The winners of the 2022-23 Teaching Assistant Awards have been announced, and two graduate students from the School of Education are among the honorees. UW–Madison employs over 2,300 teaching assistants (TAs) across a wide range of disciplines. Their contributions to the classroom, lab, and field are essential to the university’s educational mission. To recognize the …
By Laurel White A UW–Madison faculty member’s dissertation that sheds light on inequalities in student access and success and evaluates policies aimed at reducing barriers to opportunity has been honored as a standout publication by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Taylor Odle, a new faculty member in the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational …
UW–Madison’s Faisal Abdu’Allah will be featured in a Badger Inquiry on Sport (BIOS) seminar this Friday, March 31, from 12 – 1 p.m., in the Student Athlete Performance Center at Camp Randall Stadium. A former a high-level soccer player, Abdu’Allah will be discussing how his identities as athlete and artist come together. Abdu’Allah is a professor in …
Christine Nekas-Thoma, who earned her BS in English education in 1996 from UW–Madison’s School of Education, recently published a memoir titled, “God’s Whispers: Your Anchor Through Life’s Storms.” In the book’s synopsis, Nekas-Thoma writes that her memoir “is the manifestation of my dialogue with God.” She adds: “As you wait for God to guide you …
By Laurel White A policy report from UW–Madison researchers that examined the efficacy of a Wisconsin school district’s programs for supporting LGBTQ+ students has been honored by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). For the report, researchers partnered with the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) to look at how several district-wide initiatives aimed at supporting lesbian, gay, …
The UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge is dedicated to strengthening and diversifying Wisconsin’s teacher workforce. It pays the equivalent of in-state tuition and fees, testing, and licensing costs for all teacher education students who “pledge” to teach for three or four years at a pre-kindergarten through 12th grade school in Wisconsin after they graduate. To …
On Thursday, March 23, from 6-7 p.m., former UW–Madison Badger running back, Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL player Ron Dayne will take a seat in Faisal Abdu’Allah’s Belmont barber’s chair in the lobby of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMOCA). In addition to being an artist, Faisal Abdu’Allah is a barber, a profession he …
By Laurel White Some health challenges faced by women who go through menopause earlier in life may be because of changes to blood flow in the brain, according to a new UW–Madison study. The study, published in the American Journal of Physiology–Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, found that women who went through menopause in their mid-40s had less …
By WCER Communications A WCER-based project to expand the Resilience Education Program (REP), a mental health innovation for young students at risk of depression and anxiety, is one of four pioneering initiatives selected to receive development funding through the UW/WARF Mental Health Challenge Grant. “We’re thrilled to support a new generation of technologies to measure and improve our …
By Todd Finkelmeyer As the nationwide teacher shortage continues to generate headlines, stress education leaders, and frustrate policymakers in search of answers, the UW–Madison School of Education is announcing the extension of an innovative program aimed at addressing the problem in Wisconsin. The UW–Madison School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge program first started supporting students in the …