UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has shared his expertise with a range of media outlets on the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. Hillman is an expert in how finance, policy, and geography shape educational opportunities, and is the director of the university’s Student …
The UW–Madison School of Education is bringing in another large, talented, and diverse cohort of new faculty members to campus for the start of the upcoming fall semester. To welcome these newest members of our community — and to reconnect with colleagues and celebrate the start of the upcoming 2022-23 academic year — the School …
As parents, students, and teachers prepare for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, experts from UW–Madison’s School of Education are ready to share their thoughts with media members on a range of school and education-related topics. Countdown to kindergarten (and 4K) As a parent, one day you’re changing diapers … and the next thing you know …
School of Education alumnus David J. O’Connor is a recipient of a 2022 Forward Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Foundation. The Forward Award acknowledges rising stars in various fields who exemplify the Wisconsin Idea through an emphasis on service, discovery, and progress. Young alumni within 15 years of graduation who have demonstrated exceptional early-career achievement …
UW–Madison’s Paris Wicker received a prestigious Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, which will allow her to further her work in studying the well-being of Black and Indigenous college students. “This is a dream project for me,” says Wicker, who has been determined to explore “who gets well in higher education and under what conditions” after working …
The Summer 2022 edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. This latest issue centers on “Rising to the Challenge.” The nation is divided on a range of topics and ongoing divisions are making it difficult to solve problems. In this environment, School of …
The University of Michigan School of Education magazine published a profile of UW–Madison’s Brian Burt in a story spotlighting the school’s inaugural alumni award winners. Burt, who received an Emerging Leader Alumni Award, is currently an associate professor in the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He earned his PhD from the University of Michigan in …
Three individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been named to the fifth cohort of Morgridge Fellows. They are: The 14 fellows — from across the campus community — were selected through a juried process to participate in a year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support community-engaged scholarship. Community-engaged scholarship is defined …
UW–Madison student Janel Anderson has been selected to attend the Philosophical Perspectives on Care Institute from July 12 – 29 at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Anderson is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA). The institute, which has been made possible in part by a major grant from the …
The UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA) hosted a festschrift on June 3 to honor longtime faculty members Julie Mead and Julie Underwood (“the Julies”) on the occasion of their retirements. A festschrift is a collection of work by different authors presented in honor of a scholar. Instead of …