kelly and Mark H. are both slated to direct productions in Forward Theater's upcoming 2021-22 season.
August 2, 2021
Students in the Interdisciplinary Research in Education Sciences (IRES) program will present their final research presentations in a “student symposium” on Wednesday, Aug. 4, from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., via Zoom.