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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, has been recognized again for his impact on education and social justice worldwide. Following a keynote address on March 8 at the University of Crete titled, “Can Education Change Society?” Apple was presented with the Award of Honor …
UW–Madison is home to the top-ranked school of education in the nation for a second consecutive year, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Education Graduate Schools rankings published on Tuesday. The UW–Madison School of Education is solely at the top of this year’s U.S. News education school rankings, after tying for No. 1 …
UW–Madison alumna Sun Young Lee is the recipient of the 2025 Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association’s Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies special interest group (SIG). Lee, who earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is currently an assistant professor in the School of …
UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard recently shared his insights on civics education in an article in Madison’s Isthmus newspaper. The article highlights a proposed bill in the Wisconsin legislature that would require high school students to take half a credit of civics instruction as part of their three-credit social studies requirement. There is currently no requirement for …
By Marian Cracraft Whoopensocker, an arts education residency program based in the UW–Madison School of Education, is bringing its unique curriculum focused on creativity, expression, creative writing, and collaboration to the Verona Area School District in a new three-year partnership. The program, which empowers elementary school students to be creative artists, will serve all Verona …