UW–Madison’s School of Education is honoring recipients of its 2024 Rockwell Awards and the winner of this year’s Lois Gadd Nemec Elementary Education Award during a Nov. 9 celebration on campus. The Rockwell Awards are made possible thanks to a generous gift from Roland and Ruth Rockwell. These honors recognize exemplary teachers and other school …
LOÏE, a magazine of dance, performance, and new media, has published a review by Karin Brygger of Douglas Rosenberg’s new book, “Staring at the Sky: Essays on Art and Culture.” Brygger notes in her reflections that Rosenberg, a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in Art at UW–Madison, is most known for his pioneering work in the …
Jewelry artist and metalsmith Tanya Crane was featured in the Summer 2024 issue of On Wisconsin magazine. Crane earned her MA and MFA from the School of Education’s Art Department, graduating in 2015, and now is a professor of the practice in metals at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. She incorporates …
UW–Madison faculty from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies shared insights in two recent Capital Times articles discussing the impact of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling and last year’s botched FAFSA rollout on UW enrollment. The first of these articles, published on Sept. 8, came out before UW–Madison released its fall enrollment numbers. In …
The Appleton Post Crescent sought out expertise from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) in a recent article highlighting “!0 diverse children’s books with Wisconsin connections.” The CCBC, which is housed in the School of Education, “reviews the diversity of both content and creators of about 3,500 children’s and young adult books each year,” notes the article. …
A School of Education faculty member’s study on where transgender high school students seek support was recently highlighted by multiple media outlets. The study found transgender students are more likely to seek support from school staff and less likely to seek support from their parents when compared to their cisgender peers. Mollie McQuillan, an assistant professor …
UW–Madison’s Lynda Barry believes that anybody has the ability to draw or make comics. The struggle, says the legendary artist and author, “is putting pen to paper and getting out of your head long enough to make something.” In a recent interview with NPR’s Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, Barry, an associate professor of interdisciplinary creativity …
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Anthony Hernandez in a recent article reporting on the financial struggles and uncertain future facing Milwaukee’s Alverno College. Alverno, Wisconsin’s first federally-designated Hispanic-serving institution, is confronting a $9 million deficit for the fiscal year and has declared a financial emergency. The article notes that becoming a …
A School of Education faculty member recently offered her expertise on ongoing Title IX lawsuits across the country to a pair of national media outlets. Suzanne Eckes, the Susan S. Engeleiter Chair in Education Law, Policy, and Practice in the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, spoke about the future …
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction featured an article on its website about the 2024 Play Make Learn Conference, which took place on July 18-19 at UW–Madison’s Memorial Union. The conference, hosted annually by the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the office of Professional Learning and Community Education (PLACE), is a …