UW–Madison’s Eleni Schirmer has published an article in the New Yorker reporting on the fight for fair working conditions at an Orlando McDonald’s restaurant. Schirmer is a PhD candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Schirmer’s article, titled “The Fight for $15 at an Orlando McDonald’s,” tells the …
How do race and gender stereotypes affect public support for the punishment of Black girls? Across the United States, Black girls are suspended, arrested, and detained at increasing rates. And yet, little research exists on the factors contributing to these troubling patterns across race and gender, particularly in public opinion research. On Friday, Mar. 26, …
The School of Education’s Linn Posey-Maddox is featured in UW–Madison’s Instructional Highlights series, which is spotlighting ways that UW–Madison instructors are working to make their virtual classrooms more engaging, inclusive, and supportive. Posey-Maddox, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, regularly surveys her students to get to know them and assess how things are going, …
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, …