UW–Madison’s Brian Burt, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is an inaugural winner of the Emerging Leader Alumni Award from the University of Michigan’s School of Education. Burt earned his PhD from the University of Michigan in 2014. The Emerging Leader Alumni Award is one of two new awards launched this …
A research team including UW–Madison’s Matthew Hora, Matthew Wolfgram, and Changhee Lee have published an article in the Teachers College Record. Hora is an associate professor of adult teaching and learning, and the director of the Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions (CCWT) in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. Wolfgram is the assistant director …
The Early Literacy and Beyond Task Force — a joint effort between the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education — released its final report during a public presentation at the MMSD Board of Education’s Instruction Work Group meeting Monday evening, Dec. 6. The report is the culmination of months of collaborative work to …
Former Badgers football standout and current Miami Dolphins linebacker Vince Biegel wore a special set of cleats during Sunday’s game against the New York Giants that spotlighted — and eventually will help raise funds for — UW–Madison’s Adapted Fitness program. “The University of Wisconsin and the Adapted Fitness program are both very special places to me,” says …
UW–Madison alumnus James T. Minor has been named the 10th chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Minor will be the first Black chancellor at SIUE, pending formal Board of Trustees approval Thursday, Dec. 2. He will begin his tenure on March 1. Minor earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2001. …
Valerie is a poisoner, her sister-in-law Claire is a virgin, Webster is an indentured servant, her mistress Georgina is a pain in the ass, and Prudence and Fortitude have a weird feeling about each other… but can we call it witchcraft? The UW–Madison Department of Theatre and Drama’s newest production, “Bonnets,” is a dark comedy that …
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 …