Marcelle Haddix, dean of the UW–Madison School of Education, is featured in the fall 2025 issue of On Wisconsin magazine. In a Q&A titled, “Finding Creative Solutions in Community,” Haddix describes community engagement as her anchor: “Everything that we do, every decision that we make, should be done in community,” she says. While inheriting the nation’s …
UW–Madison alumna Emily Balsley, who graduated in 2001 with a degree in graphic design from the School of Education’s Art Department, was one of four Wisconsin artists selected to create a design for the Milwaukee Brewers’ new “T-shirt Tuesdays” promotion this season. Balsley’s illustration, which highlights the fan experience at American Family Field, was featured …
UW–Madison’s Fred Stonehouse, associate professor of painting and drawing in the School of Education’s Art Department, was recently featured on The Arts Page, a public television program presented by Milwaukee PBS. On the program, Stonehouse shares the influences and ideas behind his body of work — described by the show as the “stuff of nightmares, …
UW–Madison’s Anthony Hernandez, a faculty member in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, was featured in El Paso Matters discussing the potential impact of federal cuts to grant programs for Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and how campuses are responding. Hernandez spent part of his summer visiting institutions with large Latino student populations, where leaders described …
The UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge program was recently spotlighted in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story examining programs working to address Wisconsin’s ongoing teacher shortage. The article features UW–Madison alumna Claire Hitter, who began her career in education after discovering the Teacher Pledge while researching graduate school programs. The program covered the cost …
UW–Madison’s Taylor Odle, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, is receiving widespread national and state media attention for his leadership on a major initiative aimed at transforming college admissions and financial aid access in Tennessee. As the principal investigator and research partner for the Tennessee Direct Admissions pilot, …
School of Education faculty member Suzanne Eckes is among a group of national legal scholars cited in a new Brookings Institution article analyzing the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2025 term for public K–12 education. Eckes is the Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy, and Practice in the Department of Educational Leadership …
School of Education faculty member Nicholas Hillman was recently featured in Newsweek discussing the implications of federal student loan policy changes. Hillman is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and leads the Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab, which is housed in the Office of Student Financial Aid. The article …
UW–Madison’s Chris Saldaña, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is the host of NEPC Talks Education, a podcast produced by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC). In a recent episode, “The Role of School Boards in Democratic Governance,” Saldaña is joined by fellow School of Education faculty …
By WCER Communications A report co-authored by UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) provides key impact data in a recent story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about proposed federal cuts to out-of-school learning programs in Wisconsin and nationally. WEC’s review of the 21st Century Community Learning Center program, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the Consortium …