Thomas A. Romberg, a professor emeritus with the UW–Madison School of Education, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. He was 90 years old. Romberg joined the UW–Madison faculty in 1966, and retired in 2005. Through his almost 40 years on the faculty he became an internationally recognized leader in mathematics education. …
Five individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been named to the sixth cohort of Morgridge Fellows. They are: Angela Johnson, lecturer, Art DepartmentCourtney Parker-West, PhD student, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy AnalysisDiego Román, assistant professor of bilingual/bicultural education, Department of Curriculum and InstructionLaShandra Harbin, PhD student, Department of Educational Policy …
As parents, students, and teachers prepare for the upcoming 2023-24 academic year, experts from UW–Madison’s School of Education are ready to share their thoughts with members of the media on a range of school and education-related topics. Grappling with artificial intelligence in schools How will artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT influence schools and learning? …
Shining a light on their work in the classroom, an outstanding 127 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin sports teams were named 2022-23 Big Ten Distinguished Scholars, as announced by the Big Ten in June. Of these, 40 are students pursuing degrees in the School of Education. The Big Ten Conference recognized a total of …
A Wisconsin Public Radio report that examines the issue of low teacher retention in Wisconsin highlights the UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge and the Early Career Teaching Institute — which most recently brought about 100 early-career educators to campus in July — as ways the School is supporting teacher education graduates and helping …
A recent article highlights a Department of Curriculum and Instruction course, “Videogames and Learning,” as one of UW–Madison’s top ten summer classes in 2022. The course, which was offered again for Summer Term 2023, is taught by Krista-Lee Malone, a teaching professor in the department. “One of the main things I want students to take …
Madison’s longest running African-American owned magazine, UMOJA, recently published a feature on UW–Madison’s Diego Román that was written by Erika Bullock, his colleague in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Román is an assistant professor of bilingual/bicultural education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He is interested in the intersection of …
By Sofie Schachter Last month, 17 librarians from across Wisconsin convened at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) to explore how virtual reality experiences could help increase rural Latinx students’ engagement with scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic. Field Day Lab, an educational video game lab within WCER and the UW–Madison School of …
John Palmer, a UW–Madison professor emeritus and dean of the School of Education from 1975-1991, died peacefully on June 25, 2023, in Middleton, Wisconsin. He was 95. Palmer was an esteemed professor in the Departments of Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Policy Studies, and History at UW–Madison. He served as dean of the School of Education …
UW–Madison alumni Matthew Knoester and Assaf Meshulam are the authors of a new book, “Learning to Cross Divides: Examining Critical Multicultural and Bilingual Schools,” that will be published by Routledge in July. Both Knoester and Meshulam earned their doctorates from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Knoester graduated in 2010, and Meshulam …