In an edition of “Conversations with Tim,” WIDA Founder and Director Tim Boals and Chief of Staff Merideth Trahan sat down (virtually) for a discussion with Carl Grant, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. They talked about multicultural and anti-racist education, and how to support underserved and undervalued students. The conversation …
UW–Madison’s Mitch Nathan has been invited to deliver a presentation at an event for teachers in Santiago, Chile, focused on “Enseñando con el Cerebro en Mente / Teaching with the Brain in Mind.” Nathan is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, and an affiliate with the departments of Curriculum …
The Early Literacy and Beyond Task Force — a joint effort between the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education — released its final report during a public presentation at the MMSD Board of Education’s Instruction Work Group meeting Monday evening, Dec. 6. The report is the culmination of months of collaborative work to …
A series of books by UW–Madison’s Michael Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Department of Educational Policy Studies, has been translated and published by the company Agahpub in Iran. The titles Agahpub has published include: Apple’s volume, “Teachers and Texts: A Political Economy of Class and Gender …
UW–Madison’s Carl Grant, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is the author of a new book that is titled, “James Baldwin and the American Schoolhouse.” The book — written for teacher educators, teachers, and admirers of James Baldwin — employs James Baldwin’s essays and speeches to discuss how the …
Erica Halverson’s new book, “How the Arts Can Save Education: Transforming Teaching, Learning, and Instruction,” is receiving significant media coverage. Halverson is a professor and chair in the School of Education’s highly regarded Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her book, which was released on Oct. 22 by Teachers College Press, provides a blueprint for utilizing the arts …
UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard and Diana Hess are co-authors of a new study published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies that is titled, “Teaching the U.S. 2018 midterm elections: a survey of secondary social studies teachers.” Stoddard is a professor and chair of the secondary education program in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. …
UW–Madison’s Noah Weeth Feinstein is participating in an international seminar, “Climate Change Education: Reflecting on COP26,” on Monday, Nov. 8. Feinstein is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The seminar, which is part of a series hosted by the Academic Network for Global Education and Learning (ANGEL) aims to address the …
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings is the author of a new book that is titled, “Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Asking a Different Question.” Ladson-Billings is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and the president of the National Academy of Education. A preview for the book notes that for the first time, the volume …
UW–Madison’s Julia Eklund Koza is the author of a newly released book titled, “ ‘Destined to Fail:’ Carl Seashore’s World of Eugenics, Psychology, Education, and Music.” Koza is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and with the Mead Witter School of Music. Her widely published research primarily focuses on equity issues …