On Saturday, May 13, UW–Madison will celebrate its Spring 2023 Commencement. We reached out to a few of our graduating students from bachelor’s to PhDs to learn more about their favorite memories, advice for incoming students, and future plans. Scroll down to learn more about these graduates — who are just a handful of the …
By Laurel White For early childhood educators, engaging in creative and professional writing, particularly in a small group, can promote personal and professional development, according to a new study co-authored by a School of Education faculty member. The study, published in the March issue of the American Educational Research Journal, focused specifically on how writing …
UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino recently co-edited a special issue of the journal Policy Futures in Education, titled “Complexities of and Opportunities for Education’s Autonomy.” Baldacchino is a professor of art and art education with the School of Education’s Art Department. He edited and wrote the introduction to the special issue with Yosef-Hassidim, and he is the …
By Laurel White Remote learning during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic was more likely to negatively affect the high school graduation rates of students from lower-income households than their higher-income peers, according to a new UW–Madison study. The study, published in Educational Researcher, found a longer time in virtual or hybrid learning environments during …
Three people with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have recently been elected to leadership positions for the Council or the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) following the recent CSCC Conference that wrapped up in Chicago. Xueli Wang, the Barbara and Glenn Thompson Professor in Educational Leadership with the School of Education’s Department of …
By Laurel White A new paper from researchers at the UW–Madison School of Education sheds more light on the heated political debate over teaching critical race theory in the United States by examining and characterizing the nature of pushback against the theory, highlighting similar episodes in history, and suggesting a path forward for educators and …
Tandem Press is hosting Sophie Loubere’s MFA thesis exhibition, “Trespasses,” through May 19. Loubere is an MFA candidate at UW–Madison, award-winning artist, and the current Tandem Press curatorial project assistant. Loubere states, “ ‘Trespasses’ includes stories, images, vegetation, and literal pieces of the earth woven together using print and papermaking, alternative photographic processes, book arts, …
A recent story published in the Cap Times highlighted the latest educational video game released by UW–Madison’s Field Day Lab, a media literacy-focused game called Headlines and High Water. As the article explains, the game allows students to step into the shoes of a young journalist, aiming to help middle school students build critical media …
Several WIDA researchers were awarded the Jamal Abedi Best Paper Award at the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Meeting recently in Chicago. WIDA is housed in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at UW–Madison’s School of Education. WIDA advances academic language development for culturally and linguistically diverse students. This honor is from AERA’s …
School of Education faculty member Suzanne Eckes offered her expertise on educators’ free speech rights to a recent story in The Washington Post. The story focused on an April decision by the Florida Board of Education forbidding the teaching of gender identity and sexuality in K-12 public schools. The story notes the new rule builds …