Shining a light on their work in the classroom, an outstanding 124 student-athletes from UW–Madison’s fall sports teams were named to the 2022-23 Academic All-Big Ten Team, as announced by the Big Ten earlier this month. Of these, 20 are students pursuing degrees in the School of Education. The Big Ten Conference recognized a total …
Three books by UW–Madison’s Thomas Popkewitz have recently bolstered their international reach and were translated and published in Chinese. They are: Popkewitz, a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, studies the political and cultural politics of education knowledge and its comparative reason. Overall, Popkewitz has edited or authored about 40 books that have …
UW–Madison’s L. J. Randolph Jr. was recently elected to the board of directors of ACTFL. He will serve as the organization’s president-elect in 2023 and president in 2024. Randolph is an assistant professor of world language education with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. A former high school Spanish and ESL teacher, …
Isthmus put Erica Halverson’s new podcast, “Arts Educators Save the World,” in the spotlight recently in a story that is headlined, “An apple (podcast) for the teacher.” In the podcast, artists alongside their teachers and mentors talk with Halverson, a professor and chair in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, about how …
The work of a UW–Madison alumna and a fellow teacher to address the issue of gun violence in their community was recently spotlighted in The Guardian. Following the shooting death of one of their former students in 2013, Melanie Swandby — who at the time was a fifth-grade teacher at Lighthouse Community Charter School in …
UW–Madison alumna Ulla Connor received an honorary doctorate of philosophy from Åbo Akademi University in Finland in May 2022. Connor earned her PhD in curriculum and instruction from the School of Education in 1978, and now serves as the Chancellor’s Professor of English at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). At IUPUI, she was the first …
By Laurel White UW–Madison School of Education faculty, programs, and alumni have been featured in several stories this fall about how educators are approaching teaching about elections amid heightened political polarization and scrutiny on teachers. Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and an expert on civic education, offered her insight on the challenges …
The UW–Madison School of Education honored the 2022 recipients of its Rockwell Award for Outstanding Cooperating Teachers on Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Education Building. The Rockwell Awards, made possible through the generosity of Roland and Ruth Rockwell, recognize excellent teachers who have chosen to pass on their expertise by providing professional experiences for UW–Madison …
On Veterans Day, we’re putting the spotlight on Dale Schulz — a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, a proud UW–Madison School of Education alumnus (BS in elementary education), and an award-winning and now retired teacher. Schulz spent three years serving with the Marines from 1974 to 1977, rising to the rank of sergeant. From there, …
UW–Madison alumnus Alejandro Nunez is among 29 promising high school mathematics and science teachers who are just beginning their careers that were awarded Knowles Teaching Fellowships for 2022. Nunez is currently a first-year teacher at Verona Area High School in Verona, Wisconsin. He recently received his master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of …