By Laurel White A new partnership between the UW–Madison School of Education and Milwaukee Public Schools aims to combat a shortage of special education teachers in one of the state’s most high-needs school districts by training and placing 36 master’s-level special education teachers in Milwaukee schools over the next five years. The program is the …
In their story, “Meditation is more than either stress relief or enlightenment,” Vox references a study by UW–Madison researchers including lead author Simon Goldberg, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and a core faculty member at the Center for Healthy Minds. The Vox article states that “…as the research …
A campus photographer followed along as new UW–Madison student Jayquan Jaeger, who hopes to double major in astronomy and theatre, navigated his first day of class earlier this month. Jaeger’s first day reflected his “wide-ranging interests,” notes the story, “with some piano practice along with a theatre class. He lives in Dejope Residence Hall.” See …
Angeline Boulley will deliver the Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s 2023 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m., at Union South on the UW–Madison campus. Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Her highly regarded debut novel, “The …
Every year, on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, UW–Madison’s Diana Hess and Jeremy Stoddard write a new story examining how teaching about 9/11 is changing with the times. This year, Hess and Stoddard co-wrote a piece for Bay City News titled, “Twenty-two years since 9/11: What schools teach about that day …
Diversity Statistics from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) were recently referenced in three Wisconsin and national news stories. Administratively housed in the School of Education and also supported by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the CCBC serves as a resource to Wisconsin schools, teachers, librarians, and others interested in children’s and young adult …
By WIDA WIDA, an educational services organization housed in UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), is excited to announce the appointment of Meg Van Voorhis as its inaugural chief educator learning officer (CELO). With her extensive experience and her commitment to our mission, Van Voorhis will play a pivotal role in furthering WIDA’s vision …
UW–Madison’s Mollie McQuillan was recently selected for the William T. Grant Foundation’s competitive Early Career Reviewer Program, which recruits early-career researchers to serve as peer reviewers of grant proposals submitted to the foundation for studies on improving the use of research evidence. McQuillan is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational …
This fall, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) will be hosting two in-person book discussions open to the public. The first discussion will be held Wednesday, Oct. 11, from 4-5:30 p.m. and will focus on new picture books for children and young adults. The second discussion will focus on middle-grade and young adult fiction, and …
By WCER Communications Education experts at UW–Madison are working to ensure that Jewish children of color will be able to see themselves in the school materials they use to help them learn. The Shalom Curriculum Project (SCP) is a skilled coalition of researchers, educators, and community members coming together to address a need in Jewish …