Several faculty and staff with the School of Education’s Art Department have been among the speakers in the Chazen Museum of Art’s virtual gallery talk series. The Chazen is hosting the lectures live and then archiving them on the museum’s Facebook page under the title, “Our Kind of Happy Hour.” Check out the following links to School of Education faculty …
School discipline and policing continue to be characterized by racial disparities that necessitate structural change. The increased call for school safety has resulted in a punitive system that disproportionately negatively impacts Black and brown students, even when the goal of disciplinary policies is to make students feel safe. The third event in the Real Talk for …
UW–Madison’s Brian Burt is the author of a new article that appears in the Journal of Engineering Education titled, “Broadening participation in the engineering professoriate: Influences on Allen’s journey in developing professorial intentions.” Burt is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. “Given the significant roles that faculty play, it …
The Madison Education Partnership (MEP), a research-practice partnership between the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD), has posted its latest request for proposals for sponsored work funding for 2020-21. The funding will support research from UW–Madison faculty, research staff, and advanced graduate students (with a faculty …
Want to discover the latest developments in fine art, craft, and design? The UW–Madison School of Education’s Art Department is hosting a weekly series of free public lectures by some of the nation’s most prominent artists, critics, and gallery and museum directors. Lectures in the Fall 2020 Visiting Artist Colloquium Series take place every Wednesday during the …
The School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies is hosting Sasanehsah Jennings for a talk as part of its Indigenous Speakers’ Series. The talk, which is titled “Education as a Tool of Colonization: Reflections of the Native Student Experience in Higher Education,” will take place on Friday, October 23, from 12 to 1 p.m., via Zoom. Jennings is …
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts welcomes Michele Byrd-McPhee as the fall 2020 interdisciplinary artist. Michele Byrd-McPhee is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, producer, curator, and director of Ladies of Hip-Hop. Byrd-McPhee has been working for many years to re-contextualize spaces and conversation about Hip-Hop culture along gender, sex, cultural and socio-historical, and racial lines. The UW–Madison Division of the Arts’ Interdisciplinary Arts Residency Program (IARP) …
The flamingos are coming back … But this year, one of UW–Madison’s Homecoming traditions — Fill the Hill — is taking place virtually. Join us for a three-day digital fundraising spree beginning at 11 a.m. Central on Wednesday, Oct. 21 through 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23. Every flamingo on the (virtual) hill represents a gift someone makes …
A new online MS in Educational Psychology, Learning Analytics option, offered through the UW–Madison Department of Educational Psychology, will help graduates improve teaching, learning, and educational policy by harnessing the power of big data to tackle a broad range of challenges. Graduates of the program will be equipped to help improve individual student learning, raise …
UW–Madison alumna Woo-Jung Amber Kim was featured in a news article and video profile for Teacher’s College (TC) at Columbia University, where she graduated from the International Educational Development program in TC’s Department of International and Transcultural Studies in 2020. Previously, Kim received her bachelor’s degree in biology from UW–Madison, as well as her master’s degree in secondary education and …