UW–Madison’s Walter Stern was quoted in a recent report from FOX 8 in New Orleans about a group of people who pulled a bust of John McDonogh out of the Mississippi River. The statue had previously been torn down and dumped into the river by another group. Stern, an assistant professor of history and educational policy studies …
By Lynn Armitage, WCER Communications In early April, at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, a call went out to a select community around the world to come together to make sense of a senseless pandemic. Forced lockdowns, the collapse of world economies, isolation, fears of infection, and mostly the hundreds of thousands of lives …
By Preston Schmitt, University Marketing for the Division of Continuing Studies Cindy Kuhrasch believes that movement is simply a means of learning. And with the pandemic putting a pause on organized activity, the head of UW–Madison’s Physical Education Teacher Education program is proving that movement can take just about any form – if you use your …
The Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab, directed by UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman, has launched a new series on its website titled, “Student Debt in Wisconsin.” “It is surprisingly difficult to find authoritative and timely data on this topic,” explains the main web page for the series, “yet doing so can help inform public discussions …
Carlton Jenkins, an alumnus of UW–Madison’s School of Education, was recently named the superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District, a position he will begin on Aug. 4. Jenkins earned both his master’s (1993) and PhD (2009) from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. On July 15, The Capital Times …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications As teachers, students, and families wind down from months of in-home teaching and learning, they are beginning to reflect on what worked and what didn’t and plan for the inevitable: more virtual class time. But a team of researchers at WIDA, based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a leader …
The National Academy of Education (NAEd) announced the recipients of its 2020 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Awards in a news release posted on Wednesday, June 10. And once again, scholars with UW–Madison’s School of Education were well represented in this annual announcement. Qing Liu, Huimin Wang, and Choua P. Xiong — each of them PhD candidates with the Department …
Highly regarded School of Education faculty members Li Chiao-Ping, Robert Enright, and Stacey Lee were appointed to prestigious WARF Named Professorships, UW–Madison announced on May 12. These awards are made possible because of the research efforts of UW–Madison faculty and staff. Technology that arises from these efforts is licensed by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), and …
Thanks to the generosity of alumni John and Tashia Morgridge, UW–Madison in February announced a new $70 million matching opportunity to support faculty recruitment and retention. The match was made be available to donors who would like to establish or enhance an endowed professorship or chair fund. An endowed professorship or chair distributes income annually …
As the oldest of seven children, George Affeldt Jr. grew up in home full of books and reading in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. And when he wanted to choose a career, he chose teaching because “teachers have to keep learning.” “I’m a lifelong learner,” says Affeldt, who earned his undergraduate degree from the UW–Madison School of Education …