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 …
By Laurel White Women took on more education-related child care responsibilities than men during the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic — and this disparity was even sharper for some lower-income women, according to a new University of Wisconsin–Madison study. The study, published in the journal Sociology, found that daily time spent helping children …
This year’s annual conference hosted by the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies will delve into the relationship between advocacy, educational policy, and social transformation and feature a keynote panel on Indigenous language revitalization. The 2024 EPS Conference, a free, one-day event, will be held in the Education Building on March 8. …
Inside Higher Ed asked UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora to weigh in on the results of their “Student Voices” survey, which provides insights on college students’ career plans, who is influencing them, and how well colleges are preparing them to achieve their goals. Hora is an associate professor of adult and higher education with the Division of …
UW–Madison graduate student Sky Duke, a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, has been selected to participate in the 2024 NCES Data Institute. The institute, focused on “Using Federal Datasets to Support Research on Postsecondary Education,” provides an intensive introduction to National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) datasets and research …
Madison365’s 2023 list of “Wisconsin’s 51 Most Influential Black Leaders” spotlights six individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education. Those featured are “elected leaders, business leaders, and community leaders, doing difficult, important work, often in the face of discrimination and literally generations of oppression,” according to Madison365’s CEO and publisher, Henry Sanders. Of the …
Four people with ties to UW–Madison are receiving recognition in the annual Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings that are designed to spotlight the top 200 education scholars across the nation “who move ideas from academic journals into the national conversation.” The Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, released on Jan. 4, are compiled by Frederick Hess, an Education Week blogger …