UW–Madison alumnus David O’Connor has received a prestigious national honor for his work to change the landscape for Native American students in Wisconsin and across the Midwest. On Oct. 15, O’Connor accepted the National Indian Education Association’s Educator of the Year award at the organization’s 52nd Annual Convention and Trade Show in Omaha, Nebraska. O’Connor holds …
The School of Education’s Dance Department presents the annual Kloepper Concert, a performance of new student work, in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space on Dec. 4-5. The concert will feature the work of student choreographers Alexis Baynard, Nicole Cederberg, Meryl Hubbard, Zoe Huntsberger, Kylee Kohlhoff, Veda Manly, Trinity Manzke, Jackson Neal, Angele Nyberg, Abbi Stickels, Lucie Sullivan, and Erin …
UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan will be presenting an online book talk hosted by Madison’s A Room of One’s Own bookstore on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. Nathan is the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Sciences in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. During the event, Nathan will discuss his new book, “Foundations of Embodied Learning: …
The UW–Madison School of Education honored the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the Rockwell Award for Outstanding Cooperating Teachers on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the Memorial Union’s Great Hall. The awards ceremony included remarks from School of Education Dean Diana Hess and a keynote address by Kabby Hong, an English teacher at Verona Area High School, who is …
A series of books by UW–Madison’s Michael Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Department of Educational Policy Studies, has been translated and published by the company Agahpub in Iran. The titles Agahpub has published include: Apple’s volume, “Teachers and Texts: A Political Economy of Class and Gender …
Students in UW–Madison’s Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) program are helping kids and families stay active this Thanksgiving. The students have teamed up with the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County to share ideas for games kids can do at home with their families during the holiday break from school. The games include “Reverse Pig Trash Ball,” a …
UW–Madison alumnus Dominic Ledesma is the recipient of the Joseph C. Beckham Award for dissertation of the year from the Education Law Association. Ledesma earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2021. He currently serves as the interim director of the Office of Access, Inclusion, and Compliance for …
UW–Madison alumna Mary Pfeiffer was named Wisconsin Superintendent of the Year by the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA) on Monday, Nov. 8. Pfeiffer earned two degrees from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis — a master’s in 1999 and a PhD in 2006. She currently is the superintendent of the Neenah Joint School …
UW–Madison student Caitlin Mary Margarett (CMM) has been selected to show her work at a Satellite Art Show presented by Performance Is Alive in Miami Nov. 30 – Dec. 4. CMM is a first-year MFA student in the School of Education’s Art Department, focusing on 4D video and performance art. The piece CMM is presenting, “for the love …
By Wisconsin Center for Education Research Communications UW–Madison’s Courtney Bell is one of 15 experts selected nationwide to serve on a new, ad-hoc committee created by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to provide practical, evidence-based guidance to make STEM learning in the PreK–12 system equitable. Chosen from more than 350 nominations, committee members …