University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Nearly 300 books by award-winning author Kate DiCamillo being delivered to Wisconsin districts

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With backing from Kate DiCamillo, staff from the Teacher Education Center within UW-Madison’s School of Education are delivering nearly 300 books by the award-winning author to several districts around Wisconsin. DiCamillo is presenting the 2019 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture, sponsored by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), on Thursday in the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater. At DiCamillo’s request, her …

Research from UW-Madison’s Winterstein helps ID factor in concussion reporting

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A story ​out of the University of Georgia explains new research on sport-related concussions (SRC) that’s co-authored by UW-Madison’s Andrew Winterstein and Dee Warmath, a former faculty member at UW-Madison. Warmath and Winterstein’s study —  which was published in the journal Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach — reveals that knowing how to report a concussion may be …

Middle School absences send important signal

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A new report from the Madison Education Partnership finds that rather than causing students to do poorly in school, unexcused absences may be signals of significant challenges in students’ lives. To respond, the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is working to understand and act on those signals. Student absences in grades six through eight have steadily increased …

UW-Madison’s Smith offers 10 ways to enjoy art for the amateur gallery-goer

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UW–Madison’s Leslie Smith III is a contemporary abstract artist and associate professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. His work, which is primarily oil paint on shaped canvasses, is displayed both nationally and internationally, and is currently on display at the Galerie Isabelle Gounod in Paris. “I think if you’ve never had the opportunity to …

UW-Madison’s Miller writes at Medium.com about experience in education system

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UW-Madison’s Keith Miller Jr. recently published an article at Medium.com headlined “Confessions of an ‘At-Risk’ Black Boy Turned Educator.” Miller explains that it’s “a nine-minute read/journey to the center of my own trauma and experience as a Black body in the education system and the journey to leading the work in my community at the Deep …

‘Flow: The Art of Felipe and Carlos Eduardo Gacharná’ on display at Academic Staff Art Gallery

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The work of the School of Education’s Felipe Gacharná and his brother, Carlos Eduardo Gacharná, is being showcased in the Academic Staff Art Gallery in Bascom Hall. Their photography series is titled, “Flow: The Art of Felipe and Carlos Eduardo Gacharná.” An opening reception is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 14, from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. …

2019 MSAN Student Conference Oct. 23-26

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More than 200 high school students and their chaperones from 19 U.S. school districts will be at the Madison Concourse Hotel Oct. 23-26 for the Minority Student Achievement Network Student Conference, an annual event aimed at developing student leaders dedicated to ending racial disparities in achievement and opportunity. Sponsored this year by the Middleton-Cross Plains Area …

UW-Madison’s Charleston to speak on panel at Wisconsin Leadership Conference Oct. 7

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UW–Madison’s LaVar Charleston will be taking part in a panel discussion on Monday, Oct. 7, that’s part of the second annual Wisconsin Leadership Conference at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison. Charleston is the School of Education’s associate dean for diversity and inclusion. The panel event he is taking part in will be …

‘Flight: Torn like a rose,’ runs Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 at H’Doubler Performance Space

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The School of Education’s Dance Department, along with Peggy Choy Dance company and UW-Madison’s Asian American Studies program, presents “Flight: Torn like a rose,” which will be held at the H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. Peggy Choy, an associate professor with the Dance Department, has a foundation in Korean and Javanese …

Burt to receive Exemplar Award from Indiana University’s Neal-Marshall Alumni Club

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UW-Madison’s Brian Burt is receiving the Exemplar Award from Indiana University’s Neal-Marshall Alumni Club on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the 24th IU NMAC reunion in Indianapolis. Burt is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Prior to arriving on the UW-Madison campus for the start of fall semester, he served …