In a recently published op-ed in Newsweek, School of Education professor David Williamson Shaffer argues the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT could have a positive impact on our education system — but only if educators approach the new technology a certain way. Shaffer is the Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement …
A recent article in Diverse Issues in Higher Education highlighted a working paper by a UW–Madison faculty member that found Black and Hispanic students are less likely than white students to be taught by instructors of the same race in higher education settings. Taylor Odle, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of …
A UW–Madison School of Education faculty member recently lent his expertise on the role of technology in education to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on how Wisconsin college students and professors are responding to the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. David Williamson Shaffer, the Sears Bascom Professor of Learning Analytics and the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor …
Gloria Ladson-Billings, a professor emerita with the School of Education and the former Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is featured in an Al Jazeera segment that is headlined, “Are conservatives trying to erase and rewrite U.S. history?” Interviewer Marc Lamont Hill for Al Jazeera’s “Up Front” …
Professor Chris Walker and alumna Shasparay Irvin of the UW–Madison School of Education will be spotlighted in three Badger Talks LIVE Quick Picks throughout the month of February. Quick Picks are a new, short-form version of Badger Talk LIVE, featuring brief talks ranging from 10 to 15 minutes. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 12 p.m., …
The Washington Post highlighted the expertise of UW–Madison’s Robert Enright, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, in a story that is headlined, “Moving lessons on forgiveness out of religious spaces and into schools.” Enright is considered to be one of the founders of the scientific study of forgiveness and last …
In an interview for Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Morning Show” in December, UW–Madison’s Carlyn Mueller discussed the need for more adult role models in special education classrooms. Mueller is an assistant professor of special education in the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education. Her research focuses on disability identity development in school …
The Wisconsin State Journal is once again putting the spotlight on the work of UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah. Abdu’Allah, who holds the Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art, is an internationally acclaimed artist, professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, and the associate dean of the arts in the School of Education. The story focuses …
John Hitchcock, a professor of printmaking with the School of Education’s Art Department, recently did a Q&A with a reporter from The Capital Times discussing his “artistic roots, narrative resilience, and what Native heritage means to him.” Hitchcock speaks not only about his artwork, but also his music, family, and Native heritage in the piece …
UW–Madison’s Clifton Conrad and Todd Lundberg have recently published an opinion piece for The Hill titled, “There’s a path away from toxic polarization: shared problem-solving.” Conrad is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Lundberg is the associate director for campus partner engagement with UW–Madison’s …