February 2, 2022
Offering “a renewed vision for higher education policy making," a new book that is co-edited by UW–Madison's Nicholas Hillman with Gary Orfield of UCLA will be published in February by Harvard Education Press.
School News
Jackson is elected as fellow of national science organization AAAS
February 1, 2022
Jerlando Jackson has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of 13 scholars from UW–Madison who received fellowship status this year. Jackson is chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and concurrently holds the Rupple-Bascom Professorship of Education and the Vilas Distinguished Professorship of Higher Education. He also is the director and chief research scientist of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB).
University Theatre’s 2022-2023 season announced
January 31, 2022
The UW–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama, housed in the School of Education, has announced University Theatre’s 2022-2023 performance season.
MMOCA receives significant grant supporting fall exhibition of work by UW–Madison’s Abdu’Allah
January 28, 2022
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA) has been selected for a significant grant award from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that will support a fall 2022 exhibition of work by UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah, the associate dean of the arts in the School of Education. Abdu'Allah's DARK MATTER, opening Sept. 17, 2022, explores cultural representation and the systems of power that structure our experiences of the world.
Dance Department presents Faculty Concert 2022
January 27, 2022
The UW–Madison Dance Department, housed in the School of Education, presents its Faculty Concert 2022, featuring work from Kate Corby, Duane Lee Holland Jr., Li Chiao-Ping, Liz Sexe, and guest artist Natalie Desch. The concert will take place over two weekends, Feb. 3-5 and Feb. 10-12, in the H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall.
Russ is recipient of 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award
January 26, 2022
Rosemary Russ, an associate professor in the School of Education's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is one of 12 UW–Madison faculty members chosen to receive a Distinguished Teaching Award this year. These honors have been given out since 1953 and recognize the university’s finest educators.
UW–Madison alum Ko is president-elect of CEC division for culturally, linguistically diverse learners
January 25, 2022
UW–Madison alumnus Dosun Ko has been named as the 2022 president-elect of the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners (DDEL). Ko earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education in 2020. He is currently an assistant professor in the School of Education at Wichita State University.
UW–Madison’s Apple speaks with Turkish Education Association
January 22, 2022
The Turkish Education Association has published an interview with UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple on the limits and possibilities of current educational policies and practices. Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies in the School of Education and has a long history of working with critically democratic educators in Turkey.
Alum Davis leading fourth annual Black History Education Conference Feb. 18-19
January 21, 2022
Andreal Davis — who has spent more than three decades in the field of education as a teacher, instructional coach, and leader — earned a BS in elementary education in 1986 and a master's in curriculum and instruction in 1994 from the School of Education.
Division of the Arts announces 2022 Creative Arts Award recipients
January 19, 2022
Each spring, the UW–Madison Division of the Arts celebrates artistic achievement, recognizes service to the arts, and supports arts research by bestowing the Creative Arts Awards. This year's awards include several individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education.