UW–Madison’s Erica Turner is receiving the 2021 Erickson and Hornberger Outstanding Ethnography in Education Book Award from the University of Pennsylvania’s Ethnography in Education Research Forum. Turner’s book that led to this honor is, “Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality,” which was published in 2020 by the University of Chicago Press. Turner is …
UW–Madison’s School of Education and several of its programs are rated among the very best in the nation according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 30. UW–Madison is home to the fourth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the eighth straight year it has been rated …
Kelsey Dayle John will be the next speaker in the Indigenous Speaker Series, hosted by the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, on Thursday, April 1, at noon. John is a member of the Navajo Nation and an assistant professor with a joint appointment in American Indian Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies at …
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 …