Category: Department of Curriculum and Instruction

School of Education celebrates recently promoted faculty

Several School of Education faculty members were recently honored with promotions in recognition of their continued excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service across UW–Madison and in their scholarly communities.  The promotions were celebrated at an event hosted by Interim Chancellor Eric Wilcots. The School of Education faculty recognized at the event were: Promoted to associate …

UW–Madison’s Halverson argues for funding teaching artists in The Hechinger Report editorial

Teaching artists are deeply valuable members of the education community and should be funded accordingly, a UW–Madison School of Education faculty member argued in a recent editorial.  Erica Halverson, chair of the Department of Theatre & Drama and professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, pushed for year-round, well-paid jobs for teaching artists in …

UW–Madison professor discusses what schools do and don’t teach about 9/11

By Amellia Fowler UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and a researcher with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio about how middle and high school students are taught about the September 11 attacks. In the Weekend Edition Sunday segment, Stoddard …

UW–Madison’s Halverson named to a2ru Executive Committee

UW–Madison’s Erica Halverson has been named to the Executive Committee of the Alliance in the Arts for Research Universities (a2ru). Halverson, the Gibb Faculty Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, chair of the Department of Theatre and Drama, and special advisor to the dean on arts and innovation in the School of Education, has dedicated her …

School of Education Dean Marcelle Haddix to moderate Cap Times Idea Fest panel

The dean of the UW–Madison School of Education will moderate a panel at the Cap Times Idea Fest next week, guiding panelists as they discuss how philanthropy and public-private partnership could play a vital role in the future of public schools in Madison.  The discussion, “Can Madison get this right? Schools, talent, and our city’s …

School of Education research on teaching about 9/11 featured in Wisconsin State Journal

A long-running School of Education study examining how educators teach about the events of September 11, 2001 was featured recently in the Wisconsin State Journal.  The study, led by faculty member Jeremy Stoddard and Dean Emerita Diana Hess, began in 2002. The study looks into how the events of 9/11 and the global war on …

UW–Madison alumnae team up on children’s book exploring Wisconsin cheese

UW–Madison alumnae Susan Apps-Bodilly and Renée Graef have teamed up to create a new children’s book that takes readers on an entertaining A-to-Z journey through the delicious world of Wisconsin cheese. Published in August by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press, “The ABCs of Wisconsin Cheese” explores the stories and makers behind the food that has …

School of Education dean, dance faculty member share their ‘Why Wisconsin’ stories

School of Education Dean Marcelle Haddix and Dance Department Assistant Professor Bradford Chin recently shared their reasons for choosing the University of Wisconsin–Madison as their academic home in the Division of the Art’s recurring “Why Wisconsin” feature.  In the feature, Haddix explains her Wisconsin roots — she was born in Madison and raised in Milwaukee …

UW–Madison alumna Chávez-Moreno honored with 2026 Anna Julia Cooper Award

UW–Madison alumna Laura C. Chávez-Moreno, who earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2018, has received the 2026 Anna Julia Cooper Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on the Sociology of Education. Established in 2022, the award recognizes exceptional research and service advancing racial equity in education. …

UW–Madison study explores how Korean immigrant families make math meaningful

Parents Support Math Learning Through Language, Culture, Family Relationships By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship A new study by a former UW–Madison doctoral student explores how first-generation Korean immigrant parents support their elementary-aged children’s mathematics learning at home. Based on video observations of three Korean immigrant families during the COVID-19 pandemic, the study …