University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Three from UW–Madison School of Education awarded NAEd/Spencer Foundation fellowships

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Two graduate students and a recent alumna from the UW–Madison School of Education are recipients of 2025 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowships. The competitive NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship encourages a new generation of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and professional fields to undertake research relevant to the improvement of education. This fellowship supports candidates whose dissertation …

Sankey wins UW–Madison’s Keystone Award for outstanding support of student success

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Lynn Sankey, career operations manager in the School of Education, was honored with a Keystone Award at the 2025 Spring Celebration and Awards Ceremony, hosted by UW–Madison’s Office of Academic and Career Success on May 13. The Keystone Award recognizes individuals whose work provides essential support to advising, career services, and/or learning support, and who positively influence …

Game incubator event fuels educator, research partnership at UW–Madison

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By WCER Communications Researchers from UW–Madison earlier this year teamed with state educators and game designers in a day-long competition called Game Incubator to pitch ideas for a new, free educational learning game that could be played by hundreds of thousands of young students across Wisconsin and beyond. Field Day Lab hosted the event, which was part …

New game from UW–Madison researchers aims to broaden teachers’ understanding of testing

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By Laurel White A graceful swoop of her arms up, then down to her sides. A slight wiggle. A giggle. Then another swoop and a bob, like she’s moving through water. The young teacher is pretending to be a squid. Her pantomime is part of a game she’s playing with other teachers — an innovative and …

Three School of Education staff members honored with campus IT awards

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UW–Madison recognized three School of Education staff members for their outstanding service and contributions at the 2025 IT Recognition Awards ceremony, held May 29 at the Pyle Center. Lisa Jansen, director of information technology for the School of Education, received the Lifetime Achievement Award — the highest honor given by the IT Recognition Committee. This award acknowledges …

UW–Madison graduate student selected as SREE Summer Fellow

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UW–Madison’s Sky Duke, a rising third-year PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies (EPS), has been selected as a 2025 Summer Fellow by the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE). As part of this nationally competitive fellowship, Duke will collaborate with the Crimsonbridge Foundation to examine how institutions successfully …

UW–Madison graduate student selected as SHEEO state policy intern

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UW–Madison’s Beto Castrejón, a rising third-year PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies (EPS), has been selected for a highly competitive state policy internship with the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO). As an intern, Castrejón will support SHEEO’s Examining Funding Models for Unintentional Disparities project, studying how states …

UW–Madison’s Hennessey elected to NCTM Board of Directors

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UW–Madison’s Lisa Hennessey, teaching faculty member and math coordinator in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The NCTM Board helps shape the vision and direction of the largest mathematics education organization in the world. “This …

Krauskopf wins 2025 Excellence in Science Education award

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By WCER Communications The Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers recently honored UW–Madison’s Sara Krauskopf, a researcher with the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), for her outstanding work advancing science education in the state. The Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers annually recognizes teachers and other active supporters of science education for their …

UW–Madison’s Goldberg presents on meditation-based interventions at Harvard-affiliated Grand Rounds

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UW–Madison’s Simon Goldberg, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling Psychology, recently presented at the Mindfulness and Compassion Grand Rounds at Harvard Medical School. Goldberg’s talk, titled “What Have We Learned From Two Decades of Randomized Trials Testing Meditation-Based Interventions?” offered findings from numerous randomized trials evaluating meditation-based programs.  Drawing on …