May 9, 2024
A new book from a School of Education faculty member reimagines human resources management in schools.
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Schneider wins Ginsberg Family Award
May 9, 2024
UW–Madison student Kat Schneider, who is graduating this month with a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation psychology, is the School of Education’s recipient of this year’s Ginsberg Family Award.
UW–Madison’s Zavala and Field Day Lab develop educational game tackling algae blooms
May 8, 2024
The latest video game from UW–Madison’s Field Day Lab and engineering professor Victor Zavala teaches high school students how to harness systems engineering and attempt to navigate one of the biggest environmental challenges facing the United States right now — and it all has to do with cow poop.
New WIDA report finds post-pandemic English learner proficiency scores continue to drop
May 7, 2024
Disparity between Hispanic and non-Hispanic English learners also grows.
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.