By WCER Communications Andrew Ruis, a WCER research scientist and expert on the history of school lunches, has done many interviews and media consults this year as the topic has been often in the news. Most recently, he was featured in “Making All School Lunches Free in NC Will Cut Hunger, Stigma and Paperwork,” on …
NBC affiliate WMTV recently released a story about the UW–Madison Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab’s work to increase financial aid accessibility for Native students. Nicholas Hillman, who is the director of the SSTAR Lab and a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, spoke about the SSTAR …
The New York Times Magazine utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Bruce Wampold for its “The Therapy Issue” in an article that is headlined, “Does Therapy Really Work? Let’s Unpack That.” Wampold, an emeritus professor of counseling psychology in the School of Education, speaks about research on the subject, saying: “I think the evidence is fairly …
UW–Madison School of Education Dean Diana Hess was featured in VERIFY’s “The Burnout Equation: America’s Teacher Shortage Crisis.” The feature shares the perspective of academics and teachers from across the country who discuss how teacher salary, the pandemic, job vacancies, and more have negatively influenced American teachers. In a video interview, Hess speaks about the …
UW–Madison’s Simon Goldburg, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology and a core faculty member at the Center for Healthy Minds (CHM), was quoted in a recent article from CHM about a multi-phase project focused on using artificial intelligence to support users’ emotional health. UW–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds is …
A recent article in The Horn Book magazine, titled “CCBC and Diverse Books: Numbers Are Just Part of the Story,” shares a brief history and offers insights into how the School of Education’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) documents its Diversity Statistics. CCBC librarians Merri V. Lindgren and Madeline Tyner, Assistant Director Megan Schliesman, and …
UW–Madison’s Julia Rutledge, the director of the MS in Educational Psychology program in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, was a presenter at a roundtable session on learning analytics at the recent American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Chicago. The session, titled “Graduate Programs in Learning Analytics (LA) Workshop,” focused on …
In response to a recent event at UW–Madison highlighting racism on campus, School of Education’s Anthony Hernandez authored an op-ed in The Capital Times newspaper. Hernandez earned a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies in 2017, and received a PhD from that same department in 2022. Today, he is …
By Laurel White Mental health screenings are a valuable tool for identifying students who need additional support, but they are only the first step in effectively addressing youth mental health in schools, a School of Education faculty member said in a recent interview with EdWeek. Katie Eklund, an associate professor in the Department of Educational …
A recent story published in the Cap Times highlighted the latest educational video game released by UW–Madison’s Field Day Lab, a media literacy-focused game called Headlines and High Water. As the article explains, the game allows students to step into the shoes of a young journalist, aiming to help middle school students build critical media …