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 …
By Laurel White The two researchers, with labs an ocean apart and seemingly little in common, were supposed to chat for just five minutes. But science and fate had much more in store. As their conversation — set up by a colleague and mutual friend, a sort of academic blind date — moved from MRIs of …
UW–Madison’s Henrique Nardi, a lecturer in the School of Education’s Art Department, is hosting DiaTipoX, an international typography conference, on Saturday, March 25, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. The theme for this year’s conference is the ninth Latin American Typography Biennial, and 20 speakers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Columbia, and Mexico will present the working …
Carl F. Kaestle, a former UW–Madison professor and renowned historian of American education and literacy, passed away on Jan. 5, 2023, in Bloomington, Indiana. Kaestle came to UW–Madison in 1970 and later became the William F. Vilas Research Professor in educational policy studies and history. He was the chair of the Department of Educational Policy …
UW–Madison graduate students Teresa Audet and Xinchen Li are the winners of the 2023 Arts + Literature Laboratory Prize from the Arts + Literature Laboratory and the School of Education’s Art Department. The annual ALL Prize exhibition is awarded to one or two graduating MFA candidates from UW–Madison each year, selected by curators on the ALL visual arts team. The prize winners’ MFA thesis …
The School of Education’s program in Health Promotion and Health Equity (HPHE) is among UW–Madison’s fastest-growing majors. The HPHE program launched in 2019 in the Department of Kinesiology in collaboration with the departments of Counseling Psychology and Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education. The degree ranks number 7 on a list of undergraduate majors that added the most students from fall 2018 to fall 2022. The …
The Administrative Support Program (ASP) within the School of Education’s Business Office is designed to provide ongoing, sustainable administrative support to all departments and units throughout the School. For instance, administrators who might be dealing with an excessive workload, who need coverage during an absence, or who need help navigating a system or process can …
By William Koehler and Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Supported by NSF grants totaling close to $2 million since 2019, WCER researchers Ross Benbow and You-Geon Lee have published new research exploring the social support and campus belonging of student military service members and veterans (SSM/Vs) in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical (STEMM) fields. Despite SSM/Vs being one of …
By Laurel White A new book co-authored by a UW–Madison School of Education faculty member sheds more light on how to build and use games to effectively measure students’ learning. Matthew Berland, an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and founder and director of the Complex Play Lab and the UW Game Design Program, co-authored “Playful …