Category: Department of Educational Policy Studies

Five UW–Madison students awarded NAEd/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships

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By Meghan Chua, UW–Madison Graduate School communications Five UW–Madison graduate students from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies have received dissertation fellowships from the National Academy of Education (NAEd) and Spencer Foundation. The competitive NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship aims to encourage early-career scholars from a range of disciplines to pursue research that can improve education. …

UW–Madison’s Turner edits special journal issue focused on critical policy analysis in education

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By Laurel White A new special issue of the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis underscores the influence of UW–Madison scholars in the development of the field of critical policy research in education.  Erica O. Turner, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, served as a special editor of the issue. Turner …

UW–Madison’s Odle discusses impact of FAFSA delays with local, national media

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UW–Madison’s Taylor Odle has spoken with local and national media about the impact of the botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form this year, leading to ongoing delays. Earlier this month, Odle, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, spoke with Time magazine about the …

UW–Madison’s Williams earns grant to continue award-winning study of charter school growth in Memphis

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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 professor challenges binary thinking on skills in a world with AI

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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 School of Education ranked No. 1 by U.S. News

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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 wins 2024 Best Paper Award

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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 Williams wins Outstanding Dissertation Award from AERA’s Division L

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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 Hora wins award for research advocacy

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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 …

Spectrum News 1 highlights UW–Madison study on education-related child care during pandemic

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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. …