January 23, 2025
Marcelle Haddix began her tenure as the 10th dean of the School of Education in August. In a wide-ranging Q&A, she shares her first impressions and vision for the School of Education.
School News
Griggs named School of Education’s chief of staff
January 22, 2025
Carol Griggs was recently named the UW–Madison School of Education’s chief of staff and associate dean for strategy and innovation in the Dean's Office, a position she will start on Monday, Jan. 27.
UW–Madison No. 3 in U.S. News’ Best Online Master’s in Education Programs ranking
January 21, 2025
The publication also ranked UW–Madison No. 2 in the category of Best Online Master’s in Educational Administration and Supervision, and No. 1 in the category of Best Online Master’s in Education Programs for Veterans.
UW–Madison’s Fields champions care partners’ needs at national, invitation-only summit
January 17, 2025
School of Education faculty member Beth Fields offered her expertise on the needs of Wisconsin care partners and those they care for at a recent national summit and political advocacy day in Washington, DC.
Art and engineering forge partnership for practical learning in Art Department foundry
January 16, 2025
Mechanical engineering students gained practical experience casting screwdriver handles this fall in the Art Department’s foundry in a collaboration between the two departments.
UW–Madison’s Henry named 2025 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
January 13, 2025
UW–Madison’s Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr., an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), has been honored as a 2025 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
UW–Madison alumna wins first prize at international glass competition
January 10, 2025
UW–Madison alumna Wai Tung Jocelyn Chan, who earned her BFA from the School of Education’s Art Department in 2021, is the first place winner of the prestigious 2024 Stanislav Libenský Award.
Three UW–Madison scholars among top 200 in 2025 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
January 9, 2025
Three scholars with ties to UW–Madison are receiving recognition in the annual Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, which spotlight the top 200 education scholars in the United States “who did the most last year to shape educational practice and policy.”
Principal Preparation program fuels Arabel Marcano Colón’s passion for multilingual education
January 7, 2025
Following is a Q&A with Arabel Marcano Colón, who graduated from the Wisconsin Idea Principal Preparation master’s program in 2023. Originally from Puerto Rico, Colón relocated to Wisconsin six years ago and today is an eighth-grade bilingual resource teacher and dual language immersion coordinator in Madison.
UW–Madison’s Baldacchino co-edits special journal issue examining ‘degrowth’ in education
January 6, 2025
A special issue of the journal Nordic Studies in Education, co-edited by UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino, explores the concept of “degrowth” in education.