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 …
Richard Halverson was recently appointed as the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education in the UW–Madison Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Halverson, who joined the UW–Madison faculty in 2001 as an assistant professor, has spent his career in higher education creating knowledge and resources for educators and school leaders to improve learning …
Four individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education were named in Madison 365’s list of Wisconsin’s most influential Latino leaders for 2022. They are among 11 members of the UW–Madison community who were honored on this annual list. A nonprofit online news publication, Madison365 has recognized Wisconsin’s most influential Black and Latino leaders every year since its …
A number of legal decisions have shown the First Amendment rights of teachers in K-12 classrooms are “strictly limited,” according to a School of Education professor and education law expert. Suzanne Eckes, the Susan S. Engeleiter Chair in Education Law, Policy, and Practice in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, …
By Laurel White Moves to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic may have mitigated some mental health challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and gender-expansive (LGBTQ+) students, according to a new study from UW–Madison researchers. According to the study, which analyzed survey data from more than 40,000 middle and high school students before and during the …
UW–Madison alumna Jo Ann Oravec is the author of a new book that explores how robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance human lives, but also their unsettling “dark sides.” Oravec earned her master’s and PhD in educational administration from the School of Education, and holds degrees from UW–Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs …
UW–Madison PhD students Joseph Romero-Reyes and Josh Wallace were both recently selected to be part of the Project MALES Graduate Scholars Program. Romero-Reyes and Wallace are two of just four scholars from across the country to be selected this fall for the program, which is designed to support the academic and career advancement of emerging scholars …