January 29, 2021
UW–Madison’s Cindy Kuhrasch was featured in an episode of the UW Now Livestream, produced by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, on Dec. 15. Kuhrasch is the director of Physical Education Teacher Education program in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. She appeared with Beth Olson, an associate professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, in an episode focused on “Winter Wellness During COVID-19.”
January 29, 2021
Graduate students committed to tackling education opportunity gaps can apply for the Committed Scholars Program to earn their master’s in educational psychology with a concentration in the growing field of learning analytics. The Master of Science in Educational Psychology: Learning Analytics program empowers graduates to change teaching, learning and policy by harnessing vast amounts of educational data that will help guide decisions and improvements in education to bridge the equity gap.
January 26, 2021
UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora, Pallavi Chhabra, and Bailey Smolarek co-authored a recent article in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice, titled “Exploring the Factors that Influence How (And Why) Community College Instructors Teach Communication and Teamwork Skills in Computer Technology Courses.”
January 25, 2021
The Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE), which is housed in the School of Education's Wisconsin Center for Education Research, is presenting a research talk by 2019 mini grant recipient Alejandra Ros Pilarz, an assistant professor in UW–Madison's Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. The talk will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 3, from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
January 23, 2021
UW–Madison alumni Bruce Meredith and Mark Paige have published an article in the Houston Law Review that is titled, “Reversing Rodriguez: A Siren Call to a Dangerous Shoal.” Paige is a School of Education graduate, having earned his PhD from the School’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2011. Meredith earned his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
January 21, 2021
UW–Madison alumnus Kenneth Teitelbaum has authored a new book, “Critical Issues in Democratic Schooling: Curriculum, Teaching, and Socio-Political Realities,” which was published by Routledge in May 2020. Teitelbaum earned his doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum in Instruction in 1985.
January 19, 2021
UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn is featured in an exhibition, "TYPE Portrait – Tangible TYPE," at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design’s Brooks Stevens Gallery. Ahn is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department.
January 14, 2021
Education Week blogger Rick Hess published his annual rankings of the top 200 most influential education scholars in the United States recently, and several faculty members with ties to UW–Madison and its School of Education are on the list. UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings is up to No. 2 this year, while Adam Gamoran is No. 123, Jerlando Jackson is No. 178, and Bianca Baldridge is No. 198.
January 13, 2021
This statement was released by UW–Madison School of Education Dean Diana Hess on Jan. 13, 2021.
January 13, 2021
UW–Madison's Mitchell Nathan will be delivering a virtual presentation during the event on Jan. 19 that's titled, "Scale-Down Methodology: A Systems Approach for Scaling-up Educational Innovation.”