A critical intersection exists between education and health, according to a consensus of researchers and evaluators from the University of Wisconsin‒Madison who have been working closely with rural schools, the community-school model, and Native American communities in Wisconsin. “Better educated individuals live longer, healthier lives than those with less education, and their children are more likely to …
Tim Tansey, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, will serve as the principal investigator (PI) on the UW–Madison sub-awards for two major new grant-funded projects. Virginia Commonwealth University Professor Paul Wehman is the PI on the two five-year, $4.4 million awards (total funding of $8.8 million) from …
Four finalists to become the next director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) are visiting campus from Dec. 5 to 16 to participate in public forums and meet with faculty, staff, and School of Education leadership. The finalists were selected by a 13-member search-and-screen committee co-chaired by WIDA Executive Director Tim Boals and Percival Matthews, …
UW−Madison will continue to play a leading role in the second and final phase of a sweeping federal investment in better research mentoring, with responsibility for two major grants in the $43 million follow-up push to boost diversity of students, staff, and faculty researchers in the biomedical sciences. The five-year program starting this fall as part …
UW–Madison’s Martha Vukelich-Austin received the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Greater Madison’s Outstanding Fundraising Professional award. The AFP aims to honor community champions that give their time, resources, and talent to causes they love, and making their community a more vibrant place to live. Nominated by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Vukelich-Austin has worked in various …
UW–Madison’s Omar Poler (Sokaogon Ojibwe) was recently honored with the Association for Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museum’s 2019 Leadership Award This award honors individuals with exceptional abilities to lead and inspire, as reflected in extraordinary accomplishments with broad impact on the field of indigenous culture. Poler was chosen for his “quiet strength, inclusionary spirit, and …
The School of Education announced the recipients of its 2019 Outstanding Cooperating Teacher Rockwell Awards, which recognize excellent teachers who have chosen to pass on their expertise by providing professional experiences for UW–Madison student teachers. Through the generosity of Roland and Ruth Rockwell, recipients are presented with $1,000 awards. This year’s Rockwell Award recipients will be …
Over the next five years, a team of early childhood educators and university evaluators will train teachers, as well as document and evaluate Madison’s innovative One City Schools. This project is being supported via a $1 million community impact grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Founded by community leader Kaleem …
The Discussion Project, a professional development series that’s designed to create welcoming, engaging and academically rigorous classroom environments, is accepting applications for its cohorts meeting during the upcoming spring 2020 semester. The idea behind the program is that an engaging classroom discussion can be both a vital part of the learning process and a microcosm of …
The Wisconsin Collaborative Education Research Network (the Network) is hosting an event with Justin Driver, a professor with Yale Law School and author of “The Schoolhouse Gate: Public education, the Supreme Court, and the battle for the American Mind.” On Nov. 18 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Lathrop Hall’s Virginia Harrison Parlor, Driver will discuss …