UW–Madison’s Li Chiao-Ping and her dance company, Li-Chiao Ping Dance (LCPD), were recently featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. Li is a Vilas Research Professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department and is the founder of the LCPD. While UW–Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art has always showcased art from faculty, its 50th anniversary celebration is drawing art and …
Li-Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) is presenting “Dancing the Chazen,” the fourth and fifth events in the 2019-20 series “7DaysDancing.” “7DaysDancing” is a seven-part program of free, live art experiences aiming to activate community spaces in new, inventive, and inviting ways. This series features site-specific works utilizing the UW–Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art, meant to guide the …
By Katie Stenz, WIDA Educational tools and resources for assessing a small but important group of students, multilingual learners challenged with the most significant cognitive disabilities, now will become reality thanks to a U.S. Department of Education grant worth nearly $4 million. The Advancing Alternate English Language Learning Assessment (ALTELLA): Alternate Assessment Redesign project is …
The Bubbler, in collaboration with UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah and the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Foundations Central graduation recovery program, presents an art exhibition by Madison youth titled, “Urban Bubble.” Over a nine-week course held in the Madison Central Public Library’s Bubbler Room, “Urban Bubble” is the culmination of conversations and productions that celebrated identity, excellence, …
UW–Madison’s Stacey Lee and Lesley Bartlett were recently named incoming editors for Anthropology and Education Quarterly (AEQ), a journal of the American Anthropological Association. Bartlett and Lee are both professors with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. Diana Rodriguez Gomez, an assistant professor with the Department, was named an associate editor of AEQ. …
An op-ed from UW–Madison’s Jerlando Jackson, published by Cuma Management, discusses the recent influx of chief diversity officer (CDO) positions, and the challenges they face. Jackson is the Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher Education and the chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He is also the director and chief …
UW–Madison’s Samantha Baruah, the associate director of the School of Education’s Teacher Education Center, has been working for the past 11 years to make education more accessible and equitable on a local and national scale. Born in Vietnam, Baruah and her mother immigrated to the United States in 1980 as political refugees. She was two years …
UW–Madison’s Brett Ranon Nachman is one of seven students from across the country to be honored with a K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). Nachman is a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The 2020 recipients were chosen in …
On Friday, Jan. 24, registration for Badger Volunteers will be open to all UW–Madison students. Badger Volunteers is a semester-long program that pairs teams of students with community organizations (schools, nonprofits, municipalities) to volunteer one to four hours each week at the same organization. The program is designed to foster meaningful and consistent connections between community partners …
Popular Science magazine recently featured the expertise of UW–Madison’s Robert Enright in an article on forgiveness. Enright, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, has been researching how forgiveness affects wellbeing at locations across the globe for more than three decades. According to Popular Science, expanding research on the topic suggests that …