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 …
UW–Madison graduate student Khadejah Ray has been awarded a Minority Dissertation Fellowship from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Ray is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The one-year research fellowship includes $25,000 to support Ray’s dissertation research, and she will be required to present her work …
By Ila Schrecker Four Ho-Chunk graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are working to elevate the voices and experiences of Native American people, and to make academic and cultural spaces more accessible and beneficial to the Ho-Chunk community. All four are pursuing PhDs: Kendra Greendeer in art history; Molli Pauliot in anthropology: Brenda Owen in …
Higher Ed Dive utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman for an article that is headlined, “Endowment returns ballooned to 30.6%, their highest level since 1983.” Hillman is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and the director of the Student Success through Applied Research (SSTAR) lab. The article spotlights surging …
UW-Madison’s Rachelle Winkle-Wagner and the University of Texas, Austin’s Bridget Goosby have received another grant from the Spencer Foundation to continue building on their important work examining how racial stress within higher education relates to health outcomes for Black women in academia. After receiving a $50,000 grant in the spring of 2020, Winkle-Wagner and Goosby’s …
UW–Madison’s School of Education and many of its programs are again rated among the very best in the nation according to the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 29. UW–Madison is home to the fifth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the ninth straight year it has been …
UW–Madison alumnus Brett Nachman has accepted a tenure-track position as an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas, in its Adult and Lifelong Learning program in the College of Education and Health Professions. Nachman earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2021. He is currently a postdoctoral research scholar at …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications The pandemic-era pivot to remote instruction wasn’t easy for students and educators at any grade level, but a close study of impacts and adaptations for Dane County’s youngest learners suggests some changes are worth retaining, while problems remain. Take parent–teacher conferences, for one example. Connecting online about a student’s progress …