By Kari Dickinson A new accelerated master’s degree program in UW–Madison’s highly ranked School of Education aims to meet a critical need for PK-12 world language teachers in Wisconsin and beyond. Launching in summer 2023, the World Language Education MS program, housed in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, will allow students to earn a …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) scientist and CIMER Associate Executive DirectorMelissa McDaniels helped design and deliver a two-day workshop in Washington, D.C., aimed at helping the nation’s research universities and associated stakeholders understand how to better implement, incentivize, and create accountability structures in doctoral education programs nationwide. “We know …
The Wisconsin State Journal is once again putting the spotlight on the work of UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah. Abdu’Allah, who holds the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art, is an internationally acclaimed artist, professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, and the associate dean of the arts in the School of Education. The story focuses …
1950s Constance FriedBS 1953 — Physical EducationConstance reports that 16 women graduated in 1953 from the Department of Women’s Physical Education. She writes that “five of us are still alive and meet once a month on Zoom to compare the activities of the previous month.” Constance adds: “We are from the days of Ruth Glassow, …
“Me and the Boss: A Story about Mending and Love,” written by Michelle Edwards and illustrated by April Harrison, is the winner of the 2023 Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book. This award is given annually by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), a library of the School of Education, to …
John Hitchcock, a professor of printmaking with the School of Education’s Art Department, recently did a Q&A with a reporter from The Capital Times discussing his “artistic roots, narrative resilience, and what Native heritage means to him.” Hitchcock speaks not only about his artwork, but also his music, family, and Native heritage in the piece …
UW–Madison’s Clifton Conrad and Todd Lundberg have recently published an opinion piece for The Hill titled, “There’s a path away from toxic polarization: shared problem-solving.” Conrad is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Lundberg is the associate director for campus partner engagement with UW–Madison’s …
UW–Madison’s Taylor Odle is the co-author of a paper titled, “The Impact of Reverse Transfer Associate Degrees on Education and Labor Market Outcomes,” which is published as a working paper and has been accepted by the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Odle is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational …
Erin Gill, a doctoral student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and Mollie McQuillan, an assistant professor in the department, were recently quoted in a Wisconsin State Journal story that featured their study on the relationship between online schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic and suicide rates among LGBTQ+ students …
Students need more than “generic soft skills and internships” to be prepared for the workforce, writes UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora in an opinion piece for Inside Higher Ed. Instead, he argues, they need work-integrated classroom learning and pathways to build career readiness. Hora is an associate professor of adult and higher education with the Division of …