A recent Wisconsin State Journal article highlighted the work of UW–Madison’s Donald Dantzler advising a team of high school students from 100 Black Men of Madison who won a national financial literacy contest. Dantzler is a member of the education committee for 100 Black Men of Madison and a research and survey specialist in the Research and …
The UW–Madison Community Arts Collaboratory is receiving an NEA Research Lab award to support a new study examining the value of community arts education initiatives. “The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to welcome UW–Madison’s Community Arts Collaboratory into the network of labs across the country that are doing important work in this …
Data from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education, was referenced in a recent article in The Atlantic about former New England Patriots football player Martellus Bennett’s new career as a children’s book author, and his activism for more Black characters in children’s publishing and entertainment. Surveying the children’s-entertainment landscape, …
For generations, scholars, civil rights leaders, ministers, activists, and educators have pushed, fought, and even died for simply daring to communicate the need for equity and inclusion. Today, more than ever, it is necessary to have real conversations that illuminate the ills in our society that perpetuate systemic racism and negatively impact future generations. But …
UW–Madison’s LaVar Charleston, the School of Education’s associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion, was named to Gov. Tony Evers’ Advisory Council on Equity and Inclusion. The council is designed to provide strategic guidance in developing a sustainable framework to promote and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion practices across Wisconsin state government. “It is a …
UW–Madison student Claudia Matta Ramly was recently selected as one of “365 Inspiring Arab Women” by Women in Business Arabia. Ramly is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. She is also a project assistant in the Learning, Representations, and Technology Lab, housed in the School of Education. Women in Business Arabia and …
UW–Madison student Bryanna Plaisir was featured in a recent Capital Times article, headlined “What did we learn? Bryanna Plaisir embraces the stage, finds true allies.” Plaisir is a double major in theatre, in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, as well as in mathematics. In the article — one in a series of …
UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora, Pallavi Chhabra, and Bailey Smolarek co-authored a recent article in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice, titled “Exploring the Factors that Influence How (And Why) Community College Instructors Teach Communication and Teamwork Skills in Computer Technology Courses.” Hora is the director of UW–Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT), which is …
The Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE), which is housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, is presenting a research talk by 2019 mini grant recipient Alejandra Ros Pilarz, an assistant professor in UW–Madison’s Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work. The talk, titled “Family Engagement in Preschool,” will be held via Zoom …
UW–Madison alumni Bruce Meredith and Mark Paige have published an article in the Houston Law Review that is titled, “Reversing Rodriguez: A Siren Call to a Dangerous Shoal.” Paige is a School of Education graduate, having earned his PhD from the School’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2011. He is currently an associate professor at the …