UW–Madison’s Kevin Henry has been awarded a Theories of Blackness, Indigeneity, and Racialization in Research to Reduce Inequality in the Lives of Young People Writing Fellowship from the William T. Grant Foundation. Henry is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The fellowship is a new, one-time initiative …
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 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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …