May 7, 2024
Disparity between Hispanic and non-Hispanic English learners also grows.
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UW–Madison student wins Best in Show award for accessibility-based graphic design project
May 6, 2024
UW–Madison student Annabelle Zhang, who is pursuing a BS in the School of Education’s Art Department, recently won the Best in Show award at the 2024 Digital Salon for her project, “Block Scheduler for Visually Impaired Kids.”
Five School of Education faculty honored with Vilas professorships and awards
May 3, 2024
Five extraordinary members of the UW–Madison School of Education faculty have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator, and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).
Three graduate students from School of Education win 2024 Bucky Awards
May 2, 2024
This year’s winners of Bucky Graduate Student Awards include three students from the School of Education. Tony DelaRosa and Qiang Xie each received Graduate School Student Commitment to Engagement and Activism Awards, and Emily Nott was honored with the Graduate Peer Mentor Award.
UW–Madison’s Kaplan named Hilldale Professor
May 1, 2024
David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, has been honored with a Hilldale Professorship.
Documentary short about UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry screened at Wisconsin Film Festival
April 29, 2024
"A Room Alive!" — a 28-minute documentary about Lynda Barry’s “comics room” — screened at the Wisconsin Film Festival as part of the program, “Richard Davis, Lynda Barry, and The Wisconsin Idea.”
New book from UW–Madison’s Berland shows how education data could promote social justice and classroom creativity
April 26, 2024
Education data can be harnessed to promote groundbreaking and energizing movements toward play, creativity, and social justice in the classroom, according to a new book from a School of Education faculty member.
Essay by UW–Madison’s Jones shares origins of ‘These Grand Places’ photography project
April 26, 2024
UW–Madison’s Tomiko Jones, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, has written an essay about her long-form photography-based project, "These Grand Places," for the digital magazine Edge Effects.
UW–Madison alum receives Dissertation of the Year Award
April 26, 2024
UW–Madison alumna Erin Hastey, who graduated with a PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2023, has received the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges.
UW–Madison’s Kirchgasler outlines how the citizen-led assessment advances a global education reform agenda in Kenya
April 25, 2024
A popular assessment of literacy and numeracy in Kenya does more to advance a global education reform agenda than serve the needs of individual schools or students, according to a new paper from a School of Education faculty member.