In his decades-long career as an educator and education researcher, Fred Newmann rose to national prominence as a giant in his field, producing work that transformed how teachers and administrators think about authentic assessment, civic and social studies education, professional development, and school restructuring. Newmann passed away on Feb. 10 at the age of 86, …
On March 13, Brian Burt, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director and chief research scientist with Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB), will offer a lecture on how research experiences can support underrepresented students as the 2023 J. George Jones and Velma Rife Jones Distinguished Lecturer at …
By Laurel White A new study from researchers at the UW–Madison School of Education seeks to shed more light on how leaders of group research projects in higher education settings can create more rewarding experiences for the students who work for and with them on the projects. Brian Burt, an associate professor in the Department of …
The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) presents “Ten at Ten” as its inaugural exhibition of 2023, kicking off the tenth anniversary of the modernist “Mothership” that is MOWA’s home base in West End, Wisconsin. For this exhibition, MOWA’s curatorial team selected ten artists in the early stages of their careers whose compelling work represents the next generation …
UW–Madison’s Global Higher Education (GHE) Master’s Degree Program is celebrating its 10th anniversary during the current academic year. The program, housed in the School of Education’s highly ranked Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, focuses on training future generations of professionals and scholars and is known for its family-like, collaborative learning community that utilizes …
Taylor Odle, assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, offered expert testimony about a proposed statewide free college program before the Minnesota Senate Committee on Higher Education on Feb. 21. Odle’s research focuses on the economics of education and education policy, with a specific focus on college access and success. …
By Kari Dickinson On a recent Friday afternoon, a couple dozen educators gathered in the gym of Van Hise Elementary School in Madison for a dance workshop with UW–Madison’s Chell Parkins. On their professional development day, the educators — all who teach K-5 music or K-8 physical education in the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) — had chosen …
Jerry Apps, who earned his doctorate in curriculum and instruction from UW–Madison’s School of Education in 1967, is the co-author of a new book that is titled, “Planting an Idea: Critical and Creative Thinking about Environmental Issues.” Apps, who wrote “Planting an Idea” with his daughter-in-law Natasha Kassulke, has won multiple writing awards including an …
UW–Madison’s Li Chiao-Ping is the recipient of the Best Direction Award from the Experimental Dance and Music Film Festival in January 2023. Li, the Sally Banes Professor of Dance and a Vilas Research Professor in the School of Education’s Dance Department, was honored for her work on “Provenance: A Letter to My Daughter,” a screendance work she …
Clients of UW–Madison’s Adapted Fitness program and volunteers from the Leadership in Adapted Fitness (LAF) student organization made a triumphant return to the ParaBirkie ski race on Feb. 24 after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Adapted Fitness program is offered through the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology. The ParaBirkie is a 3.7 km cross-country …