Housing residents are invited to honor instructors who have impacted them positively, challenged them, helped them learn, and inspired them. For the Spring 2019 semester, five faculty and staff from across the School of Education were recognized. Those being honored are: Douglas Rosenberg, the Chair of the School of Education’s Art Department. Rosenberg, a professor of video, …
The sculpture was created by Victoria Reed, who earned her master of fine arts degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 2016. This gift was made possible with support from the 4W Initiative (Women, Well-being, Wisconsin and the World), the UW Foundation, and the Wisconsin Union. Reed made the sculpture with fabricated steel. In this piece, …
On Friday evening, May 10, the School honored its Spring 2019 Ph.D. and master of fine arts degree recipients during a traditional hooding ceremony. Bucky Badger stopped in to salute our new alums and check out the scene before Dean Diana Hess welcomed and congratulated this newest cohort of #UWGrads. And on Saturday morning, May …
At 27, Ricks is not only the first black principal in the Middleton-Cross Plains School District, but also the youngest in the history of the district. “I think the main thing I bring is vision,” says Ricks, who received his master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in …
“We realized we were the only individuals representing UW‒Madison,” recalls Jorgensen, co-director of The Network at the time. “It was suddenly so apparent that the School of Education should play a more prominent role in rural Wisconsin schools and communities through research and outreach.” Since that aha moment in the car, it’s been full speed ahead. Last fall, the …
Ladson-Billings is the current president of the National Academy of Education and is a professor emerita with the UW-Madison School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is also a faculty affiliate with the departments of Educational Policy Studies,Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and Afro American Studies. Ladson-Billings will speak during the first of six ceremonies from …
The production was presented in association with the Little Theatre Movement and was performed at the Little Theatre in Kingston. Walker’s piece, according to an article from the Gleaner, “illustrated a creative juxtaposition between lighting and choreography.” Walker is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Dance Department. Read more about the Morning of Movement …
Communities have an interest in ensuring children receive an adequate education. But how do we define community? In this column, Underwood explores the meaning of community when it comes to ensuring education. Underwood is the Susan Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, and the former dean of the School of Education. Writes Underwood: …
The RERIC launch and celebration runs from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on the 13th floor of the Educational Sciences building. In addition to Albers and Garbacz, School of Education Dean Diana Hess and WCER Director Robert Mathieu will help host the event. The mission of the RERIC is to conduct rigorous, sophisticated, interdisciplinary, and partnership-based research …
Teixeira is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. His research-based and interdisciplinary work involves video, installation, text and photography. Through performative and participatory structures, he examines notions of language, locational identity, exile and displacement, addressing the limits and overlapping of personal and socio-political territories, physical and psychological spaces. A short description of …