U.S. News and World Report on Feb. 7 released its annual rankings of Best Online Programs, and UW–Madison’s School of Education is No. 2 in the category of Best Online Master’s in Education Programs for Veterans. “I think part of what makes UW–Madison and the School of Education so attractive to veterans is what makes …
School of Education faculty member Nick Hillman recently joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” to share new research about government funding for higher education in America. Hillman is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director of the Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab. In the “Central TIme” segment, …
UW–Madison graduate student Josh Wallace has been selected to receive a 2023 Melvin C Terrell (MCT) Scholarship from the MCT Foundation. Wallace is a research assistant with the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) and a doctoral candidate with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. His work explores both …
By Laurel White Two faculty members from the UW–Madison School of Education will help lead the new Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change, or WiSC², an initiative aimed at removing barriers and improving equity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) doctoral programs across the country. The project launched earlier this month as part of a $2.5 …
By Laurel White The ways elementary and high school administrators disrupt or enable bullying of transgender and gender-expansive students in their schools show up in very distinct ways, according to a new UW–Madison study. The study, published in the most recent issue of the nation’s top educational leadership journal, Educational Administration Quarterly, shows four distinct ways …
By Laurel White Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr., an assistant professor in the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, recently received a national honor for early career scholars from the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA). Henry received the Jack A. Culbertson Award at the UCEA’s annual conference in Minneapolis in November. The UCEA …
UW–Madison’s Clifton Conrad spoke with WalletHub recently about the role of college towns and their importance for students. Conrad is a professor emeritus of higher education and former Vilas Distinguished Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The story explores how colleges influence the communities in which they reside, …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Driven by the goal of improving the country’s ability to solve complex problems, a partnership led by UW–Madison’s Wei LAB will help engineering societies apply a newly released international standard on diversity and inclusion. It aims to foster STEM disciplinary excellence by supporting fuller engagement of women and minoritized people in …
By Laurel White Federal and state budgets that use “equity-based” funding principles for higher education could be the key to addressing achievement gaps for low-income and minority students, according to a new report from UW–Madison researchers. The report released today by the Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Labbrings together decades of research about higher education funding and …
Madison365’s 2023 list of “Wisconsin’s 51 Most Influential Black Leaders” spotlights six individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education. Those featured are “elected leaders, business leaders, and community leaders, doing difficult, important work, often in the face of discrimination and literally generations of oppression,” according to Madison365’s CEO and publisher, Henry Sanders. Of the …