University of Wisconsin–Madison

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UW–Madison’s Halverson and Saldaña secure $2 million from Wallace Foundation for equity-centered school leadership research

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By Laurel White A new research project led by two School of Education faculty members will develop new ways to measure the process and outcomes of equity-centered leadership in schools.  The project, called Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning – Mapping Equity Indicators (CALL-MEI), is aimed at developing new equity indicators, evidence models, and data tools to measure …

UW–Madison alumna wins 2024 Best Paper Award

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UW–Madison alumna Min Yu has received the 2024 Best Paper Award from the Comparative and International Education Society’s (CIES) East Asia special interest group (SIG). Yu’s paper, “Reimagining education and community mobilization in China’s migrant communities: towards an ‘Asia as method’ framework,” was published in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. According to the abstract, …

UW–Madison’s Williams wins Outstanding Dissertation Award from AERA’s Division L

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UW–Madison’s Rachel Williams is receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Division L, Educational Policy and Politics. Williams is a new faculty member in the School of Education, starting as an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies for the spring semester. Before she began her faculty role she …

Onken wins Teacher Fellowship award from Herb Kohl Foundation

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UW–Madison alumna Rebecca Onken, a 2023 graduate of the School of Education’s MS Educational Psychology: Professional Educators (MSPE) program in the Department of Educational Psychology, is a recipient of a Teacher Fellowship award from the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation. Onken, a social studies teacher at Baraboo High School, is one of 100 educators from across Wisconsin who …

UW–Madison’s Hora wins award for research advocacy

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UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora is a 2024 recipient of the James W. Wilson Advocacy of Research Award from the Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA). Hora is being honored for his work with the NSF-funded College Internship Study, the Gates-funded National Survey of College Internships, and his efforts to translate empirical studies into practitioner guidance. Hora is an …

Bestselling author James Patterson gives shoutout to Teacher Pledge on WPR’s ‘The Morning Show’

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Novelist and writer James Patterson gave a shoutout to the UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge recently while a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “The Morning Show.” Patterson, the world’s bestselling author, appeared on the show to discuss his newest book, “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading,” …

Art Department’s West among 2024-25 winners of Vilas Associates Competition

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Christina West is one of 24 UW–Madison faculty winners of the 2024-25 Vilas Associates Competition, which recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Both assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure are eligible for this award. West joined the School of Education’s Art Department in 2022 as an assistant professor …

UW–Madison’s Puntambekar and Karumbaiah examine how AI can help teachers and students succeed

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By Laurel White  For the past 20 years, School of Education faculty member Sadhana Puntambekar has worked with teachers and middle school students across Wisconsin to build technology-enhanced learning environments for science learning and teaching, from solving complex design problems and writing about them to contrasting virtual and in-person lab experiments. Now, Puntambekar and a School of …

CCBC’s Diversity Statistics show small changes in number of diverse books for children and teens published last year

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By Kari Dickinson The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) has updated its annual Diversity Statistics to include data on the 3,491 books for children and teens received by the CCBC that were published in 2023.*  The CCBC has been documenting books for children and teens it receives annually by and about Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) …

UW–Madison’s Dance Department presents H’Doubler Concert 2024

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UW–Madison’s Dance Department, housed in the School of Education, presents the H’Doubler Concert, featuring two programs of student concert works, this month. The concert will feature a mix of solo and ensemble contemporary dance works from student choreographers. Program I Featuring work from Evelyn Henriksen, Aurora Hines, Allison Larsen, Madison Liuzzo, Olivia Mendez, Emily Tlachac, …