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WIDA publishes new resource for educators of young, multilingual children

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A new resource for educators of multilingual children is available from UW–Madison’s WIDA, housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research. The WIDA Focus Bulletin, titled “Promoting Equity for Young Multilingual Children,” offers ideas for taking a language–focused approach to equitable caregiving and instructional practice in early childhood education (ECE) settings. It also highlights voices …

UW–Madison School of Education again ranked among best in nation

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UW–Madison’s School of Education and several of its programs are rated among the very best in the nation according to the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 30. UW-Madison is home to the fourth-ranked school of education in the nation — marking the eighth straight year it has been rated …

Book by UW–Madison’s Welton is called a ‘must read’ in Teachers College Record review

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A book review published in the Teachers College Record examines a recent publication from UW–Madison faculty member Anjalé Welton. Welton is a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The review, by Carolyn Shields (Wayne State University), calls the book, titled “Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy,” a “must-read book for …

Kelsey John is next speaker in Indigenous Speaker Series on April 1

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Kelsey Dayle John will be the next speaker in the Indigenous Speaker Series, hosted by the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, on Thursday, April 1, at noon. John is a member of the Navajo Nation and an assistant professor with a joint appointment in American Indian Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies at …

Work by UW–Madison’s Abdu’Allah published in ‘Under the Southern Stars’

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The work of UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah is published in “Under the Southern Stars” from Te Tuhi, one of New Zealand’s foremost contemporary art spaces. Abdu’Allah holds UW–Madison’s Chazen Family Distinguished Chair in Art, and is a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department. “Under the Southern Stars” is a collection of texts that accompanied exhibitions curated …

UW–Madison student Tiwari receives award from national honor society

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UW–Madison student Nikhil Tiwari has been awarded a 2021 Graduate Research Grant from the national honor society Phi Kappa Phi. Tiwari is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. His research focuses on the languaging, literacies, and racialization of Asian Indian American youth. The $1,500 award will support Tiwari’s dissertation research, …

New Yorker article by UW–Madison’s Schirmer reports on ‘fight for $15’ at an Orlando McDonald’s

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UW–Madison’s Eleni Schirmer has published an article in the New Yorker reporting on the fight for fair working conditions at an Orlando McDonald’s restaurant. Schirmer is a PhD candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies and Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Schirmer’s article, titled “The Fight for $15 at an Orlando McDonald’s,” tells the …

Join us for Day of the Badger April 6 and 7

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We’re asking faculty, staff, and alumni to help us generate excitement for Day of the Badger on April 6 and 7 by wearing red, sharing your stories with your friends and on social media, and making a gift in support of the School of Education. Day of the Badger is a day (and then some) …

UW–Madison student Pan receives prestigious Harold Gulliksen fellowship

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UW–Madison student Yiqin Pan was selected to receive the Harold Gulliksen Psychometric Research Fellowship from Educational Testing Service (ETS). Pan is a PhD student in the Quantitative Methods program in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology. The fellowship is the most prestigious student award issued by ETS, and is intended to honor Harold Gulliksen, one of …

UW alumnus Hartoonian publishes new book, ‘Chased by the Memory’

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UW–Madison alumnus Michael Hartoonian has published a new book, titled “Chased by the Memory: A Boy’s Struggle for Identity.” Hartoonian earned his master’s and PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. “Chased by the Memory” is described as “a story about the ongoing search for family and love, and the inner arguments …