University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: School News

Nearly 300 books by award-winning author Kate DiCamillo being delivered to Wisconsin districts

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With backing from Kate DiCamillo, staff from the Teacher Education Center within UW-Madison’s School of Education are delivering nearly 300 books by the award-winning author to several districts around Wisconsin. DiCamillo is presenting the 2019 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture, sponsored by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), on Thursday in the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater. At DiCamillo’s request, her …

UW-Madison’s Charleston to speak on panel at Wisconsin Leadership Conference Oct. 7

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UW–Madison’s LaVar Charleston will be taking part in a panel discussion on Monday, Oct. 7, that’s part of the second annual Wisconsin Leadership Conference at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison. Charleston is the School of Education’s associate dean for diversity and inclusion. The panel event he is taking part in will be …

Nominate an outstanding cooperating teacher for a Rockwell Award

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Do you know an outstanding educator who has served UW–Madison pre-service teachers? The School of Education is seeking nominations for the annual Rockwell Awards for Cooperating Teachers. These awards recognize excellent teachers who have chosen to pass on their expertise by providing professional experiences for UW-Madison student teachers. Roland and Ruth Rockwell provide four awards …

Research project to examine internships at six historically black colleges and universities

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The Center for Research on College-to-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) — a project at UW‒Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research — is collaborating with the United Negro College Fund’s Career Pathways Initiative and a vocational psychologist to study internship programs at six historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that have a high population of STEM graduates. The $1.5 million NSF-funded longitudinal, mixed-methods study …

Bird Bear, Poler to deliver Oct. 16 University Roundtable presentation on ‘Our Shared Future’

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Aaron Bird Bear and Omar Poler will be leading a presentation for The University Roundtable speaker series on Oct. 16 titled, “Our shared future: Teaching the 12,000-year human story of campus.” Bird Bear (Mandan and Hidasta) is the School of Education’s assistant dean for student diversity programs and is an enrolled member of the Three …

Madison Education Partnership’s fall 2019 request for proposals due Sept. 23

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MEP is a research-practice partnership between the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD). The Partnership runs an annual funding cycle for UW–Madison faculty and staff to encourage them to work with the school district. An overarching goal of the Partnership is to identify actions the district could …

Search underway for next director of Wisconsin Center for Education Research

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UW–Madison’s School of Education is beginning its process for finding the next director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). A 13-member search-and-screen committee is being led by WIDA Executive Director Tim Boals and Percival Matthews, an associate professor with the Department of Educational Psychology and a WCER researcher. The committee is strongly encouraging …