Madison365’s 2022 list of “Wisconsin’s 52 Most Influential Black Leaders” highlights a faculty member and three alumni from the 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. …
As we welcome 2023, we wanted to look back and share photos that highlight some of the special moments that took place across our School in 2022. What an amazing year it was! Below are some special moments to remember from across the School of Education, winnowed from the many hundreds of photos our photographers …
Shining a light on their work in the classroom, an outstanding 124 student-athletes from UW–Madison’s fall sports teams were named to the 2022-23 Academic All-Big Ten Team, as announced by the Big Ten earlier this month. Of these, 20 are students pursuing degrees in the School of Education. The Big Ten Conference recognized a total …
A book co-authored by UW–Madison’s Clifton Conrad and Todd Lundberg received an honorable mention in Forbes magazine’s “The Best Higher Education Books Of 2022.” The research-based book, “Learning With Others: Collaboration as a Pathway to College Student Success,” argues that “collaborative learning should be emphasized at the core of undergraduate education,” according to the Forbes …
UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman is quoted in a report in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the effects of a decision to end instruction at the UW System’s two-year Richland Center campus and move its degree programs to the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. Hillman, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy …
UW–Madison’s Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, along with 12 other scholars, is an incoming member of the Review of Higher Education (RHE) editorial board. Winkle-Wagner is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Her research centers on widespread educational inequality, and aims to uncover and provide solutions by focusing on how …
By Laurel White UW–Madison School of Education faculty, programs, and alumni have been featured in several stories this fall about how educators are approaching teaching about elections amid heightened political polarization and scrutiny on teachers. Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and an expert on civic education, offered her insight on the challenges …
Anjalé Welton was appointed by UW–Madison campus leadership as the Rupple-Bascom Professor, which confirms the high esteem in which she is held by her colleagues. Welton, who chairs the School of Education’s highly ranked Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, focuses much of her work on how educational leaders talk about and address race …
UW–Madison Professor Emerita Julie Underwood lent her expertise to the Capital Times recently for an article about a new report that highlights how Wisconsin’s state funding formula for special education shortchanges school districts. According to the report from the Education Law Center, districts around the state cover a total of $1.25 billion in special education costs …
UW–Madison student CJ Greer is the co-author of an article published in the journal Children and Schools that is titled, “The COVID-19 Learning Loss: Fact or Stigma?” Greer is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The article, which Greer wrote with Brandon D. Mitchell, a doctoral candidate …