Education Week utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Anjalé Welton for an article about how to support school principals in building anti-racist schools. Welton is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. One problem, the article says, is that university-based preparation programs do not prioritize anti-racist school leadership in their …
When Education Week reporter Debra Viadero wanted to learn how she could improve her reporting about race, she turned to three Black education scholars to review her past work. One of those scholars was UW–Madison’s John Diamond, the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education and a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership …
A new book from UW–Madison alumnus James Fitzpatrick, titled “Beyond Theories and Degrees: The Alley Smarts of Educational Leadership,” aims to inspire future educational leaders. Fitzpatrick received his doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1999, and he is the retired superintendent of the School District of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. He is …
Tarryn Lael Simmons, who is pursuing a doctorate from UW–Madison’s School of Education, recently received the Advisor of the Year award from Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU). Simmons is working toward a joint doctorate from the School’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Simmons was recognized for “her passion for and dedication …
UW–Madison alumnus Kevin Miller has authored a new book that is titled, “Know Power, Know Responsibility: How to Unleash the Potential of Every Child in America.” Miller received his master’s degree in 2002 from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He is the founder and director of Know Power, Know Responsibility LLC, …
Diverse Issues in Higher Education utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Jerlando Jackson in an article examining the causes of the recent protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following the shooting of a Black man, 29-year-old Jacob Blake, by a police officer on Aug. 23. Jackson is a Vilas Distinguished Professor and chair of the School of Education’s Department of Educational …
A conversation with the School of Education’s LaVar Charleston was featured in the Fall 2020 issue of the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s On Wisconsin magazine. Charleston is the School’s associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion, and a clinical professor with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. In the Q&A feature, headlined “Systemic Racism Does Indeed Exist,” …
Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) and the Todd Anthony Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male at Ohio State University have announced plans for the 2020 International Colloquium on Black Males in Education (ICBME). The event will be held virtually this year, with content and events happening each Tuesday in October. This year’s colloquium …
UW–Madison’s Brett Nachman co-authored an article in the Review of Higher Education, titled “An Exploration of Actionable Insights Regarding College Students with Autism: A Review of the Literature.” Nachman is a doctoral candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. His collaborators on the article include Bradley E. Cox, Kerry Thompson, Steven Dawson, Jeffrey …
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings and John Diamond said we shouldn’t rush to “go back to normal” this school year, because of the growing inequities that students face in the school system. Ladson-Billings is a professor emerita with the School of Education, and Diamond holds the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Ladson-Billings …