UW–Madison’s Simon Goldburg, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and a core faculty member at the Center for Healthy Minds (CHM), was quoted in a recent article from CHM about a multi-phase project focused on using artificial intelligence to support users’ emotional health. UW–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds is …
The UW–Madison Community Arts Collaboratory presents “Whoopensocker LIVE! Celebration of Authors” at the Madison Youth Arts Center (MYArts), 1055 E. Mifflin Street, in Madison, on June 2 at 6:30 p.m. and June 3 at 11:00 a.m. Whoopensocker is an arts education residency program focused on creativity, expression, creative writing, and collaboration. The six-week program — …
The Master’s in Educational Psychology: Learning Analytics program at UW–Madison is a skills-based degree designed for working professionals. Completely online and asynchronous, students in this program learn balanced analytical methods, design strategies, and communication skills in the seven-course curriculum. These students work with a world-class teaching team to perform and present analyses, and learn how …
A recent article in The Horn Book magazine, titled “CCBC and Diverse Books: Numbers Are Just Part of the Story,” shares a brief history and offers insights into how the School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) documents its Diversity Statistics. CCBC librarians Merri V. Lindgren and Madeline Tyner, Assistant Director Megan Schliesman, and …
UW–Madison’s Julia Rutledge, the director of the MS in Educational Psychology program in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, was a presenter at a roundtable session on learning analytics at the recent American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Chicago. The session, titled “Graduate Programs in Learning Analytics (LA) Workshop,” focused on …
A team of School of Education faculty and staff received the Division of Enrollment Management’s Outstanding Campus Partner Award earlier this spring. This award recognizes a unit that has demonstrated excellence in partnering with the Division of Enrollment Management (DEM) in advancing the mission of UW–Madison. The team of School of Education staff and faculty …
UW–Madison alumnus Brett Nachman was recently awarded a prestigious Spencer Foundation Large Research Grant as the co-principal investigator of a nationwide study of autistic college student success. The grant is for nearly $500,000 over the next three years. Nachman, an assistant professor of adult and lifelong learning at the University of Arkansas, earned his PhD …
By Laurel White Training elementary school teachers in inclusive practices for LGBTQ+ students leads to lower disciplinary rates for all students, according to a new study from UW–Madison School of Education researchers. The study, published in the Journal of School Leadership, evaluated 33 elementary schools in a large, urban, Midwestern school district. Fifteen of those …
UW–Madison’s Travis Wright is the author of a new book released in April that is titled, “Emotionally Responsive Teaching: Expanding Trauma-Informed Practice with Young Children.” Wright, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, is a nationally recognized expert on resilience and emotionally responsive teaching, especially for children developing in the …
In response to a recent event at UW–Madison highlighting racism on campus, School of Education’s Anthony Hernandez authored an op-ed in The Capital Times newspaper. Hernandez earned a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies in 2017, and received a PhD from that same department in 2022. Today, he is …