April 22, 2020
UW-Madison’s John Diamond delivered a keynote presentation at the Carnegie Corporation Summit with Amanda Lewis. The two co-authored the award-winning book, “Despite the Best Intentions: Why Racial Inequality Persists in Good Schools.” The book is the result of five years of interviews and data-gathering at a suburban high school that “created a rich and disturbing portrait of the racial achievement gap” more than 50 years after the formal end of segregation.
April 22, 2020
Earlier this year, UW-Madison alumnae Helen Klebesadel and Mary Kay Neumann announced that their collaboration, “The Flowers are Burning … Oceans a Rising: An Art and Climate Justice Exhibition,” would be shown in Middleton beginning April 16 as part of the Nelson Institute’s Earth Day @ 50 – Arts Initiative. Now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition is available digitally.
April 21, 2020
UW-Madison named student Shehrose Charania as its 2020 Newman Civic Fellow. Newman Civic Fellows are nominated by university presidents and chancellors for their potential for public leadership and commitment to finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. Charania, an undergraduate student with the School of Education, was nominated by UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank for her commitment to fight health inequities that affect immigrant and refugee populations.
April 20, 2020
UW-Madison’s Peter Miller has launched a new podcast called, “Sport and the Growing Good.” His podcast examines how athletics contribute to everyday improvement in our society by taking an embedded approach to tell stories of the “hidden” people and practices on the front lines of sport.
April 17, 2020
As the world is sheltering safely at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many have more time to look ahead and think about their future — including children, who can explore the age-old question, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" Parents now can help their kids answer that and other questions from home, and get career help themselves, with a self-paced, online career-information system called CareerLocker.
April 16, 2020
Following is a series of porch portraits — or “Porchtraits” — from our photographer, Sarah Maughan. Although we are far apart physically while practicing social distancing, we remain connected as a School of Education community. Together, we will not only get through this one-of-a-kind Spring Semester — but we will make it a success.
April 15, 2020
UW–Madison’s Li Chiao-Ping, a Vilas Research Professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department, is teaching two advanced-level, studio dance classes this semester. And while there have been plenty of bumps in the road, Li remains upbeat, explaining: “The quality of the work our students are producing is very high — and in some ways even better than before. Despite all of the challenges, they are rising to a new level and it’s making them be more creative and think through assignments more deeply.”
April 14, 2020
The School of Education’s Erica Halverson and Kate Vieira are two of 13 faculty members from across campus to be recognized with a 2020 UW-Madison Distinguished Teaching Award, which are designed to recognize the university’s finest educators. Both are faculty members with the School's No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
April 13, 2020
Maryam Ladoni, a photo-based artist who grew up in Iran and came to UW–Madison to pursue a master of fine arts, recently posted her MFA exhibition online and then shared a powerful video she produced that showcases her journey and the staged photography work that led “Cheltikeh.” A preview of Ladoni’s online MFA show explains: “My camera, which ironically this time is not in my hands, explores a multitude of answers in ‘Cheltikeh.’ The word means 40 pieces in Persian. It conceptually means infinity and the word for quilt as I see my life as a quilt of experiences.”
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.