July 18, 2023
The Department of Theatre and Drama, housed in the School of Education, is doing a season of female-identified playwrights. The summer selection is a queer, feminist adaption of the classic Sherlock Holmes.
School News
School of Education faculty member Brian Burt receives alumni achievement award from Indiana University
July 17, 2023
Burt was presented with the Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Alumni Achievement Award from Indiana University.
Art Department to welcome Hall for spring 2024 residency
July 17, 2023
UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts and the School of Education’s Art Department will welcome Marlon F. Hall as a spring 2024 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence.
UW–Madison’s Stern argues for hyperlocal analysis of Black students’ civil rights era resistance in new publication
July 13, 2023
A new article from a School of Education faculty member offers an in-depth analysis of how Black students in Louisiana used force to resist subordination during the civil rights and Black Power era.
UW–Madison alum accepted to Southeastern College Art Conference
July 13, 2023
UW–Madison alumnus Matthew Moran, who earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science and graphic design/studio art this spring, has been accepted to the Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC).
WCER’s Goplin wins University Staff Recognition Award
July 10, 2023
The School of Education’s Gwen Goplin, a Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) employee for over 45 years, is among the 10 UW–Madison university staff members being recognized this year with University Staff Recognition Awards.
‘A less traveled road’: New study from UW-Madison’s Burt, Wei LAB team offers path to increasing number of Black men in STEM
July 7, 2023
A new study from School of Education faculty member Brian Burt and his team at Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory illuminates some factors that influence Black men to pursue higher education in science, technology, engineering, and math.
John Palmer, former dean of the School of Education, dies at age 95
July 6, 2023
John Palmer, a UW–Madison professor emeritus and dean of the School of Education from 1975-1991, died peacefully on June 25, 2023, in Middleton, Wisconsin. Palmer was an esteemed professor in the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Policy Studies, and History at UW–Madison. He served as dean of the School of Education for 17 years and retired from the university in 1995.
New book by UW–Madison alumni examines multicultural and bilingual schools
July 6, 2023
UW–Madison alumni Matthew Knoester and Assaf Meshulam are the authors of a new book, “Learning to Cross Divides: Examining Critical Multicultural and Bilingual Schools,” that will be published by Routledge in July.
UW–Madison’s Ruppar is co-author of guide for teachers and parents of kids with complex support needs
July 3, 2023
UW–Madison’s Andrea Ruppar is the lead author of a new book released this spring that is titled, “Equitable and Inclusive IEPs for Students with Complex Support Needs.”