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 …
UW–Madison’s Carl Grant, the Hoefs-Bascom Professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is the author of a new book that is titled, “James Baldwin and the American Schoolhouse.” The book — written for teacher educators, teachers, and admirers of James Baldwin — employs James Baldwin’s essays and speeches to discuss how the …
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, was elected as president of the Psychometric Society. The Psychometric Society was founded in 1935 and is devoted to the advancement of quantitative methodology in the behavioral sciences. Kaplan holds affiliate appointments in UW–Madison’s Department of Population …
UW–Madison’s Jeremy Stoddard and Diana Hess are co-authors of a new study published in the Journal of Curriculum Studies that is titled, “Teaching the U.S. 2018 midterm elections: a survey of secondary social studies teachers.” Stoddard is a professor and chair of the secondary education program in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. …
Audiences can expect a new way to experience dance in UW–Madison Professor Jin-Wen Yu’s latest body of work, “Non Ordinary.” This visually striking, thought-provoking concert of contemporary dance will take place at the H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall on the UW–Madison campus Nov. 18-20. In “Non Ordinary,” Yu explores the concept of shifting perspectives …
UW–Madison’s Stephanie Budge was recently elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA). Budge is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology. She is also the faculty director of the Advancing Health Equity and Diversity program in the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. According to the APA website: “Fellow status is …