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 …
UW–Madison’s Frank Fernandez, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, was recently featured in The EDU Ledger for his expertise on how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping higher education financing. The article, “Universities Are Betting Big on AI — and Some Are Already Cashing In,” examines how …
UW–Madison’s Taylor Odle recently shared his expertise with local media about what the Universities of Wisconsin tuition increases for the 2026-27 academic year mean for students and families. Earlier this month, the UW Board of Regents approved a 2% tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students, along with roughly comparable increases in fees and room and …
UW–Madison’s Bradley Carl, a scientist in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and founding co-director of the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative, was recently featured on PBS Wisconsin’s “Here & Now.” In a report by Steven Potter, Carl shared insights on the growing number of rural schools across Wisconsin that are closing permanently …
UW–Madison’s Mindi Thompson, the Charles and Carol Pulvino Chair in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, was recently featured on Wisconsin Public Radio. The “Wisconsin Today” episode, headlined “College, career transition experts say some skills for success are timeless,” explores Wisconsin’s new “Portrait of a Graduate” initiative. Led by the Department of Public …