Impact 2030 is an ambitious initiative designed to dramatically strengthen our already highly regarded School of Education. Thanks to generous donors who are backing these efforts, Impact 2030 is helping us push the boundaries of innovation, research, and creativity over the next decade leading up to the School of Education’s centennial in 2030. Join us …
Courtney Bell stepped into her new role as director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), which is housed in the School of Education, on July 1. She joined her new colleagues at UW–Madison remotely, as she and most of WCER’s researchers and staff have been working since mid-March 2020. Yet she has managed …
During the course of the academic year, the School of Education is sharing Q&As completed by our newest faculty members in an effort to introduce them to our campus and School of Education communities. Here, we introduced Baron Kelly, who joined the School as a faculty member prior to the start of the fall semester. …
Hybrid learning. Masks. Physical distancing. COVID-19 testing. When the fall 2020 semester kicked off at UW–Madison on Sept. 2, everyone realized it would be unlike any that had come before. But our School of Education students remained upbeat — and proved to be just as driven and inspiring as always. Prior to the start of …
Dear Friends: Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, it’s no secret that our School of Education has faced challenges few of us could have envisioned. But in a year that was difficult for so many across the world, sometimes you have no choice but to roll with the punches. When UW–Madison canceled …
Madison365.com reported on the most recent Real Talk for Real Change symposium, “Advancing Hip-Hop as a Path Toward Equity,” which took place virtually on Nov. 19. The event was hosted by the School of Education’s office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and office of Professional Learning and Community Education (PLACE). Featuring a panel of UW–Madison faculty and staff and local artist …
Reporter Sanika Bhargaw with Madison’s NBC15/WMTV visited the Juda School District recently to spotlight a unique master’s degree residency program offered through UW–Madison’s School of Education, which is preparing future special education teachers to work in high-need and rural districts in Wisconsin. UW–Madison’s Special Education Teacher (UW-SET) Residency Program allows students to earn their master’s degree …
Michele Byrd-McPhee, the fall 2020 interdisciplinary artist with UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts, was featured in a Q&A for the Capital Times where she spoke about adjusting to teaching via Zoom, the challenges women face in hip-hop, and the role of music and dancing in protests. Byrd-McPhee is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer, curator, and director of Ladies …
UW–Madison’s Kate Vieira is receiving the Edward B. Fry Book Award for her 2019 publication, “Writing for Love and Money: How Migration Drives Literacy Learning in Transnational Families.” The award, from the Literacy Research Association, recognizes books written in the last five years that advance knowledge about literacy, display inquiry into literacy, and show responsible intellectual …
UW–Madison’s Eleni Schirmer has authored an article for The Nation that is headlined, “It’s Not Just Students Drowning in Debt. Colleges Are Too!” Schirmer is a joint doctoral candidate with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Department of Curriculum and Instruction. In the article, Schirmer explains a culprit for both student and institutional debt is declining …