April 13, 2020
Michael G. Moore earned his Ph.D. from the School of Education in 1976 and is considered a founding father of distance education.
School News
At-home language activity booklet available online
April 10, 2020
WIDA Early Years has created a new booklet for children ages 2 to 7 that encourages kids to improve their language skills by talking about topics they know — themselves, their families, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear, and the weather. It can be downloaded in English or Spanish.
UW-Madison’s Colston authors report on college closures for New America
April 10, 2020
UW-Madison’s Jared Colston, a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is the lead author on a report for New America titled “Anticipating and managing precipitous college closures.”
UW–Madison’s Hora: COVID-19 and social distancing don’t need to end college internships
April 8, 2020
Even as the continuing COVID-19 pandemic looks poised to cancel traditional college internships over the next three to four months, a new resource guide for colleges, students, and employers developed by UW−Madison education researcher Matthew T. Hora points the way to a host of web-based alternatives for these important on-the-job learning opportunities. While inevitably not offering all the same benefits as face-to-face internships – especially hands-on training with specialized equipment and certain aspects of mentoring — virtual internships done the right way can provide many advantages for students, says Hora.
UW–Madison’s EdNeuroLab tackling math learning through brain imaging
April 7, 2020
In 2012, Edward Hubbard, a cognitive neuroscientist and assistant professor in UW‒Madison’s Department of Educational Psychology, created the Educational Neuroscience Lab to understand—through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)—how the physical changes that occur in children’s brains as they learn may help improve education practices.
‘Defining moment’ leads to UW–Madison for Brett Nachman
April 6, 2020
Brett Nachman took a surprising path to UW–Madison, where he is a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
UW-Madison alum Wills named to Board of Regents in New York
April 2, 2020
UW-Madison alumna Frances Wills was chosen by the New York state legislature to represent the 9th Judicial District on the state Board of Regents. Wills earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1990, and has spent more than 50 years in the field of education.
Pandemic can’t keep UW–Madison’s Pinc from bringing MFA show to public
March 31, 2020
Due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this month, Guzzo Pinc's in-person MFA show and reception — scheduled for March 25 in Gallery 7 of the Humanities Building — was canceled. After the initial shock and a feeling of “despair” wore off, the graduate student with the school of Education's Art Department became determined to find a way to bring his exhibition — “EGGS: A Grand Scale Painting Comedy” — into public view. On March 25, he launched the exhibition online.
Video message from Dean Hess
March 30, 2020
UW-Madison School of Education Dean Diana Hess shared a video message with faculty and staff across the School on Monday, March 30.
Education on the home front: How to help younger children keep learning
March 30, 2020
With most states now closing public schools to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents have had little or no time to plan for keeping their children at home every day, all day. Suddenly, and in some cases overnight, families are figuring out how to live, learn, and work — together and separately — all under one roof.