Would you like to improve classroom discussions to better engage students and help them learn your course content and skills? The Discussion Project supports UW–Madison instructors in designing and implementing high quality discussions for classes of 40 or fewer students. Applications are now open for two new course sessions: an in-person series in January, and an …
UW–Madison’s Megan Reilly has been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Experience Design Certificate Program by Odyssey Works. Reilly is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama. The 10-month, low-residency program is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the principles of experience design and introduce them to an …
UW–Madison alumna Zhalarina Sanders has created an autobiographical music video series entitled “The Light“ with PBS Wisconsin, which she wrote, acted in, and produced. Originally released in May 2020, the series won an Emmy in the Chicago/Midwest region for Outstanding Achievement in Arts/Entertainment Programming. Sanders earned her master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Counseling …
UW–Madison’s Brian Burt, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is an inaugural winner of the Emerging Leader Alumni Award from the University of Michigan’s School of Education. Burt earned his PhD from the University of Michigan in 2014. The Emerging Leader Alumni Award is one of two new awards launched this …
A research team including UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora, Matthew Wolfgram, and Changhee Lee have published an article in the Teachers College Record. Hora is an associate professor of adult teaching and learning, and the director of the Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions (CCWT) in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. Wolfgram is the assistant director …
The Early Literacy and Beyond Task Force — a joint effort between the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education — released its final report during a public presentation at the MMSD Board of Education’s Instruction Work Group meeting Monday evening, Dec. 6. The report is the culmination of months of collaborative work to …
UW–Madison’s Haley Vlach will be featured on PBS Wisconsin this month, speaking about “Why Forgetting Helps Us Remember.” Vlach is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, and the director of UW–Madison’s Learning, Cognition, and Development Lab. The episode in which Vlach appears is part of a PBS series, “Wednesday Nights @ …
Former Badgers football standout and current Miami Dolphins linebacker Vince Biegel wore a special set of cleats during Sunday’s game against the New York Giants that spotlighted — and eventually will help raise funds for — UW–Madison’s Adapted Fitness program. “The University of Wisconsin and the Adapted Fitness program are both very special places to me,” says …
UW–Madison’s CJ Greer is the author of guest column published in The Capital Times that is headlined, “CRT ban fuels division, stifles conversation.” Greer is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. In his column, Greer argues that recently passed legislation in the Wisconsin State Assembly that would …
UW–Madison alumnus James T. Minor has been named the 10th chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Minor will be the first Black chancellor at SIUE, pending formal Board of Trustees approval Thursday, Dec. 2. He will begin his tenure on March 1. Minor earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2001. …