By Marian Cracraft UW–Madison alumus Joseph Romero-Reyes, who earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (ELPA), is the recipient of the 2024-2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division J Dissertation of the Year Award. Romero-Reyes’ dissertation, titled “Cultivating and Activating Assets in the Vertical Transfer Journey of …
The UW–Madison Dance Department and Professor Chris Walker are delighted to present Moonshine, Friday, Feb. 28, at 3:30 p.m. in the Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall. This free event brings together campus, community, alumni, and students in performance to celebrate Black artistic scholarship and the Black experience with live music, contemporary theater, and dance …
Over the next few months we are offering a glimpse into the creative process of the Art Department’s graduating master of fine arts candidates, who are presenting their final thesis exhibitions throughout the spring semester. These exhibitions represent the culmination of years of dedicated study and artistic exploration, showcasing our students’ diverse talents and innovative …
By Kari Dickinson “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” a classic American play by August Wilson, is University Theatre’s latest production, opening Feb. 27. Set in a Pittsburgh boarding house in 1911, the play captures the lives of Black migrants seeking new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration, as well as people running from their …
Meg Sensenbrenner is the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association’s (WFAA) new managing senior director of development for the UW–Madison School of Education, a role she started on Feb. 9. Sensenbrenner is taking over from Betsy Burns, who had led the School of Education’s development team since 2016. Burns has recently accepted the position of WFAA’s …
The Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Multicultural Student Achievement Network (MSAN) have announced that registration is now open for the 2025 MSAN Institute. The two-day professional learning conference will take place in Madison on April 10 and 11. The professional development event is for K-12 teachers, principals, other school staff, and school district …
UW–Madison’s John Baldacchino has released his 17th book, “Secular Reflections: On a Nation’s Anomaly.” Baldacchino is a professor in the School of Education’s Art Department and an affiliate of the Department of Educational Policy Studies. His work explores art, philosophy, and education, with a particular focus on political theory and cultural critique. In his latest work, …
Five essays by UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, were named among the “Best Reviews of the 21st Century” by Education Review, a journal devoted to essay reviews of important books in educational research, theory, policy, and practice. Education Review highlighted Apple’s reviews of …
UW–Madison’s Michael Olneck, a professor emeritus in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, is the author of a new book titled, “Culture Wars in American Education: Past and Present Struggles Over the Symbolic Order.” In this work, Olneck questions the norms and values embedded within U.S. education, exploring whether they contribute to …
Story by Preston Schmitt. Photos by Bryce Richter. Reed Trueblood’s path to teaching high school math was anything but linear. After he graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a degree in economics and history, he worked in retail and insurance. It wasn’t until he started substitute teaching on the side that he considered the big …