Each spring, the School of Education recognizes some of its most outstanding individuals with Faculty and Staff Distinguished Achievement Awards. On Thursday, April 14, this year’s award winners were honored during a reception and short ceremony in the Education Building’s Wisconsin Idea Room. “Today we recognize an extraordinary group of people,” said School of Education …
“The true costs of college go way beyond simple frugality. The costs are serious, and they are often overlooked by universities,” notes a preview of the most recent episode of the Ethics & Education podcast, produced by the Center for Ethics & Education in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). The episode features UW–Madison’s Nancy …
UW–Madison’s School of Education and many of its programs are again rated among the very best in the nation according to the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 29. UW–Madison is home to the fifth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the ninth straight year it has been …
The UW-Madison Filipinx American Student Organization (FASO) is playing a leading role in hosting the first post-pandemic Midwest Filipino American Summit (MFAS), which is being held on campus April 2, with more than 400 Filipinx students from seven states expected to attend. FASO’s eight executive board members are doing most of the planning for this year’s event …
In the United States, the realm of education is often caught in the crosshairs of controversy. Whether it’s disputes about how best to fund public education, discussions about the most effective ways to close opportunity gaps, or politically charged debates about what should (and shouldn’t) be taught in classrooms, it’s not always easy to remember …
Up North News utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Michael Apple for a recent article that is titled, “Wisconsin GOP’s War on Public Schools Enters Primetime with Tuesday’s School Board Elections.” Apple is a professor emeritus in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Department of Educational Policy Studies. The article highlights how school board elections, “once sleepy, …
By WCER Communications UW–Madison will play host to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s second-in-command for a public discussion of the K-12 education agency’s current and future directions in a program sponsored by the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. DPI’s Deputy State Superintendent John Johnson will visit from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. …
Recent UW–Madison alumnus Aaron Kinard is the author of an article in the Washington Post that is headlined, “ ‘Midwest nice’ hides a history of racial terror and segregation.” Kinard, who earned his bachelor’s degree in education studies and history in 2021, is currently a PhD student in sociology at the University of Virginia. Kinard’s …
The Winter 2021 issue of On Wisconsin magazine features a review of a book by UW–Madison alumna and current School of Education student Liz Hauck, exploring “the philosophical implications of dinner.” Hauck, who earned her master’s degree from UW–Madison in 2017, is currently a PhD candidate in educational policy studies and history. Titled “Home Made: …
UW–Madison’s Walter Stern is the author of an opinion piece that was published in The Hill, headlined “A truly ‘patriotic education’ requires critical analysis of U.S. history.” Stern is an assistant professor and historian with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. He is also the author of “Race and Education in New Orleans: …