By Laurel White Education data can be harnessed to promote groundbreaking and energizing movements toward play, creativity, and social justice in the classroom, according to a new book from a School of Education faculty member. The book, “The Left Hand of Data,” was released this week by The MIT Press. It is the latest release from …
By Laurel White A popular assessment of literacy and numeracy in Kenya does more to advance a global education reform agenda than serve the needs of individual schools or students, according to a new paper from a School of Education faculty member. The article, published in Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, argues the …
By Laurel White A School of Education faculty member’s research on how state-driven charter school growth can reshape political power and city development recently earned a nationally-competitive Pipeline Grant from the Russell Sage Foundation. Rachel Elizabeth Williams, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, will use the funds to continue her examination …
The second place winner of the 2024 Wisconsin Artists Biennial Exhibit, hosted by the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend, is a UW–Madison alum. Scott Espeseth, who earned an MFA in printmaking from the School of Education’s Art Department in 2000, is the recipient of the second place award. “His work often depicts …
By Laurel White Erika Silva-Singh and Maddy Rauls had two very different paths to teaching, but neither would have been possible without the UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge. The program that pays the equivalent of in-state tuition and fees, testing, and licensing costs for students in UW–Madison’s teacher education programs has been extended through the …
By Todd Finkelmeyer Thanks to the generosity of its alumni and friends, the UW–Madison School of Education on Thursday night announced an $11 million investment to support Wisconsin educators. These funds will extend the innovative UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge program; invest in the Early Career Teaching Institute; and bolster the vital work …
The UW–Madison Division of the Arts has announced the recipients of the 2024 Creative Arts Awards, who will be recognized at special gala event on Tuesday, May 2, at the Hamel Music Center. Among the award winners are nine individuals with ties to the School of Education’s Art Department. The Creative Arts Awards program enables …
By Laurel White As complementary and integrative health treatments like mindfulness, acupuncture, and chiropractic care continue to grow in popularity, a new project led by a School of Education faculty member aims to increase understanding of how well those treatments work. The project, recently funded by a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, …
By Kari Dickinson Based on Virginia Woolf’s feminist classic, University Theatre’s newest production, “Orlando” — which opens this Thursday — will take the audience on a journey across the world and through centuries in a profound, moving, and sometimes funny story about one person’s search for love and artistic fulfillment. The show runs April 18-28 in …
UW–Madison’s Tandem Press has awarded graduate students David Love and Emilee Taxman the Gabriele S. Haberland Graduate Student Printmaking Award for Travel to Europe. In 2019, UW–Madison Professor Emeritus Willy Haeberli established two annual travel awards of $4,000 each in honor of his late wife, Gabriele Haberland. Haberland believed in the power of travel to expand a student’s worldview and …