As students, educators, and families prepare for the start of a new school year, experts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education are available to share insights on some of the most pressing issues facing schools today. Their expertise spans topics including artificial intelligence in education, student mental health, teacher shortages, civic learning, college …
By Kari Dickinson In a room overlooking the summer blooms at Madison’s Olbrich Gardens, 10 educators sit with notebooks open as UW–Madison School of Education Dean Marcelle Haddix speaks. “I strongly believe that you can’t be a teacher of writing if you yourself don’t identify as a writer,” Haddix says. “I really appreciate spaces like …
By Jill Schaefer, for the UW–Madison Summer Term website When rising University of Wisconsin–Madison junior Jimena Rico-Sotelo was five years old, she entered the American school system speaking only Spanish. “I know firsthand what it feels like not to understand English but want to learn how to speak it,” said Rico-Sotelo, a Milwaukee native majoring …
Two teams of UW–Madison students in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction’s spring 2026 Game Design 2 course have earned international recognition for games they developed to address global challenges. The student teams participated in the Games for Change (G4C) Student Challenge, an international game design competition that invites young people to create digital games …
UW–Madison alumnus Brian Counselman, who earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is featured in PBS Wisconsin Education’s new “Field Notes on Climate” series. The series helps students in grades 6–12 explore how climate change affects their communities while learning about the people working to …
UW–Madison’s Mariah Pol, a teaching faculty member in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has received the James E. Davis Early Career Scholar Award from the Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC). The award was presented during the organization’s 2026 Annual Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As part of the honor, Pol …
By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship The UW–Madison School of Education is proud to announce the selection of 18 projects for funding through the One School Innovation Fund, a competitive internal program designed to catalyze bold, collaborative research and scholarship across the arts, education, and health. Launched earlier this year by the Office …
By Laurel White Two recent doctoral graduates of the UW–Madison School of Education were among 12 individuals nationwide chosen to receive 2026 NAEd/Spencer Research Fellowships. Anshu Jain, who earned his doctoral degree from the Department of Educational Policy Studies, and Marino Miranda Noriega, who earned his doctoral degree from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, …
Media release from the Madison Metropolitan School District The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is celebrating a major milestone in its Grow Your Own (GYO) to Teacher Program as the initiative’s inaugural cohort completes its associate degrees at Madison College and prepares to continue toward teacher licensure through the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education. …
By Laurel White Six members of the School of Education community have been chosen as recipients of 2026 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships, prestigious national fellowships that support promising education research by early-career scholars. Supported by the National Academy of Education (NAEd) and Spencer Foundation, the fellowships provide funding and professional development to advance projects …