By Laurel White One of the most highly respected education journals in the country has released a special issue this summer, co-edited by a UW-Madison School of Education faculty member, dedicated to research about the experiences of transgender elementary and high school students. The special issue of the journal Educational Researcher, titled “Trans Studies in K12 Education,” is aimed …
UW–Madison’s Erin Gill was featured in a blog series from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) that is showcasing IES-funded education researchers and fellows that are making significant contributions to education research, policy, and practice. Gill is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and a predoctoral fellow with the IES-funded Interdisciplinary …
UW–Madison Chief Diversity Officer and School of Education alumnus LaVar J. Charleston joined with his wife, Sherri Ann Charleston, chief diversity and inclusion officer at Harvard University, on the “Black Like Me with Dr. Alex Gee” podcast recently for a discussion about the evolution of the chief diversity officer position in higher education. LaVar Charleston …
Spectrum News in Milwaukee utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman for an article examining the rising cost of college, and the struggle of many students to pay for it as the amount of tuition covered by financial aid is going down. The article, headlined “ ‘We’re struggling to pay for it’: A student’s perspective …
UW–Madison’s Brian Burt is the lead author of a new paper that explains how a research team was able to use a series of six, interconnected cultural practices to develop a positive community that bolstered both cohesion and productivity among the scholars. The paper, “Team Culture of Community: Cultural Practices for Scientific Team Cohesion and …
UW–Madison’s Brian Burt, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has been invited to join the Editorial Advisory Board of the Teachers College Record for a three-year term beginning in June 2022. The Teachers College Record (TCR) is a journal of research, analysis, and commentary in the …
UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Central Time recently to weigh in on the Biden administration’s options for student loan forgiveness and to discuss what the research consensus is about loan forgiveness. Hillman is a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and the director of the Student Success …
The American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) 2022 Annual Meeting recently wrapped up after being offered both in person in San Diego and virtually. And once again, scholars from across the UW–Madison School of Education were well represented at this major event, which ran April 21-26. In all, more than 125 faculty, staff, and students from …
A recent Wisconsin State Journal article spotlights research efforts led by UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman examining the impact of a pandemic-induced policy allowing UW–Madison applicants to opt out of sending their standardized test scores. The article, headlined “Here’s what early results of UW–Madison’s ACT/SAT test-optional experiment show,” notes that findings from the first year of the policy being …
Michigan State University Provost Teresa K. Woodruff has recommended Jerlando F. L. Jackson to be the next dean of MSU’s College of Education, effective July 1. The recommendation is subject to approval by the MSU Board of Trustees. Jackson has spent more than two decades on the UW–Madison campus and is currently chair of the School …