Major Discovery Week is a once-a-year event for all UW–Madison students. Whether you have already declared your major or if you are still looking for your path, join us from March 15-19 virtually and explore over 100 majors and certificates across all interests, and get connected across campus. Below is a list of all sessions …
By Karen Rivedel, WCER Communications Work is underway on six new collaborations for 2021 between UW−Madison researchers and educators in the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD). With total funding of $100,000, the research teams will explore equity in learning and teaching amid the constraints and challenges of COVID-19. The six awards — one for $50,000 …
Timothy San Pedro will be the next speaker in the Indigenous Speaker Series, hosted by the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, on Thursday, Mar. 18, at noon. San Pedro is an associate professor of multicultural and equity studies in education at Ohio State University. His scholarship focuses on the intricate link between motivation, …
The Wisconsin State Journal utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Walter Stern recently in an article focused on work taking place in the Sun Prairie Area School District to redraw its middle and high school boundary lines with an eye toward creating racial and economic balance. Stern is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational …
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, has donated an extensive collection of his published writings, including more than 50 books, to the Rowan University Archives and Special Collections. Apple completed his undergraduate degree at Rowan University in 1967, when it was then known as Glassboro State College. He received a …
UW–Madison’s John Diamond was interviewed for a report in Education Week that’s headlined, “Suburban Schools Have Changed Drastically. Our Understanding of Them Has Not.” The article focuses on the release of a recent study by Diamond and co-first author Linn Posey-Maddox that is titled, “Reframing Suburbs: Race, Place, and Opportunity in Suburban Educational Spaces.” Diamond is the …
UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora was featured in a Business 20/20 podcast produced by the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program. Hora is the director of UW–Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT), which is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. He also serves as an assistant professor of adult and higher education. The podcast episode, …
Education Week blogger Rick Hess published his annual rankings of the top 200 most influential education scholars in the United States recently, and once again several faculty members with ties to UW–Madison and its School of Education are on the list. UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings is up to No. 2 this year, while Adam Gamoran is No. 123, Jerlando Jackson is No. …
UW–Madison’s John Diamond and Linn Posey-Maddox are co-first authors on a new paper published in the journal Educational Researcher that’s titled, “Reframing Suburbs: Race, Place, and Opportunity in Suburban Educational Spaces.” Diamond is the Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education and a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and Posey-Maddox is an …
UW–Madison’s Eleni Schirmer has authored an article for The Nation that is headlined, “It’s Not Just Students Drowning in Debt. Colleges Are Too!” Schirmer is a joint doctoral candidate with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Department of Curriculum and Instruction. In the article, Schirmer explains a culprit for both student and institutional debt is declining …