February 1, 2024
A multidisciplinary project with School of Education ties is working to document and preserve the rich history and contemporary experiences of Latinx communities in Wisconsin.
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Website videos inspire kids to get moving
February 1, 2024
Movement Minutes (movementminutes.com) offers 15 free movement videos and follow-up activity prompts for educators, therapists, and caregivers of preschool and elementary-aged children, and beyond.
Kim Rogers wins CCBC’s Charlotte Zolotow Award for ‘Just Like Grandma’
January 31, 2024
“Just Like Grandma,” written by Kim Rogers and illustrated by Julie Flett, is the winner of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s 2024 Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book.
UW–Madison’s Kuhrasch releases new app that helps create supportive, authentic learning communities
January 30, 2024
Cindy Kuhrasch, with support from UW–Madison's Department of Information Technology (DoIT) and the School of Education, has developed a smartphone app that uses movement-based activities to create inclusive groups of learners.
New UW–Madison study shows people who fail to quit smoking should immediately try again
January 29, 2024
People who immediately try again to quit smoking after a failed attempt are more successful than people who take time before another try, according to a new UW–Madison study.
School of Education faculty to be honored for distinguished teaching
January 26, 2024
Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. Among them, are Emily Machado and Travis Wright from the School of Education.
Two School of Education faculty to help direct new Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change
January 25, 2024
Two faculty members from the UW–Madison School of Education will help lead the new Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change, or WiSC², an initiative aimed at removing barriers and improving equity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) doctoral programs across the country.
New UW–Madison study outlines harmful ways school administrators enable bullying of transgender students
January 24, 2024
The ways elementary and high school administrators disrupt or enable bullying of transgender and gender-expansive students in their schools show up in very distinct ways, according to a new UW–Madison study.
UW–Madison’s Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr. receives another national early career honor
January 23, 2024
Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr., an assistant professor in the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, recently received a national honor for early career scholars from the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA).
UW–Madison’s Rosenberg is author of forward for forthcoming book
January 22, 2024
UW–Madison’s Douglas Rosenberg, a professor in the School of Education's Art Department, wrote the forward for the forthcoming book, “Dance, Technology, and Social Justice: Individual and Collective Emancipation Through Embodied Techniques,” by Kaustavi Sarkar.