When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, the School of Education’s day-to-day operations were altered abruptly and significantly. Nearly all employees pivoted to working remotely, while students’ classes were moved online. Throughout the pandemic, members of our School community went above and beyond to meet the many challenges. After a year-and-a-half of remote work and …
The New York Times published a guest essay by UW–Madison alumna Eleni Schirmer that is titled, “We’re Burying Our Kids in Debt (Just Not the Way You Think).” Schirmer earned her PhD in 2021 from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She currently works as a research associate with …
UW–Madison’s Erica Turner has received an honorable mention for the American Sociology Association’s Pierre Bourdieu Award for the Best Book in Sociology of Education. Turner is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. Her research examines racism and inequity — and efforts to challenge those — in education policy and …
UW-Madison’s School of Education is welcoming faculty and staff back to campus with its typical Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Sept. 2. The event will be held outside on the North Plaza of the Education Building from 12:30 to 2 p.m. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the start of the upcoming 2021-22 academic year, connect …
By WCER Communications The Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE) invites applications for a new undergraduate research fellowship program funded through a generous contribution from Sue and George Krug and the UW–Madison School of Education’s Impact 2030 initiative. CRECE is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. The program’s goal is to diversify …
The British Academy elected 84 new fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the SHAPE subjects — the social sciences, humanities, and the arts. And among this year’s cohort of new fellows is UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita with the School of Education who formerly held the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education. …
Five individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been named Morgridge Fellows. They are: The five are among 12 fellows who were selected through a juried process, and will participate in a year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support community-engaged scholarship. Community-engaged scholarship is defined as: teaching, research, and scholarly activities …
UW–Madison’s Stacey Lee was selected as a 2021 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Lee is the Frederick Erickson WARF Professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. Lee is among 19 scholars who were selected this year as AERA Fellows on the basis of their distinguished and sustained research achievements. …
The latest edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. The Summer 2021 issue centers on the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the many lessons learned. The cover story, headlined “Within every challenge, an opportunity,” spotlights how COVID-19 presented an unexpected crisis. But …
A book by UW–Madison’s Elizabeth Hauck, a doctoral student in educational policy studies and history, was reviewed by the New York Times. Hauck’s book, titled “Home Made: A Story of Grief, Groceries, Showing Up — and What We Make When We Make Dinner,” is a memoir about the years she spent running a once-a-week cooking club …