A Washington Post obituary highlights the remarkable life and career of UW–Madison alumna Mary Tsingou Menzel, who died recently at age 97. The obituary recounts how Menzel was among the many women who joined the Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico during the early years of the Cold War. Hired to perform mathematical calculations by …
Teaching artists are deeply valuable members of the education community and should be funded accordingly, a UW–Madison School of Education faculty member argued in a recent editorial. Erica Halverson, chair of the Department of Theatre & Drama and professor in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, pushed for year-round, well-paid jobs for teaching artists in …
By Amellia Fowler UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and a researcher with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio about how middle and high school students are taught about the September 11 attacks. In the Weekend Edition Sunday segment, Stoddard …
A recent issue of On Wisconsin, UW–Madison’s alumni magazine, featured an article about the 100th anniversary of the Dance Department. The School of Education’s Dance Department is home to the first academic dance program in the United States, founded in 1926. “From that beginning, generations of dancers, choreographers, and instructors have carried the Madison influence …
By Amellia Fowler UW–Madison’s Jerry Jordan, an academic and multicultural advisor in the School of Education, recently completed a portrait of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson for Dane County Circuit Court Judge Everett Mitchell. A recent Capital Times article, “Why a Dane County judge displays a Supreme Court justice portrait,” explores the story behind …
By Alana Wasserman UW–Madison’s B. Bradford Brown was recently quoted in The Capital Times discussing a question many parents are asking: How much screen time is OK for kids? Children are spending more time than ever on their devices and social media. The article spoke with three UW–Madison experts, including Brown, about the positive and …
UW–Madison alumnus and award-winning children’s book author Kevin Henkes recently shared what makes a good children’s book on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Life.” Henkes, who earned a bachelor’s degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1983, has written and illustrated nearly 50 picture books and more than a dozen children’s novels. In the …
A long-running School of Education study examining how educators teach about the events of September 11, 2001 was featured recently in the Wisconsin State Journal. The study, led by faculty member Jeremy Stoddard and Dean Emerita Diana Hess, began in 2002. The study looks into how the events of 9/11 and the global war on …
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 …