By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Angela Crumdy, a postdoctoral researcher of teacher development at the University of Pennsylvania, had at least two compelling reasons for visiting UW–Madison for a week in July to learn a research methodology without peer in pulling human insights from big data. First, she says, she was drawn to the method, …
On Wednesday, July 31, 10 student scholars took part in the 22nd annual Summer Education Research Poster Symposium hosted by the UW–Madison School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. These student scholars had been conducting research alongside faculty mentors as a part of the 10-week Summer Education Research Program (SERP). The students, who came …
Seven individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education have been named to the 2024-25 cohort of Morgridge Fellows. They are: The fellows were selected through a juried process to participate in the year-long learning community designed to further institutionalize and support Community-Engaged Scholarship. Community-Engaged Scholarship is defined as: teaching, research, and scholarly activities …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Top officials in Uruguay are working with UW–Madison researchers who are expert in pulling rich new patterns of meaning about culture and human behavior from big data to assess and improve the South American country’s pioneering educational-technology innovation center, known as Ceibal. The trailblazing Uruguayan agency was born as the implementer of …
Pauline Ho, who today will be graduating with a doctoral degree from the School of Education, was recognized as one of UW–Madison’s spring 2024 “notable graduates” by University Communications. Ho “had just $3,000 in her bank account when she started her graduate work at UW–Madison. English was her fourth language, and neither of her parents had …
Five extraordinary members of the UW–Madison School of Education faculty have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator, and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908). Nancy Kendall, a professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, was named to a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. This award …
David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, has been honored with a Hilldale Professorship. Hilldale Professorships are given to faculty members who excel in scholarly activity, have records of outstanding research or creative work, and show promise of continued productivity. Recipients receive a salary …
UW–Madison’s School of Education is the No. 1 school of education in the United States, according to the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Education Graduate Schools rankings released on Tuesday. It marks the first time the School of Education has received the first-place ranking from U.S. News & World Report, though it has been highly …
UW–Madison alumna Rebecca Onken, a 2023 graduate of the School of Education’s MS Educational Psychology: Professional Educators (MSPE) program in the Department of Educational Psychology, is a recipient of a Teacher Fellowship award from the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation. Onken, a social studies teacher at Baraboo High School, is one of 100 educators from across Wisconsin who …
By Laurel White For the past 20 years, School of Education faculty member Sadhana Puntambekar has worked with teachers and middle school students across Wisconsin to build technology-enhanced learning environments for science learning and teaching, from solving complex design problems and writing about them to contrasting virtual and in-person lab experiments. Now, Puntambekar and a School of …