By Laurel White The reasons we teach science in America are largely myths, according to a new book from a UW–Madison School of Education professor. In “Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should),” professor John Rudolph argues decades of misconceptions have fueled the idea that science education spurs economic growth and builds crucial everyday …
Two UW–Madison doctoral students with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis had their research highlighted in a recent report by Education Week. Narek Sahakyan, who is also a researcher at WIDA within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, and Glenn Poole, a project assistant at WIDA, earlier this year published …
Colleen Larsen’s dissertation, “Dreams beyond Safety: A Critical Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Refugee Students at Two-Year Public Colleges in Wisconsin,” has won the Dissertation of the Year Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC). Larsen earned her master’s from UW–Madison’s Global Higher Education program in the School of Education’s …
A recent Capital Times article, headlined “Asian students want their culture represented in Wisconsin classrooms,” quotes UW–Madison School of Education student Tony DelaRosa. The article asks multiple Wisconsin area students in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community about their experiences learning (or not learning) about their culture in educational settings. DelaRosa, who is …
Work by UW–Madison’s Tom Jones, a professor of photography in the School of Education’s Art Department and an Art Department alumnus (BFA 1988), has been highlighted in multiple news sources recently. The Spring 2023 issue of First American Art Magazine celebrates the magazine’s 10-year anniversary, highlighting Jones’ work, “Elizah Leonard,” on the cover. Jones was …
Two with School of Education ties — LaVar Charleston and Matthew Hora — express their thoughts on hopes for UW–Madison’s future in a recent article in On Wisconsin magazine. The story, titled “Into the Unknown” and written by John Allen, shares perspectives from multiple UW–Madison staff and faculty members about what the future of the …
By Rachel Carrier, The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies “Capturing the beautiful, dynamic, and sometimes sorrowful moments nature has to offer is no easy feat and takes a careful eye. The woman behind the lens, Tomiko Jones, is an assistant professor of photography, housed in the School of Education, who explores the geography of changing …
For the 10th straight year, UW–Madison’s School of Education has been ranked among the top five education schools in the country, according to the 2023-24 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate School Rankings released Tuesday. This year, the School of Education moved up two spots and landed in a tie for third. Additionally, 10 …
Kate Vieira, the Susan J. Cellmer Distinguished Chair in Literacy and a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, recently won the Kay W. Levin Award for Short Nonfiction from the Wisconsin Writers Awards. The award was given for Vieira’s Guernica Magazine piece, “Someone Else’s Language,” published in June 2022. “Someone …
In 2021, Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr., an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, was awarded a Theories of Blackness, Indigeneity, and Racialization in Research to Reduce Inequality in the Lives of Young People Writing Fellowship from the William T. Grant Foundation. The fellowship is a new, one-time …