Rosemary Russ is one of 12 UW–Madison faculty members chosen to receive a Distinguished Teaching Award this year. These honors have been given out since 1953 and recognize the university’s finest educators. Russ is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and the faculty co-director of the Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence program. She …
The Turkish Education Association has published an interview with UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple on the limits and possibilities of current educational policies and practices. Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies in the School of Education and has a long history of working with critically democratic educators …
UW–Madison alumna Andreal Davis has spent more than three decades working in the field of education as a teacher, instructional coach, and leader. Yet even after dedicating her career to this realm, she couldn’t help but feel there was more that could be done to help eliminate what she describes as “the attitude, opportunity, and …
Each spring, the UW–Madison Division of the Arts celebrates artistic achievement, recognizes service to the arts, and supports arts research by bestowing the Creative Arts Awards. Congratulations to the following individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education who are among the recipients of this year’s Creative Arts Awards. Faculty Arts Research Emily Mead Baldwin …
UW–Madison’s Yorel Lashley and Gloria Ladson-Billings will be featured in a webinar hosted by the Save the Music Foundation on Wednesday, Jan. 12, that is titled, “SEL (social emotional learning) for Equity and Vitality through Music Education.” Lashley, who will moderate the discussion, is the director of programs for the School of Education’s office of Professional Learning and …
UW–Madison student Alexandra Lakind is the managing editor of a new publication, “becoming—Feral,” which launched on Nov. 10. Lakind is a joint PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. She also holds the Arvil S. Barr Graduate Fellowship in the School of Education. “becoming—Feral” is a creative research …
The 2022 WIDA Annual Conference call for proposals is now open and invites interested individuals to submit a proposal. Proposal submission information is available on the conference website. “Advancing Learning Together” is the title of this year’s conference, and it will take place in Louisville, Kentucky, from Sep. 28-30. The deadline to submit concurrent session and workshop proposals …
Elizabeth Fennema, a longtime UW–Madison faculty member and pioneering researcher on the teaching and learning of mathematics, died on Dec. 20, 2021. Fennema, a professor emerita, spent 34 years with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She was also a senior scientist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. “Professor Fennema was …
Several individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education were presenters at an International Network of Education Institutes (INEI) virtual webinar, “Language and Literacy Education: Cross-National Experiences,” that took place on Dec. 10. The webinar, hosted by the School of Education at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, invited faculty and graduate students from around …
UW–Madison alumna Carolyn Stanford Taylor, the former state superintendent of public instruction, is joining the leadership team of the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD). Stanford Taylor will serve as MMSD’s interim assistant superintendent for engagement, diversity, equity and inclusion, the district announced in a news release Wednesday, Dec. 15. Stanford Taylor most recently served as Wisconsin’s state …