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 …
Shawn Anthony Robinson’s journey to overcoming dyslexia and his award-winning series of graphic novels was spotlighted in a recent story from Wisconsin Public Radio. After struggling to read through his middle and high school years, Robinson was diagnosed with dyslexia before his senior year, the article reports. The diagnosis, Robinson says, was “life changing” because …
UW–Madison’s Nicholas Hillman was recently interviewed by Marketplace for a report about the Biden administration’s newest attempt to relieve student debt. The Marketplace report, headlined “Biden administration tries again to relieve student debt,” looks at President Joe Biden’s debt cancellation plan and discusses the issue of student debt with professionals across the country including Hillman, a professor …
UW–Madison student Phoebe Bacon, a senior pursuing a health promotion and health equity major in the School of Education, is competing in the Olympic Games this week in Paris! This is, in fact, Bacon’s second Olympics as a member of the U.S. swimming team, competing in the women’s 200-meter backstroke. She finished fifth in the …
Nineteen UW–Madison community members were recognized in Madison365’s annual list of “Wisconsin’s Most Influential Asian American Leaders” for 2024, including four who are current and former UW–Madison School of Education students and employees. Madison365, a nonprofit online news publication, has published annual power lists recognizing Wisconsin leaders from different racial and ethnic groups since 2015. …
Sarah Kopp, a UW–Madison student who is majoring in health promotion and health equity (HPHE) in the School of Education, was featured in a recent news story introducing three of the nearly 1,500 students who have been offered UW–Madison scholarships for Summer Term study. Kopp, who received the UW–Madison Undergraduate Scholarship for Summer Study, is …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications PBS Wisconsin journalist Murv Seymour spoke with Courtney Bell, director of the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), for a wide-ranging “In Focus” interview recently around the state of education in the U.S and abroad, as well as about new WCER research on teaching — including simulations …
An article in the summer 2024 issue of On Wisconsin magazine, headlined “Art for All,” shines a light on public art across the UW–Madison campus. The article includes several works by artists with ties to the School of Education’s Art Department. They are: James Watrous James Watrous, who earned a bachelor’s degree in art as …
The Wisconsin State Journal recently spotlighted a new collaboration between the UW–Madison School of Education and three Wisconsin school districts — Madison, Lake Mills, and Middleton-Cross Plains — which aims to transform their current employees into future school leaders. Through the District Leadership Preparation Pipeline (DLPP) program, a group of Wisconsin educators will start a 14-month …
The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) featured Art Department alumnus Rodney Lambright II in a recent story that is headlined, “The Art of Story: Rodney Lambright II Uses Visual Media to Sketch Out Narratives.” Lambright, who graduated in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in art and communication arts, is a storyboard artist, designer, and animator for BUCK, a …