What a year it has been! Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, we faced challenges that few could have envisioned. Despite 2020 being such a unique year, our School of Education has retained its sense of optimism — and a belief in big ideas. As 2020 draws to a close, let’s take …
The Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions, which is housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, has published a new research brief examining internships at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The report, titled “What do we know about internships at HBCUs? A review of the literature and agenda for …
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple and alumna Rita Verma have co-edited a book that is titled, “Disrupting Hate in Education: Teacher Activists, Democracy, and Global Pedagogies of Interruption.” Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction, and Educational Policy Studies. Verma earned her doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, and …
By Lynn Armitage, WCER communications The transition from military to college life can be a socially difficult one for military service members and veterans (SSM/Vs). However, members of this unique and talented student population stand a better chance of success when they are supported by a strong network of fellow students, veteran coordinators, faculty, or …
UW–Madison’s John Diamond and Linn Posey-Maddox have published a symposium on suburban schooling and race in the journal Equity and Excellence in Education. 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 (ELPA), and Posey-Maddox is an associate professor in the School’s Department of Educational …
UW–Madison’s Anthony Hernandez is interviewing Excelencia in Education CEO and co-founder Deborah Santiago about Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) for an upcoming webinar, on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. (Central time). Hernandez is a doctoral student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, and a project assistant for the Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions …
Each fall, UW–Madison welcomes and celebrates new and recently promoted faculty of color at a reception hosted by the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty. This year’s virtual event recognized nearly 85 new faculty and 36 faculty promoted to associate professor or …
The School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies is hosting Sasanehsah Jennings for a talk as part of its Indigenous Speakers’ Series. The talk, which is titled “Education as a Tool of Colonization: Reflections of the Native Student Experience in Higher Education,” will take place on Friday, October 23, from 12 to 1 p.m., via Zoom. Jennings is …
UW–Madison’s Kathryn Moeller has a new article in the journal Race, Ethnicity, and Education that is titled, “The politics of curricular erasure: debates on race, gender, and sexuality in the Brazilian ‘common core’ curriculum.” Moeller is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. “Through the critical feminist lens of …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications The Madison Education Partnership (MEP) will release a report by the end of August detailing what worked and what didn’t at the close of a two-year project to help teachers in the Madison Metropolitan School District’s four-year-old kindergarten (4K) program strengthen the depth and rigor of its instruction, especially in math. The …