University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: School News

School of Education’s Welcome Back Bash set for Sept. 2

UW-Madison’s School of Education is welcoming faculty and staff back to campus with its typical Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Sept. 2. The event will be held outside on the North Plaza of the Education Building from 12:30 to 2 p.m. It’s an opportunity to celebrate the start of the upcoming 2021-22 academic year, connect …

UW–Madison’s Ausderau is awarded COVID-19 Response grant from Wisconsin Partnership Program

UW–Madison’s Karla Ausderau, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology, has been awarded a COVID-19 Response Research and Education Award from the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) at the UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Ausderau’s project, titled “Implications of COVID-19 on Service Delivery, Health, and Well-Being for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,” …

UW–Madison’s Yang is recipient of AERA dissertation award

UW–Madison’s Hyunwoo Yang is a recipient of a Dissertation Grant Award from the American Education Research Association (AERA) for his project titled, “The Effects of Wisconsin’s Universal 4K Program on Academic Achievement Gaps.” Yang is a doctoral student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Yang is among nine recipients of …

Paper from Hora, Benbow, and Lee published in the Journal of the Learning Sciences

By WCER Communications UW–Madison’s Matthew T. Hora, Ross J. Benbow, and Changhee Lee have published a new paper in the Journal of the Learning Sciences titled, “A sociocultural approach to communication instruction: How insights from communication teaching practices can inform faculty development programs.” Hora is an associate professor of adult teaching and learning, and director of the Center for Research on College …

Redefining what’s possible: Impact 2030 one year after launch

The UW–Madison School of Education believes in big ideas — and in finding ways to bring them to life. Just one year ago, on Aug. 18, 2020, the School launched Impact 2030 — an exciting, $40 million initiative funded by donors that’s designed to dramatically strengthen our already highly regarded School of Education. Impact 2030 centers its …

A closer look: Andy Garbacz using $4M grant to probe family-school partnership intervention

By WCER Communications WCER researcher Andy Garbacz has received a grant of $4,000,000 from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for a five-year project designed to test the efficacy of a family-school partnership intervention for elementary school students with social, emotional, or behavior concerns. Specifically, Garbacz’s project will measure results of the partnership intervention when school-based specialists …

Paper identifies training gaps for care partners of hospitalized older adults

A research team from UW–Madison has published a paper in Health Education Journal that is titled, “Education and skills training for care partners of hospitalised older adults: a scoping review.” The study was led by Madeline Carbery and Samantha Schwartz, both graduate students in occupational therapy in the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. Beth Fields, …

Art Department’s free, public colloquia will feature lectures by visiting artists and faculty

This fall, the School of Education’s Art Department is offering two different colloquia options (Art 508 Colloquium in the Arts), including lectures that are free and open to the public. On Wednesday evenings, the colloquium will, as always, host exceptional visiting arts professionals from around the country and the world. The artists will present their works and …

Dean Hess submits testimony to Joint Committee on Education

On Wednesday, Aug. 11, UW–Madison School of Education Dean Diana Hess submitted testimony to the Senate Committee on Education and the Assembly Committee on Education during a joint public hearing on Senate Bill 411 and Senate Bill 463. Senate Bill 411 is regarding anti-racism and anti-sexism pupil instruction, and anti-racism and anti-sexism training for employees …

‘Home Stretch’ festival adds new performances

Spatula&Barcode has announced five additional participatory artworks in the “Home Stretch” festival, bringing the total number of projects to 17. “Home Stretch” is a “distributed festival” of small artistic acts taking place in Madison throughout the summer, continuing until the autumn equinox on Sept. 22. Participating artists offer intimate performances and other arts experiences by appointment.  Spatula&Barcode, …