The free guidance, now live online at a state Department of Public Instruction website, is aimed at helping district and building leaders systematically assess the effectiveness of their ACP plans, which are required to be in place for every student in grades 6-12 under a state law that took effect in fall 2017. Any school or …
While she was working at her two-year school, UW–Manitowoc, in 2017, the office received a call about a new program at UW–Madison called “Badger Promise,” Harrison says. She had never heard of it before, so she did research and found that the program promised free tuition to qualifying first-generation Wisconsin transfer students. “I thought ‘This …
ScienceNews shares recent developments in educational robots, saying that children will chat with, listen to, and otherwise treat robots as sentient, social beings. Although these robots aren’t intended to replace human teachers, these educational robots are potentially able to provide students with one-on-one attention that could be especially crucial to students with special needs or …
This meeting, which begins at 8 a.m. CDT, is the second of five hearings related to the reauthorizing of the Higher Education Act. This hearing is titled, “Strengthening Accountability in Higher Education to Better Serve Students and Taxpayers.” Hillman is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, …
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Gym 6 of the UW Natatorium, 2000 Observatory Dr. The open house will highlight the outstanding work being done in the realm of adapted fitness on the UW–Madison campus, and will feature keynote speakers at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., and noon. The keynote speakers are …
Bal is an associate professor of special education with the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education. His research focuses on the interplay between culture, learning, and behavioral problems through the study of sociohistorical and spatial constructions of deviance across local and global education systems. Bal’s current research projects aim at developing culturally responsive research …
Mpofu is a doctoral student in rehabilitation counselor education with the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education. Mpofu will use the funding for a pilot study this summer in Auckland, New Zealand, where she will be completing pre-dissertation research focusing on the problem of Māori adults having the highest rates of depression and suicide — but …
The promoting activity for diverse abilities certificate program was approved by the university’s Academic Planning Council and requires 16 to 18 credits for completion. The program is being run through the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and students can declare for this certificate in the coming fall semester. “This certificate provides students interested in …
The CCBC is housed within the UW–Madison School of Education. It publishes an annual report tracking the number of children’s books by and about people of color and from First/Native Nations. The center started tracking these numbers in 1985, documenting them in their annual best books listing, “CCBC Choices” publication. Today, the CCBC also maintains a …
Chávez-Moreno received her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the summer of 2018. Her dissertation is titled, “A Critical Race Ethnography Examining Dual-Language Education in the New-Latinx Diaspora: Reinforcing and resisting Bilingual Education’s Racial Roots.” She will be formally recognized at a ceremony April 7 during the AERA Annual Meeting …