UW–Madison student Jennifer Magee wrote a “Teacher Voice” op-ed for the Hechinger Report, headlined “Don’t avoid discussing race with your students.” Magee earned her master’s degree is currently a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. She is also a fourth-grade teacher in Middleton, Wisconsin, and an 18-year teaching …
Shehrose Charania, a recent graduate of UW–Madison’s Health Promotion and Health Equity program within the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, shared her remarkable story on NPR’s Weekend Edition. A first-generation college student whose parents immigrated from Pakistan to Chicago, Charania spoke about her dreams for her senior year of college, and how the pandemic upended …
The Capital Times published a feature story about Litza Bixler, UW–Madison’s spring 2021 interdisciplinary artist-in-residence. Describing Bixler as a choreographer, writer, teacher, costume designer, visual artist, and filmmaker, the article notes she might be best known for “a movie scene in which everybody is doing the same thing.” It goes on to explain that Bixler …
UW–Madison’s John Diamond shared his thoughts on school reopenings with the Washington Post recently, in an article headlined, “Biden is meeting his modest school-reopening goal — but progress is uneven.” The article reports “vast unevenness” in school reopening across the country. “The people least likely to be in school are students of color and those …
UW–Madison’s Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and the Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education, was interviewed for a recent episode of the “Fishing for Problems” podcast, hosted by Matt Schneidman. The episode, titled “Classroom Conversations in an Era of Political Polarization,” is part of a larger series on how to engage …
The Boise Post Register utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Julie Mead in an article reporting on a bill that passed the Idaho State Legislature creating new grants and scholarships for students. Mead is the associate dean for education in the School of Education, and a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. One …
UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman is quoted in an article from MarketWatch reporting on the small number of student-loan borrowers who have been able to access student-debt cancellation through government-run, income-driven repayment plans. Hillman is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The article includes results from an analysis of student-loan borrower …
Data from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education, was utilized in two recent articles examining the decision of the Dr. Seuss estate to stop selling six of the author’s books that include racial and ethnic stereotypes. A Mar. 4 New York Times article, headlined “Dr. Seuss Books Are Pulled, and …
Preliminary diversity stats for 2020 compiled by UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center are utilized in a recent report from the Associated Press (AP). The AP also interviewed UW–Madison’s KT Horning, director of the CCBC, which is housed within the School of Education. In the report, headlined “Racial diversity in children’s books grows, but slowly,” Horning explains that …
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Jerlando Jackson, for an article focused on the efforts of Milwaukee company Molson Coors to foster a more inclusive workplace after an electrician working for the company shot and killed five of his co-workers and himself last year. Jackson is the Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher …