UW–Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) recently started a research project to understand the career development needs of working learners at UW-Parkside. In a recent survey of 2017-18 UW-Parkside graduates, more than 40 percent of respondents reported working off campus for pay for more than 30 hours per week. This figure is reflective …
UW–Madison’s Noah Feinstein is quoted in a recent report from E&E News examining efforts by public school educators in Portland, Oregon, to teach about global warming in ways that far surpasses lessons on climate models or atmospheric conditions. The report explains: “The school district is moving forward with a curriculum that will make climate justice …
UW–Madison alumna Jamila Lee-Johnson received second place honors in the Dissertation of the Year Award competition from the American Association for Blacks in Higher Education. Lee-Johnson earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2019. Her dissertation is titled, “I am Becoming”: Understanding the Experiences of Undergraduate Black …
On Wisconsin magazine recently put the spotlight on the importance of multicultural children’s literature and the important work being conducted by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. The report explains that in the year 2000, some 5,000 children’s books were published in the United States — but just 147 of them — less than 3 percent …
The work of UW–Madison’s Mollie McQuillan received honorable mention recognition in the 2020 Outstanding Dissertation Award competition being administered by the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Division A. McQuillan is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The dissertation being recognized, which McQuillan completed en route to earning …
Spectrum News 1 recently showcased Jessica Antonio-Gutierrez, a freshman at UW-Madison who hopes to become a teacher. Antonio-Gutierrez, a first-generation college student, comments on her experience: “I definitely think it’s a struggle because I’m figuring out certain things and I can’t really talk to my parents about it, but I think it’s pretty exciting and …
UW-Madison’s Beth Fields is helping lead sessions of an upcoming series of events titled, “Preparing to Care.” A preview of the series notes: “No one is ever prepared to become a caregiver for a loved one diagnosed with dementia. This series is designed to help you prepare and plan for the future.” These events are …
UW–Madison’s Pauline Ho received the 2020 Psychological Science Research Grant from the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS). Ho is a Ph.D. student with the human development program within the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. Ho’s project aims to better understand how individual and contextual factors interact to chart the course of ethnic …
UW-Madison’s Shawn Robinson and his newest book were recently featured in a WMTV/Ch. 15 report headlined, “Author writes second book for children with dyslexia after learning to read at 18.” Unable to read as child, the report notes how Robinson was kicked out of high school as a sophomore. Now, as researcher, he focuses on …
According to a recent report from Isthmus, the School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) left a lasting impression on the 2020 Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner Kevin Henkes, who was once a student at UW-Madison. Henkes, who studied with the School of Education’s Art Department, took on a work-study job at the CCBC while he …