Halverson, the School of Education’s associate dean for innovation outreach and partnerships, has spent the last few years watching personal learning in action at American public schools. He has found that many schools in the U.S. are beginning to emphasize personal learning, but at different speeds and in varying manners: “What schools call personalized varies …
Benbow is an associate researcher with the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and Lee is a doctoral student with School’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. This research is part of their work on the NSF-funded “Exploring Multiple Postsecondary Opportunities through Workforce and Education Research (EMPOWER).” This project is housed …
This contemporary ballet and performance work reflects upon female characters in Shakespeare’s work, incorporating spoken word to display his influence. It features numbers such as “Ophelia’s Divide,” “As You Like It: Rosalind or Rosalind,” and “To Be?,” which showcases two UW–Madison dance alumni, Mary Patterson and Kimi Evelyn. Through Skog’s choreography and dialogue written by …
Among the eight individuals recognized Nov. 2 was UW–Madison alumna Nicole Bowman-Farrell, who received the 2018 AEA Robert Ingle Service Award. Bowman-Farrell, who was the first indigenous woman to receive a Ph.D. from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, now serves as a culturally responsive evaluation specialist with the School of Education’s Wisconsin …
Now, after facing and triumphing over many challenges in working in higher education, Alexander has taken on his biggest one yet: being the first administrator to serve as both president and chancellor at Louisiana State University (LSU). Having previously served as the president of Long Beach State University in California amidst budget cuts to higher …
Thao earned her undergraduate degree from the School of Education, majoring in elementary education, in 2011. Thao is the Hmong language-cultural curriculum development teacher leader in the Madison Metropolitan School District’s Office of Multilingual and Global Education. She is coordinating the event with May Choua Thao, East High School’s teacher of language arts, Hmong, and health. …
Screened by the Austin Film Society Cinema alongside internationally acclaimed short films, “Morning Glory” captures the essence of a single morning glory flower. This single channel video begins with a shot of the morning glory against the flower bed, and moves the viewer into the flower itself, exposing its internal structures that take on unique …
Marri earned his Ph.D. from the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 2003. Marri, who also is a member of the School of Education’s Board of Visitors, is the vice president and head of outreach and education at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and a professor of social …
The lead author on the paper is UW–Madison’s Timothy McGuine, who earned his master’s degree from the School of Education’s Department of Kinesiology in 1986 and a Ph.D. in 2005 in continuing and vocational education. Today, McGuine is a senior scientist and the research coordinator for the UW Health Sports Medicine Center. Co-authors on the paper …
In this article, The Atlantic interviewed many experts to discuss the trajectory of messages in young adult literature, which has become more politically progressive. The report referenced the CCBC’s research about marginalized identities in children’s books, stating that in 2015, approximately 14 percent of works in youth literature in the U.S. were concentrated on characters …