By Laurel White A group of education and political science scholars from across the country will gather at UW–Madison later this month to dig into how political polarization is impacting young people and civic education in K-12 schools. The research convening, funded by the American Educational Research Association and Gibb Fund for Democracy Education, will aim …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Top officials in Uruguay are working with UW–Madison researchers who are expert in pulling rich new patterns of meaning about culture and human behavior from big data to assess and improve the South American country’s pioneering educational-technology innovation center, known as Ceibal. The trailblazing Uruguayan agency was born as the implementer of …
UW–Madison student Skylar Simpson, an MFA candidate in the School of Education’s Art Department, is a finalist for the 2024 AXA Art Prize, one of the leading student art competitions in the United States. Simpson was also honored as a finalist in last year’s competition. Now in its seventh year, the AXA Art Prize has established a …
The School of Education’s Career Center launched a new job shadowing program in January for our undergraduate students majoring in Education Studies and Health Promotion and Health Equity. In all, 26 students took advantage of the opportunity to take part in a one-day experience that was designed to help them gain a better understanding of the jobs …
The School of Education’s Career Center launched a new job shadowing program in January for our undergraduate students majoring in Education Studies and Health Promotion and Health Equity. In all, 26 students took advantage of the opportunity to take part in a one-day experience that was designed to help them gain a better understanding of the jobs …
UW–Madison’s Michael W. Apple, the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, delivered a keynote address, titled “Spatial Politics and the Realities of Inclusion and Exclusion,” at the Spatial Turn for Equitable, Inclusive Systems in Education interdisciplinary symposium on June 5. The symposium, which took place at Dublin City University …
Abby Sunde is one of 10 emerging craft artists nationwide who were selected for the Center for Craft’s prestigious Windgate-Lamar Fellowship for 2024. Sunde graduated with a BFA from the UW–Madison School of Education’s Art Department in May, concentrating on glass and drawing. “The materiality of glass — its liveness, and its ability to embed meaning in …
UW–Madison’s Lynn Shafer Willner, a researcher with WIDA, has been awarded the 2024 NJTESOL/NJBE President’s Award. This accolade is given annually to an individual whose work has significantly advanced the needs of multilingual learners (MLs) in New Jersey, serving as a catalyst for change and excellence in education. NJTESOL/NJBE recognized Shafer Willner for her exceptional contributions …
By Kari Dickinson In 2015, when Douglas Rosenberg became chair of UW–Madison’s Art Department, he wanted to ensure that he continued to make time to be creative and mindful, even as he took on a demanding job. So he started a weekly writing practice, giving himself a prompt and taking time every week to capture his …
The School of Education’s Career Center launched a new job shadowing program in January for our undergraduate students majoring in Education Studies and Health Promotion and Health Equity. In all, 26 students took advantage of the opportunity to take part in a one-day experience that was designed to help them gain a better understanding of the jobs …