Category: Department of Educational Policy Studies

A team of early math education experts from across the country has pooled its expertise to develop a set of free, research-based learn-at-home materials geared toward children from birth to age 8. The “At-Home Early Math Learning Kit for Families,” created by the DREME Network’s Family Math team, is especially valuable as many people are …

By Doug Erickson, University Communications There was a time when UW–Madison junior Tina Marshalek hesitated to tell people she was a non-traditional transfer student. Or that she had been homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade. She didn’t want people judging her based on preconceptions, and she was a little unsure herself what to make of her …

UW-Madison’s Erica Turner, a faculty member with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, recently wrote a new book, “Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality.” Turner’s work notes that American public schools have been enrolling more students identified as black, Latinx, American Indian, and Asian than white students over the past …

UW-Madison’s Stacey Lee and Lesley Bartlett were recently named incoming editors for Anthropology and Education Quarterly (AEQ), a journal of the American Anthropological Association. Bartlett and Lee are both professors with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. Diana Rodriguez Gomez, an assistant professor with the Department, was named an associate editor of AEQ. …