By Kari Dickinson The UW–Madison School of Education is introducing a new nine-credit graduate certificate program in Education Law and Civil Rights, aimed at equipping aspiring school leaders, educators, administrators, and others with the expertise to navigate and address legal issues that arise within the education system. The innovative certificate, housed within the Department of …
By Todd Finkelmeyer Ask Jim Thompson about his connections to the School of Education, and his memories reach back well before he attended UW-Madison to earn a BS in agricultural economics in 1973. When Thompson was in second grade, he recalls how his parents would drive about an hour from the family home in Monroe …
On Wednesday, July 31, 10 student scholars took part in the 22nd annual Summer Education Research Poster Symposium hosted by the UW–Madison School of Education’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. These student scholars had been conducting research alongside faculty mentors as a part of the 10-week Summer Education Research Program (SERP). The students, who came …
Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $15,000. The grant will support Phase Two of the “Dirty Laundry” project, a multimedia dance theater work exploring the history of anti-Asian hate, discrimination, violence, and bias in the U.S. In total, …
By Laurel White Making sure faculty are trained in the latest industry-based cultural knowledge is better than prioritizing hires of faculty with industry experience, according to a new journal article from a School of Education faculty member. The article appeared in a recent issue of Innovative Higher Education and was co-authored by Matthew Hora, a …
By Laurel White Three faculty from the School of Education have been honored with prestigious campuswide research awards from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. David Kaplan, Emily Arthur, and Andy Garbacz are among just 32 faculty from across campus who were chosen to receive a 2024-2025 WARF Named Professorship or H.I. Romnes …
By Laurel White Resources and programs that would effectively close opportunity gaps for primary and secondary school students in North Carolina would require a roughly 200% increase in funding, according to a new report co-authored by a School of Education faculty member. Christopher Saldaña, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational …
UW–Madison’s Noah Weeth Feinstein, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, delivered a keynote presentation at the International Science Education Conference in Singapore on June 25. Weeth Feinstein’s research focuses on how people make sense of science in their personal, social, and political lives. His presentation, titled “Science education and the …
By Todd Finkelmeyer Rebecka Peterson, the 2023 National Teacher of the Year, will be delivering a keynote presentation on July 30 during the UW–Madison School of Education’s 2024 Early Career Teaching Institute. Peterson is a math teacher in her 16th year as an educator. Since 2012, she has worked at Union High School in Tulsa, …
UW–Madison alumna Saili Kulkarni, who earned a PhD in special education from the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education in 2015, has recently received two major honors. Kulkarni, now an associate professor in the Department of Special Education at San Jose State University, was recognized as the university’s 2024 Outstanding Professor. …