School of Education alumna Emily Balsley has collaborated for a second time with the Milwaukee Brewers on art that celebrates baseball and those who love the game. Madison365 recently reported on a new, 50-foot mural created by Balsley at McKee Farms Park in Fitchburg. The mural, “Seventh Inning Stretch,” celebrates “the energy and camaraderie of …
By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship UW–Madison’s Anthony Hernandez is the author of a new essay in the Sacramento Bee that explores what it means for colleges and universities to build support programs to help students succeed, especially in Minority-Serving Institutions. Hernandez is a teaching faculty member in the School of Education’s Department …
A faculty member and leader in the School of Education recently collaborated with Madison public school students on a public art installation. Faisal Abdu’Allah, a professor of printmaking in the School of Education’s Art Department, worked with Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) students on “Reach For It,” a public art installation at Madison’s Warner Park …
A recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal spotlights Madison’s Grow Your Own to Teacher program, a partnership among the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD), Madison College, and the UW–Madison School of Education. The program enables district staff such as education and special education assistants to earn a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a teaching …
A Madison dance troupe led by UW–Madison Dance Department lecturer AJ Juarez recently appeared on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” earning praise from judges and advancing to the next round of competition. Juarez’s group, Barrio Dance Factory, was featured on the Tuesday, July 7, episode of the show. The 28-member troupe opened the two-hour program with …
A new report from WIDA, housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, was featured in Education Week. The report found that, for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, English learners’ average English-language proficiency test scores did not decline. Instead, scores held steady or increased in most grade …
UW–Madison’s Anthony Hernandez, a teaching faculty member in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, is the author of a new essay in Fortune magazine. The essay examines the contributions of Latino-owned businesses to the U.S. economy and argues for investing in the educational institutions that help develop future entrepreneurial talent. In the …
UW–Madison’s Michael Hora was recently quoted in the New York Times discussing the ongoing debate over intern compensation. The article highlights a campaign by unpaid government interns in New York seeking fair compensation and notes that, according to some labor estimates, roughly four in 10 interns still are not paid. Hora, an associate professor of …
UW–Madison’s Taylor Odle, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, recently spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today” about a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that found a state college grant program for minority students unconstitutional. Established in 1985, the Minority Undergraduate Retention Grant Program provided up to $2,500 in …
UW–Madison alumnus Brian Counselman, who earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is featured in PBS Wisconsin Education’s new “Field Notes on Climate” series. The series helps students in grades 6–12 explore how climate change affects their communities while learning about the people working to …