September 18, 2025
UW–Madison’s Thomas Popkewitz, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, continues to share his scholarship with colleagues around the world.
School News
Study from UW–Madison’s Goldberg finds meditation apps boost mental health, have room to improve
September 16, 2025
Smartphone-based apps focused on meditation training and practice have grown fast and engaged millions of users around the world over the past decade — but there are several ways they could be even more effective supports of mental health, according to a new study co-authored by a School of Education faculty member.
New UW–Madison fellowship helps teachers examine classroom use of artificial intelligence
September 16, 2025
Helping teachers harness artificial intelligence to support their work is at the heart of a new fellowship offered by the UW–Madison School of Education.
UW–Madison’s Halverson wins Ear Worthy award for arts educators podcast
September 16, 2025
UW–Madison’s Erica Halverson has received the 2025 EarWorthy Award for Best Education Podcast for her show, “Arts Educators Save the World.”
New UW–Madison report finds Wisconsin school districts rejecting teacher performance pay
September 15, 2025
A working paper from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) examines how pay practices have changed in Wisconsin school districts that experimented with reforms to traditional teacher salary schedules following the enactment of Act 10 in 2011.
Dance Department and Jin-Wen Yu Dance present ‘Back ▪ Up,’ Sept. 18-20
September 12, 2025
Award-winning choreographer and Dance Department faculty member Jin-Wen Yu will present "Back ▪ Up," a concert of shifting perspectives and unseen realities, Sept. 18-20 in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall.
New research examines how hands-on arts training improves teaching
September 11, 2025
A new working paper from WCER investigates how professional learning in the form of embodied arts experiences can help schoolteachers understand, design, and deliver better social-emotional learning practices in the classroom.
Adapted Fitness hosts Irish disability advocates sharing message of joy and inclusion
September 10, 2025
A son-and-father duo from Ireland, better known as “Fionnathan,” shared a powerful message of inclusion with UW–Madison’s Adapted Fitness community last month.
Tandem Press announces 2025–26 Friday Jazz Series concerts
September 10, 2025
UW–Madison’s Tandem Press is hosting a new season of its Friday Jazz Series during the 2025–26 academic year, featuring four concerts with students from the Mead Witter School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program.
WIDA’s Mendoza selected for Women in Higher Education Fellowship
September 9, 2025
WIDA researcher Grazzia Mendoza has been selected as one of only 20 fellows worldwide for the Women in Higher Education Fellowship.