In a recent interview with the local Isthmus newspaper, Pino recalls her time in the military, remembering how art affected her life during her deployment. “(I was) the soldier running around the desert with a paint bucket,” Pino tells the Isthmus. “ … People probably thought I was crazy, chasing all those drivers down and …
According to interviews in a new article from Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Shalala has an impressive history of leadership, even before she ventured into politics. Among old colleagues and friends of Shalala interviewed is Gloria Ladson-Billings, a recently retired professor with the School of Education. Ladson-Billings had taught with the departments of Curriculum and …
First Wave Learning Community, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, and the School of Education’s Dance Department will be co-sponsoring Newsome’s residency. Newsome’s work highlights the contributions of marginalized communities, and discusses as well as questions the social hierarchy. His work is multidisciplinary: Newsome combines a variety of practices — like collage, sculpture, film, dance, …
UW–Madison’s François Victor Tochon was invited and greeted as “a representative of Wisconsin’s academic talent.” Tochon is a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, and leads the World Language Education Program. At this conference, experts were asked to develop policy recommendations to “support Chinese talent policy in Henan …
The article begins: “Wisconsin’s top school official will now take over as that state’s governor, and that could mean increases in public school funding, along with better relations with teachers and organized labor.” Among the experts providing insight into the results of this contested election is UW–Madison’s Julie Underwood, the Susan Engeleiter Professor of Education …
Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction, and Educational Policy Studies. Apple delivered the Sara Fielden Memorial Lecture on “The Challenges of Critical Education” at the University of Manchester in England. He then went on to give the Studia Generalia Lecture on “The Challenges of Critical Education” at The University of the Arts …
Reyes earned his doctorate from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1985 before spending time with the department as an assistant professor. Today, he is a professor of education leadership and policy at the University of Texas at Austin. Reyes is passionate about education research and the craft of …
Stockmaster earned his master of fine arts degree in 1998 from the Department of Theatre and Drama, which today is housed within the School of Education. Writes Robert Lerose, in his report for On Wisconsin: “When Barack Obama appeared before cheering crowds in Chicago on the night he won the 2008 election, Brian Stockmaster MFA’98 had a …
The deck headline explains: “Exams, rules, timetables: do teachers know what’s best for children? Increasing numbers of British parents don’t think so.” The Guardian reports: “The home-schooling movement emerged in the 1970s, when it was considered a fringe pursuit. Today, it is probably the fastest-growing form of education in the UK. The number of home-schooled …
Wilkerson is a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education (RPSE) and the faculty director of the School’s new Teacher Education Center. Leko is an associate professor and the department chair of RPSE. “Special educators are sorely needed across Wisconsin — with the need particularly acute in small, rural …