UW–Madison’s Kelly Hayek, Irene Ann Resenly, and Kyle Harrison were featured on the first episode of the Revolutionizing Education podcast produced by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Hayek is the student and alumni support specialist for the School of Education’s Teacher Education Center. Resenly is a doctoral candidate within the School’s Department of Curriculum and …
The arts collaborative Spatula&Barcode has launched “Home Stretch,” a “distributed festival” of small artistic acts taking place in Madison, Wisconsin, between the summer solstice (June 21) and the autumn equinox (September 22). By appointment, participating artists will offer intimate performances and other arts experiences throughout the summer. All bookings are handled through the event website. Spatula&Barcode was founded …
The Wisconsin State Journal utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings in a recent article discussing the “chilling” effect that proposed legislation introduced by Republican lawmakers would have on Wisconsin public schools. Ladson-Billings is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is also the president of the National Academy of …
Jill Underly — who received her master’s (2008) and PhD (2012) from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis — won a state-wide election in April to become Wisconsin’s next state superintendent. Underly, who had led the Pecatonica Area School District the past six years, starts her position in July. Underly …
Dear friends: The coronavirus has altered our lives in significant ways and transformed how our School of Education operates. Although challenges are ongoing, the success of COVID-19 vaccines is raising expectations that the next semester will look more like fall 2019 than fall 2020. That’s wonderful news, because our Badger community flourishes when it can …
In an effort to help bolster Wisconsin’s teacher workforce and give the state’s schoolchildren access to the high-quality educators they deserve, we launched a bold new program in August 2020: the UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge. It’s the first program of its kind offered by a public university. Here’s how it works: The initiative …
The School of Education welcomed 16 new faculty members to campus during the past academic year, which is one of the largest cohorts to sign on with the School since its founding in 1930. We share Q&As completed by our newest faculty members in an effort to introduce them to our campus and School of …
On Saturday, May 8, UW–Madison celebrated its Spring 2021 Commencement. We are tremendously proud of all our students — nearly 600 of them — graduating from School of Education programs. We reached out to a few of our graduating students from bachelor’s to PhDs to learn more about their favorite memories, advice for incoming students, …
UW–Madison’s School of Education and several of its programs are rated among the very best in the nation according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 30. UW-Madison is home to the fourth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the eighth straight year it has been rated …
Dean Diana Hess takes a look back at the difficult past year-plus — and the lessons learned that will make the School of Education stronger moving forward. By Dean Diana Hess When I interviewed for the dean position in May 2015, I predicted higher education would change more in the next 10 years than it …