The UW–Madison School of Education hosted 21 secondary-level educators from abroad again this fall as part of the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (Fulbright TEA) program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by IREX. These teachers came to Madison from 17 different countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They arrived in …
November 10, 2023 UW–Madison’s Taylor Odle is a 2023 recipient of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) Raymond Vernon Memorial Award. Odle is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. His work leverages quantitative methods and data science techniques to study issues concerning the economics of education …
Several Wisconsin news outlets have highlighted a new partnership between the UW–Madison School of Education and Milwaukee Public Schools that aims to combat a shortage of special education teachers in one of the state’s most high-needs school districts. The new program, which began recruiting students earlier this month, aims to train and place 36 master’s-level …
UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) has been spotlighted in three recent Wisconsin and national news stories. On Sept. 26, CCBC Director Tessa Michaelson Schmidt was quoted in a report from ABC News5 in Cleveland, Ohio, about the growth of Hispanic representation in children’s books. According to the article, which cites the CCBC’s Diversity Statistics, 7 percent …
At a special ceremony held Tuesday, Nov. 7, the UW–Madison campus community and invited guests celebrated the installation of Ho-Chunk banners on Bascom Hall, commissioned as part of the University of Wisconsin’s 175th anniversary. The university occupies land that was the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk. The banners were designed in collaboration by UW–Madison doctoral student Molli Pauliot …
he UW–Madison School of Education hosted 21 secondary-level educators from abroad again this fall as part of the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (Fulbright TEA) program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by IREX. These teachers came to Madison from 17 different countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They arrived in …
UW–Madison’s Julie Stamm, a clinical assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, discussed “Kids, Sports, and the Concussed Brain” with CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta recently on the podcast, Chasing Life. Stamm, who is the author of the book “The Brain on Youth Sports: The Science, the Myths, and the Future,” told …
Artwork by UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is featured on the cover of Robert Beckford’s newest book, “Decolonizing Contemporary Gospel Music Through Praxis.” Abdu’Allah, an internationally acclaimed artist and professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, is the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art and the associate dean of the arts in the School of Education. Beckford’s …
UW–Madison’s Baron Kelly is spotlighted in an article, titled “Baron Kelly: From the Streets of New York to the World’s Stages,” in the fall 2023 issue of Black Masks magazine. Kelly is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, and also holds a concurrent appointment with the Odyssey Project in …
UW–Madison’s Suzanne Eckes breaks down the Supreme Court’s stance on book banning in her recent op-ed in The Conversation. Eckes is the Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy, and Practice in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Much of her research focuses on how civil rights laws impact …