University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Ladson-Billings, McKinney de Royston discuss with WORT how Black Lives Matter is changing education

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Two professors from UW–Madison’s School of Education discussed how the Black Lives Matter movement is reshaping education with WORT-FM’s “A Public Affair” program. The segment was titled, “How Black Lives Matter is Changing Education.” Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita, and Maxine McKinney de Royston, an assistant professor with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, were interviewed …

School of Education’s Kendall receives Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award

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Nancy Kendall, a professor and chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, is one of 11 UW–Madison faculty members being honored this year with a Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award. This award recognizes research and teaching excellence, and provides flexible research funding for three years. Vilas professorships and awards are supported …

‘Three Things’ video series highlights UW–Madison faculty and staff research

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Two groups in the School of Education are teaming up to share information from their on-campus colleagues with the broader, off-campus community. The Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative and Everyday Academics are producing short videos that highlight UW–Madison researchers, faculty, staff, and students who share a few of the guiding principles about their work. So far, there …

Novel from alum Wiemer, ‘The Assignment,’ to be released Aug. 25

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UW-Madison alumna Liza Wiemer’s upcoming young adult (YA) novel, “The Assignment,” is being published for release on Aug. 25. Wiemer graduated from the School of Education in 1986 with a BS in elementary education. “The Assignment” follows a group of students as they must grapple with a school assignment that encourages intolerance and discrimination. As …

UW–Madison’s Wang weighs in on possible new admissions test

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Inside Higher Ed utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Xueli Wang for a report headlined, “What Could a New Admissions Test Bring?” Wang was among a number of experts that Inside Higher Ed asked to weigh in on the University of California’s plan to establish a new admissions test within five years. “If they don’t, UC …

Persevering through a pandemic: COVID-19 presents an unexpected crisis, but the School of Education is up to the challenge

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Even after UW–Madison announced March 11 that it planned to halt face-to-face classes immediately following spring break — from March 23, when students were set to return to campus, through at least April 10 — few immediately grasped the magnitude of the disruption that the COVID-19 virus would bring. In an effort to start planning …

Message from the dean

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Dear friends: When the spring semester got underway in January, I was looking forward to so many different things. In particular, I was already spending a good deal of time preparing for an announcement and event set for April 2 that was to kick off an ambitious and exciting new initiative that’s designed to dramatically …

Voices: Jackson op-ed explains how chief diversity officers need more than a title to succeed

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An op-ed from Jerlando Jackson was published by Cuma Management on Jan. 13 and it examines the recent influx of chief diversity officer (CDO) positions, and the challenges they face. Jackson is the Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher Education and the chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He is …

Five with ties to School of Education to speak at summit on ‘Public Education and Democracy’

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Five members of the School of Education community will be featured in the Wisconsin Public Education Network’s upcoming summer summit, “Public Education and Democracy,” which will take place virtually on Friday, July 24. John Diamond and Gloria Ladson-Billings are both keynote speakers for the event. Diamond is the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education …

Diamond speaks with WPR for segment on, ‘Schools across Wisconsin debate reopening or going virtual’

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UW–Madison’s John Diamond was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” program on July 21 to talk about the debate raging in Wisconsin and across the nation about whether schools should re-open this fall — or continue with virtual learning. Host Rob Ferrett sets up the segment noting that as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, this …