University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Kaplan receives grant to examine ways to better utilize NAEP data to forecast educational trends

Kaplan is the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods with the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Educational Psychology. The grant, worth $165,000, is from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Research and Development Program. Kaplan is an expert in the field of quantitative methodology, with a focus on …

UW–Madison alum Stanford Taylor takes over as state superintendent

Stanford Taylor, like Evers, is an alum of UW–Madison’s School of Education. Earning her undergraduate degree in elementary education in 1978, she returned to receive her master’s from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1979. “I am thrilled that Carolyn Stanford Taylor, an alumna of our School of Education, is the new …

Bird Bear shares UW–Madison’s unique archaeological history with Wisconsin Life

Bird Bear is the assistant dean for Student Diversity programs in UW–Madison’s School of Education and serves as the Multicultural/Disadvantaged Coordinator for the School. He also oversees the summer College Access Program for high school students, the Summer Education Research Program for prospective graduate students, the Education Graduate Research Scholar’s Program for current graduate students, …

Latest book from UW–Madison alum Suhr, ‘Nothing to Lose,’ now available

Suhr earned her undergraduate degree in secondary education and English from UW–Madison in 1987. The book was released by Cornerstone Press, a student-staffed publishing company at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. “Nothing to Lose” features characters carved out of the Wisconsin landscape and it showcases a region full of real people who are less than …

Several from School of Education receiving 2019 Awards in the Creative Arts

The Division of the Arts offers five awards annually and one award bi-annually, amounting to approximately $84,000. The grants are divided into three categories: Arts Faculty Research, Arts Faculty and Staff Outreach, and Undergraduate and Graduate Student Achievement in the Arts. Stephen Hilyard, a professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, will be receiving the …

Madison reopens the Municipal Building, featuring UW–Madison artists in the spectacular renovation

A report from the Isthmus newspaper explains how the renovations celebrate the past, present and future of the city by preserving the historical features of the building and incorporating spaces for not only city agency and division offices, but for artistic expression. The building was originally built in 1929 in the neoclassical revival style, the …

Interview with UW–Madison’s Abdu’Allah one of Artimage’s ‘2018 top art stories’

Abdu’Allah, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Art Department, is an internationally acclaimed artist who creates iconographic imagery of power, race, masculinity, violence, and faith to challenge the values and ideologies attached to those images. Artimage interviewed Abdu’Allah in February 2018 to ask him about his exhibition, “The Duppy Conqueror & Other Works.” …

Work of UW–Madison dance students showcased at annual Kloepper Concert Dec. 8-9

Thirteen student choreographers will present a mix of solo and ensemble works. The students are: Caroline Criste, Lauren Forrest, Charli Harris, Elisa Hildner, Julianna Hom, Lauren John, Haley Johnson, Cassie Last, Lauren Lynch, Sarah Meltzer, Jessica Robling, Megan Schimke, Bailey Seymour and Alice Svetic. Two of the works from this performance, “She is not Pink” by Hildner and “Rule Number …

UW–Madison alum and artist Falana profiled by Tallahassee Democrat newspaper

Although Falana’s education was initially rooted in biology, he tells the newspaper that he later decided to dedicate his life to his first love, art. Falana says about his transition from the sciences to the arts, “when I switched from biology to art, those professors opened up a window for me and what I wanted …

Isthmus profiles UW–Madison’s Lee and her innovative work at the Glass Lab

In 1962, UW–Madison became the first university in the nation to offer a glassblowing program, a move pioneered by Harvey Littleton. At the time, glassblowing was done almost exclusively in factories and remained a largely industrial practice. Today, glass is a versatile and fascinating material for artists. Lee discovered glassblowing at an art camp she …