By Laurel White A School of Education faculty member’s research on how state-driven charter school growth can reshape political power and city development recently earned a nationally-competitive Pipeline Grant from the Russell Sage Foundation. Rachel Elizabeth Williams, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, will use the funds to continue her examination …
UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora discussed the importance of different types of skills on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” recently, in a segment that is titled, “Soft skills in a world with AI.” Hora is an associate professor of adult and higher education with the Division of Continuing Studies and with the School of Education’s Department of …
UW–Madison’s School of Education is the No. 1 school of education in the United States, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Education Graduate Schools rankings released on Tuesday. It marks the first time the School of Education has received the first-place ranking from U.S. News & World Report, though it has been highly …
UW–Madison alumna Min Yu has received the 2024 Best Paper Award from the Comparative and International Education Society’s (CIES) East Asia special interest group (SIG). Yu’s paper, “Reimagining education and community mobilization in China’s migrant communities: towards an ‘Asia as method’ framework,” was published in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. According to the abstract, …
UW–Madison’s Rachel Williams is receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Division L, Educational Policy and Politics. Williams is a new faculty member in the School of Education, starting as an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies for the spring semester. Before she began her faculty role she …
UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora is a 2024 recipient of the James W. Wilson Advocacy of Research Award from the Cooperative Education and Internship Association (CEIA). Hora is being honored for his work with the NSF-funded College Internship Study, the Gates-funded National Survey of College Internships, and his efforts to translate empirical studies into practitioner guidance. Hora is an …
A Spectrum News 1 story recently highlighted School of Education research that shed light on gender disparities in education-related child care responsibilities during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was co-authored by Ran Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, and Educational Policy Studies doctoral student Siyun Gan. …
The 2023-24 Teaching Assistant Awards have been announced, and among the 31 honorees are seven exceptional graduate students from the School of Education. UW–Madison employs over 2,300 teaching assistants (TAs) across a wide range of disciplines. Their contributions to the classroom, lab, and field are essential to the university’s educational mission. To recognize the excellence …
By Laurel White A new UW–Madison study sheds light on how state and local government laws, policies, and proposals limiting LGBTQ+ students’ rights have proliferated in recent years, how those policies harm students, and how states and school boards have failed to respond to federal court rulings related to LGBTQ+ inclusivity. The study, published in …
UW–Madison’s Lesley Bartlett is receiving the Egon G. Guba 2024 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Qualitative Research. This honor is given by the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Qualitative Research special interest group (SIG). It recognizes scholars who have made significant contributions to comparative ethnography and comparative case studies, especially those who advance the field …