NBC affiliate WMTV recently released a story about the UW–Madison Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab’s work to increase financial aid accessibility for Native students. Nicholas Hillman, who is the director of the SSTAR Lab and a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, spoke about the SSTAR …
UW–Madison alumnus Brett Nachman was recently awarded a prestigious Spencer Foundation Large Research Grant as the co-principal investigator of a nationwide study of autistic college student success. The grant is for nearly $500,000 over the next three years. Nachman, an assistant professor of adult and lifelong learning at the University of Arkansas, earned his PhD …
By Laurel White Training elementary school teachers in inclusive practices for LGBTQ+ students leads to lower disciplinary rates for all students, according to a new study from UW–Madison School of Education researchers. The study, published in the Journal of School Leadership, evaluated 33 elementary schools in a large, urban, Midwestern school district. Fifteen of those …
By Karla Weber Wandel UW–Madison’s Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab is launching a new project to connect Native students with financial support for postsecondary education. Though a growing number of state systems, public and private colleges and universities currently offer in-state tuition or tuition waivers to Native students based on their tribal affiliations, there is …
By Laurel White A new law review article from UW–Madison School of Education faculty uses a multidisciplinary approach to shed more light on the legal, social, and political discussions surrounding transgender students’ participation in elementary and high school athletics. Since 2021, lawmakers in more than 30 states have proposed bills mandating the exclusion of K-12 …
On Saturday, May 13, UW–Madison will celebrate its Spring 2023 Commencement. We reached out to a few of our graduating students from bachelor’s to PhDs to learn more about their favorite memories, advice for incoming students, and future plans. Scroll down to learn more about these graduates — who are just a handful of the …
Three people with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have recently been elected to leadership positions for the Council or the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) following the recent CSCC Conference that wrapped up in Chicago. Xueli Wang, the Barbara and Glenn Thompson Professor in Educational Leadership with the School of Education’s Department of …
By Laurel White A new paper from researchers at the UW–Madison School of Education sheds more light on the heated political debate over teaching critical race theory in the United States by examining and characterizing the nature of pushback against the theory, highlighting similar episodes in history, and suggesting a path forward for educators and …
School of Education faculty member Suzanne Eckes offered her expertise on educators’ free speech rights to a recent story in The Washington Post. The story focused on an April decision by the Florida Board of Education forbidding the teaching of gender identity and sexuality in K-12 public schools. The story notes the new rule builds …
Two UW–Madison doctoral students with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis had their research highlighted in a recent report by Education Week. Narek Sahakyan, who is also a researcher at WIDA within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, and Glenn Poole, a project assistant at WIDA, earlier this year published …