Teen Vogue utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora for a recent report on unpaid internships — and why it is problematic to ask college students to work for free. Hora is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, and in the Department of Liberal Arts and Applied Studies in …
The UW–Madison School of Education is bringing in another large, talented, and diverse cohort of new faculty members to campus for the start of the upcoming fall semester. To welcome these newest members of our community — and to reconnect with colleagues and celebrate the start of the upcoming 2022-23 academic year — the School …
A new School of Education faculty member recently lent his expertise on direct admissions — a practice that allows high school graduates automatic admission to colleges and universities — to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, spurring stories in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Wisconsin Public Radio. Taylor Odle, assistant professor …
WBAY-TV / Ch. 2 in Green Bay utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Michael Apple for a report examining recent efforts to ban certain books from school libraries, or restrict access to them for younger students. Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies in the School of Education. …
The Summer 2022 edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. This latest issue centers on “Rising to the Challenge.” The nation is divided on a range of topics and ongoing divisions are making it difficult to solve problems. In this environment, School of …
Three individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been named to the fifth cohort of Morgridge Fellows. They are: The 14 fellows — from across the campus community — were selected through a juried process to participate in a year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support community-engaged scholarship. Community-engaged scholarship is defined …
Students with a passion for connecting with diverse and underserved communities in the United States and around the world will have three new areas of study to explore in the School of Education beginning this fall. Spurred by student interest in social justice, development, and global issues, the School’s Department of Educational Policy Studies will …
Two alumni of the UW–Madison School of Education — Laura Chávez-Moreno and Ashley Smith-Purviance — have been selected as 2022 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows. Laura C. Chávez-Moreno is an assistant professor at UCLA’s César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies. She earned her PhD from the School of Education’s Department of …
Inside Higher Ed utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora in a recent article reporting on research finding that young adults need more time, education, and work experience than past generations to secure what are considered “good jobs.” Hora is an associate professor of adult and higher education, and co-director of the Center for Research on …
Two scholars with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been selected as 2022 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Dissertation Fellows. UW–Madison graduate student Tyler Hook is pursuing a joint doctoral degree in educational policy studies and cultural anthropology. His research examines the intersections of race/racism, capitalism, and educational development. Hook’s dissertation, entitled “Corporatized Education: Reshaping …