By Lynn Armitage, WCER Communications When Annalee Good, an educational researcher and evaluator from UW–Madison, and her colleagues began studying the use of digital tools in classrooms a decade ago, they never imagined that a global pandemic would drive the adoption of at-home online learning at warp speed. COVID-19 has caused a dramatic, sweeping change to …
By L Malik Anderson This article originally appeared in Badger Vibes. In July, Crystal Stonewall was selected to the Wisconsin Law Review just before her second year at the UW Law School. “I was super happy to be offered a spot on the Wisconsin Law Review,” says Stonewall, who expects to graduate from law school in …
By Doug Erickson, University Communications In the last four years, Sven Kleinhans has earned three college degrees — two bachelor’s degrees and now a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Overachiever? He laughs off the idea by telling the story of how he became the student speaker …
UW–Madison alumnus David O’Connor has been honored with a Native American 40 Under 40 award from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. O’Connor is the American Indian Studies consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). He holds a master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. O’Connor is originally …
During the course of the academic year, we’ll be sharing out Q&As completed by our newest faculty members in an effort to introduce them to our campus and School of Education communities. Name: Emily Machado Title, including department and school: assistant professor of early childhood education with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction Hometown: I’m originally from northern …
UW–Madison’s Christopher Kirchgasler has published an article in Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education that is titled, “The end(s) of inclusion: ungrounding globalization and ‘the migrant’ in dialogue with hospitality.” Kirchgasler is an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The article “reassesses globalization in light of research, policy, and reforms …
Duduzile Lunga, who attended UW–Madison as an international exchange student in the fall of 2018, is a finalist for KFM 94.5’s Teacher of the Year award in Cape Town, South Africa. Lunga is one of 10 finalists the radio station selected out of over 3,500 nominees. Lunga is a math teacher at Pinelands High School in Cape …
UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino has authored a paper offering a new look at engaging with the 19th/20th century philosopher and educator, John Dewey. The paper is titled, “Education’s Experience in an Age of Anti-Politics: Reading John Dewey in the Third Decade of the 21st Century,” and it is published in a special edition of the journal Sisyphus …
The School of Education’s Maria Widmer has been honored with a Robert J. Menges Award for Outstanding Research in Educational Development from the POD Network, with Karen Skibba, Department of Continuing Studies. Widmer is an instructional designer with MERIT (media, education resources, and information technology) and a doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The …
The School of Education hosted a virtual “tea-time” with Dean Diana Hess on Nov. 11, offering an informal opportunity for the Dean to share updates and to answer questions from faculty and staff. After welcoming participants and thanking them for their work within the School through the COVID-19 pandemic, Hess took time to respond to …