UW–Madison’s Tom Owenby says the School of Education is making efforts to adapt to Wisconsin’s new reading education law. He spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) last month about actions that still need to be taken to ensure incoming teachers are well prepared. Owenby is the School of Education’s associate dean for teacher education and director …
Tessa Schmidt, the director of UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), was recently highlighted in two stories from the United Service Organization (USO). Schmidt and her family were interviewed by the USO about their experience as a military family. Schmidt’s husband, Brett Schmidt, is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and frequently on …
UW–Madison’s Tony DelaRosa was recently interviewed by NBC news about the criticism that rapper Doja Cat is receiving for her new song, “Balut.” DelaRosa is pursuing a PhD in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and is a Filipino American race scholar. He was previously featured in the Capital Times and is …
Sofia Vandersluis graduated from UW–Madison last spring with a degree in elementary education and a certificate in educational policy studies. Now, she is a first-year fourth grade teacher at Heritage Elementary School in Waunakee, Wisconsin. In August, Spectrum News celebrated Vanderslis as an “Everyday Hero” in a story about first-year teachers heading into classrooms amid …
In their story, “Meditation is more than either stress relief or enlightenment,” Vox references a study by UW–Madison researchers including lead author Simon Goldberg, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and a core faculty member at the Center for Healthy Minds. The Vox article states that “…as the research …
Angeline Boulley will deliver the Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s 2023 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p.m., at Union South on the UW–Madison campus. Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, writes about her Ojibwe community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Her highly regarded debut novel, “The …
Every year, on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, UW–Madison’s Diana Hess and Jeremy Stoddard write a new story examining how teaching about 9/11 is changing with the times. This year, Hess and Stoddard co-wrote a piece for Bay City News titled, “Twenty-two years since 9/11: What schools teach about that day …
Diversity Statistics from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) were recently referenced in three Wisconsin and national news stories. Administratively housed in the School of Education and also supported by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the CCBC serves as a resource to Wisconsin schools, teachers, librarians, and others interested in children’s and young adult …
Katie Eklund, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, spoke with Madison ABC affiliate WKOW about whether suspensions are worthwhile for elementary school students. “Out of school suspensions are really ineffective at addressing student misbehavior,” Eklund tells WKOW. “We often think of out of school suspensions as being a punishment, …
UW–Madison’s Taekyeom Lee, an assistant professor of graphic design in the School of Education’s Art Department, was interviewed last month by The Great Discontent (TGD), a media company “committed to telling the untold stories of today’s artists, makers, and risk takers.” In the interview Lee speaks about his experience as an immigrant, his goals as …