The Hechinger Report utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and the Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education, for a recent article focused on whether schools are responsible for rising political extremism. The article, which is headlined “Can we teach our way out of political polarization?” asks whether …
The Capital Times newspaper on Feb. 22 utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Stephanie Graham for a report headlined, “College students and mental health counselors in Madison adapt to pandemic needs.” Graham is the director of the Counseling Psychology Training Clinic (CPTC) and is a clinical professor with the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology. …
UW–Madison’s John Diamond was interviewed for a report in Education Week that’s headlined, “Suburban Schools Have Changed Drastically. Our Understanding of Them Has Not.” The article focuses on the release of a recent study by Diamond and co-first author Linn Posey-Maddox that is titled, “Reframing Suburbs: Race, Place, and Opportunity in Suburban Educational Spaces.” Diamond is the …
Schools should teach children about current events in their civics courses, said UW–Madison’s Diana Hess, dean of the School of Education and the Karen A. Falk Distinguished Chair of Education, in a recent article published by the Wisconsin Radio Network. “I think what happened on January 6th was incredibly serious and incredibly important and it needs …
A recent Wisconsin State Journal article highlighted the work of UW–Madison’s Donald Dantzler advising a team of high school students from 100 Black Men of Madison who won a national financial literacy contest. Dantzler is a member of the education committee for 100 Black Men of Madison and a research and survey specialist in the Research and …
Data from UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education, was referenced in a recent article in The Atlantic about former New England Patriots football player Martellus Bennett’s new career as a children’s book author, and his activism for more Black characters in children’s publishing and entertainment. Surveying the children’s-entertainment landscape, …
UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora was featured in a Business 20/20 podcast produced by the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society Program. Hora is the director of UW–Madison’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT), which is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. He also serves as an assistant professor of adult and higher education. The podcast episode, …
UW–Madison’s Gloria Ladson-Billings was featured in the Capital Times recently, as part of the newspaper’s “What did we learn?” series of interviews with Madison educators, organizers, and leaders looking back at lessons they took from 2020. Ladson-Billings is a professor emerita in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She is also the president …
UW–Madison student Bryanna Plaisir was featured in a recent Capital Times article, headlined “What did we learn? Bryanna Plaisir embraces the stage, finds true allies.” Plaisir is a double major in theatre, in the School of Education’s Department of Theatre and Drama, as well as in mathematics. In the article — one in a series of …
UW–Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), which is housed in the School of Education, was cited as an important change agent recently by veteran children’s book editor Rosemary Brosnan (Harper Collins), in an interview she did with BookPage. BookPage spoke with Brosnan and author Cynthia Leitich Smith about their new HarperCollins imprint, Heartdrum, which will be the first …