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 …
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. …