University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Three from UW–Madison School of Education awarded NAEd/Spencer Foundation fellowships

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Two graduate students and a recent alumna from the UW–Madison School of Education are recipients of 2025 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships. The competitive NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship encourages a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. This fellowship supports candidates whose dissertation …

UW–Madison’s Hennessey elected to NCTM Board of Directors

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UW–Madison’s Lisa Hennessey, teaching faculty member and math coordinator in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The NCTM Board helps shape the vision and direction of the largest mathematics education organization in the world. “This …

Krauskopf wins 2025 Excellence in Science Education award

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By WCER Communications The Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers recently honored UW–Madison’s Sara Krauskopf, a researcher with the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), for her outstanding work advancing science education in the state. The Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers annually recognizes teachers and other active supporters of science education for their …

UW–Madison alumna publishes third book in award-winning Cady Whirlwind Thunder series

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UW–Madison alumna Ann Dallman has released the third book in her award-winning Cady Whirlwind Thunder middle-grade mystery series. Her latest title, “Cady and the Search for Family,” was published by Modern History Press in April 2025. Dallman earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism education from the School of Education in 1970. A retired high school …

School of Education plays a key role at 2025 UW Day at the Capitol

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By Jason Gohlke, UW–Madison Office of Strategic Communication As part of the annual UW Day at the Capitol on April 30, 2025, School of Education researchers and faculty were among nearly 300 UW–Madison alumni, students, and staff who provided their unique perspective on the university’s critical role in the future of Wisconsin. The university’s top capital …

UW–Madison alum’s book earns national recognition

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UW–Madison alumna Laura C. Chávez-Moreno has received an award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) for her book, “How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America.” Chávez-Moreno earned her PhD in 2018 from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is currently an assistant professor at the …

UW–Madison program builds community, confidence among early career teachers

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This story was originally published on UW–Madison’s State Impact website. It can be both rewarding, and overwhelming, to be a teacher. Ania Kotecki (MS’21) feels that balance first-hand as a Multilingual Language Learning teacher at Frank Lloyd Wright Intermediate School in West Allis. As an early career teacher, she understands how valuable the first few years …

The global impact of UW’s research: Popkewitz to deliver keynote at Swedish symposium, furthering distinguished career as an international scholar

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UW–Madison’s Thomas Popkewitz will be delivering a keynote speech at a symposium hosted by the Swedish Royal Academy in May. Popkewitz, a professor with the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is scheduled to open the event on May 8 with his presentation, “The Activism of Science: Knowledge as Projections of the …

Campus story spotlights Bucky’s Tuition Promise support for School of Education alum now teaching in her hometown

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UW–Madison alumna Mackenzie Straub, a 2021 graduate in early childhood education from the School of Education, is now teaching third grade in the same elementary school she once attended in Fish Creek, Wisconsin. In a recent campus story, she shares how the Bucky’s Tuition Promise program helped make it possible for her to attend college …