Category: School News

UW–Madison research team part of $102 million Wallace Foundation initiative to examine equity-centered principal pipelines

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Faculty members from UW–Madison’s School of Education will be playing important roles in studying a major new effort supported by the Wallace Foundation. The foundation’s Equity-Centered Pipeline initiative includes eight large, high-needs school districts across the United States that will create principal pipelines to prepare school leaders who can bring a district’s own vision of equity and student success to fruition. The …

ELPA Higher Education program pushing the boundaries of equity-centered scholarship, policy, and leadership

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It’s not uncommon today for graduate programs dedicated to examining the field of higher education to touch on various aspects of equity, diversity, and inclusion. In fact, such curriculum is increasingly expected — and important for institutions, practitioners, researchers, and scholars, alike. “The issue is that at a lot of institutions, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) …

UW–Madison alumna Gail Bach featured in CowParade NYC

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The work of UW–Madison alumna Gail Bach was featured in the global public art exhibit, CowParade NYC 2021, from August through September 2021. Bach earned her bachelor’s degree from the School of Education’s Art Department in 1980.  Bach painted one of 78 cows, which were decorated by artists from all over the United States. Her cow, titled …

Books by UW–Madison’s Turner, Welton receive AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award

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Books by UW–Madison’s Erica Turner and Anjalé Welton have been recognized by the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) as Critics’ Choice Book Award winners. Turner, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, is the author of the 2020 book, “Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality.” Welton, a professor with the School’s Department …

Viet Thanh Nguyen headlines 2021 WIDA eConference on Oct. 14

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The 2021 WIDA eConference, which takes place on Oct. 14, features a keynote address by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen. It also includes sessions led by and for educators, plus sessions on new WIDA resources — and how to use them in the classroom — like Marco de referencia de las artes del lenguaje del …

Morgridge Center-led study aims to support underrepresented students’ participation in civic engagement

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By Erin Gretzinger In an effort to understand and support civic engagement among underrepresented minority students on campus, Morgridge Center for Public Service staff have launched a research study that aims to enhance civic engagement programming at UW–Madison. The study, headed by Faculty Director Earlise Ward and Graduate Project Assistant CC Vang, hopes to gain a …

‘Hangul Alphabet’ selected for Virtual Design Exhibition Forum 2021

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UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn and Esther Cho were invited to present their project, “Hangul Alphabet,” at the Virtual Design Education Forum 2021, taking place Nov. 11-12. Ahn is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department, and Cho is an MFA student within the Art Department. Taekyeom Lee, an assistant professor of graphic design at Iowa …

Lee is named faculty director of The Studio creative arts community

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Helen Lee has been named the faculty director of The Studio, UW–Madison’s residential creative arts community for first- and second-year undergraduate students. Lee is an associate professor in the School of Education’s Art Department. She is an artist, designer, and educator, who holds an MFA in glass from the Rhode Island School of Design and a bachelor’s …

‘Learning Laboratory’ in Northern Wisconsin high school works to reduce racial disparities

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The Culturally Responsive Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (CRPBIS) research center at UW–Madison has published a study in the leading journal Race, Ethnicity, and Education, titled “Transformative agency for justice: Addressing racialization of school discipline with the Indigenous Learning Laboratory.” The study was co-authored by UW–Madison’s Aydin Bal, a professor in the School of Education’s Department …

Burt, colleagues examine how more caring advising practices could improve graduate students’ experiences

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UW–Madison’s Brian Burt is the lead author of a new paper published in the Teachers College Record that examines Black male graduate students’ advising experiences in engineering — with the researchers theorizing that more caring relationships could assist students in earning their degree. This work is important because it’s estimated that more than half of …