August 13, 2020
Former UW System President Kevin Reilly wrote an article for the winter/spring 2020 issue of AACU's Liberal Education, titled "Get a Job and Get a Life — with James Joyce: Why Reading the 'Jocoserious' Joyce Is Useful Fun."
School News
Grad student’s research focuses on ‘cutting’ from sports teams
August 9, 2020
When high schools cut athletes from sports teams, it can be painful for those who didn’t make the team. But it also has wider implications, according to research from UW–Madison’s Mayrena Hernandez, a graduate student with the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology.
School of Education’s Kendall receives Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award
August 4, 2020
Nancy Kendall, a professor and chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, was honored with a Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award. This award recognizes research and teaching excellence, and provides flexible research funding for three years.
‘Three Things’ video series highlights UW–Madison faculty and staff research
August 3, 2020
The Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative and Everyday Academics are producing short videos that highlight UW–Madison researchers, faculty, staff, and students who share a few of the guiding principles about their work.
Novel from alum Wiemer, ‘The Assignment,’ to be released Aug. 25
August 1, 2020
UW-Madison alumna Liza Wiemer’s upcoming young adult (YA) novel, “The Assignment,” is being published for release on Aug. 25. “The Assignment” follows a group of students as they must grapple with a school assignment that encourages intolerance and discrimination.
Five with ties to School of Education to speak at summit on ‘Public Education and Democracy’
July 23, 2020
Five members of the School of Education community will be featured in the Wisconsin Public Education Network's upcoming summer summit, "Public Education and Democracy," which will take place virtually on Friday, July 24.
Can quantitative ethnography help tell the COVID-19 story?
July 21, 2020
The quest for answers to how COVID-19 is affecting different cultures is why the newly formed International Society for Quantitative Ethnography (QE) launched the "QE COVID Data Challenge,” a seven-day data sprint involving nearly 100 data and research experts collaborating remotely from 16 countries, including Denmark, Hungary, Australia, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.
From children to adults, UW–Madison’s Kuhrasch inspiring learning through movement
July 20, 2020
Cindy Kuhrasch, a distinguished faculty associate in the Department of Kinesiology and the head of UW–Madison’s Physical Education Teacher Education program, is posting videos on Facebook to demonstrate safe, equipment-free physical activities for children during the pandemic.
SSTAR Lab launches ‘Student Debt in Wisconsin’ series
July 17, 2020
The Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab, directed by UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman, has launched a new series on its website titled, "Student Debt in Wisconsin."
UW–Madison alum Jenkins named superintendent of Madison Schools
July 16, 2020
Carlton Jenkins, an alumnus of UW–Madison’s School of Education, was recently named the superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District, a position he will begin on Aug. 4. Jenkins earned both his master’s (1993) and PhD (2009) from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.