How do race and gender stereotypes affect public support for the punishment of Black girls? Across the United States, Black girls are suspended, arrested, and detained at increasing rates. And yet, little research exists on the factors contributing to these troubling patterns across race and gender, particularly in public opinion research. On Friday, Mar. 26, …
UW–Madison’s Division of the Arts welcomes Litza Bixler as the spring 2021 Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence. Bixler is a choreographer, filmmaker, movement director, visual artist, and writer. She has produced work on stage, screen, galleries, and mountains. Bixler works across the spheres of art, performance, and film, and has been a working artist and educator since 1995. Among her activities …
On Tuesday, Mar. 16, teachers and staff from the Madison Metropolitan School District gathered for a panel discussion to talk about leading with anti-racism in the classroom, and UW–Madison’s LaVar J. Charleston served as moderator for the discussion. Charleston is the associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion in the School of Education. The event, …
The work of UW–Madison’s Yeohyun Ahn is being showcased in a virtual exhibition at the Komechak Art Gallery at Benedictine University through April 11. Ahn is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Art Department. The exhibition, titled “O Antiphons + CODE,” is described as “exploring new biblical expression as generative typography” on the Komechak …
UW–Madison’s Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions (CCWT), housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, is hosting a blog series to celebrate Women’s History Month. The series aims to draw attention to the myriad of gender equity issues women face that have been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. These issues, writes CCWT …
The School of Education’s Linn Posey-Maddox is featured in UW–Madison’s Instructional Highlights series, which is spotlighting ways that UW–Madison instructors are working to make their virtual classrooms more engaging, inclusive, and supportive. Posey-Maddox, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, regularly surveys her students to get to know them and assess how things are going, …
The School of Education’s Rosemary Russ is featured in UW–Madison’s Instructional Highlights series, which is spotlighting ways that UW–Madison instructors are working to make their virtual classrooms more engaging, inclusive, and supportive. Russ, an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, noted the shift to online teaching as an “opportunity,” not only to recreate what she …
A research team from UW–Madison’s Culturally Responsive Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (CRPBIS), housed in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation. The project, titled “Indigenous Learning Lab: Implementation of a culturally responsive behavioral support system to address the racialization of school discipline,” is led …
By Chelsea Hylton, University Communications If you have met Claudia Ramly, a UW–Madison second-year PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, you know that she is a compassionate and outgoing learner. Even after only speaking to her for about 15 minutes I could instantly grasp the feeling that Ramly is well-deserving of …
UW–Madison’s Kevin Henry has published a new paper in the journal Educational Policy that is titled, “‘The Price of Disaster’: The Charter School Authorization Process in Post-Katrina New Orleans.” Henry is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Utilizing the case of post-Katrina New Orleans, the paper applies …