CRECE presents Feb. 3 research talk on family engagement in preschool

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.

UW–Madison alumni author Houston Law Review article

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.

UW alumnus Teitelbaum authors new book: ‘Critical Issues in Democratic Schooling’

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.

Four from UW–Madison ranked among most influential education scholars for 2021

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. 

Balderrama-Trudell, Brown join OEDI team

January 12, 2021

Ida Balderrama-Trudell (she/her) is OEDI’s inaugural director of student engagement and will begin her role on Jan. 24, and Justin Brown (they/them) started Jan. 11 as equity, diversity, and inclusion program associate.