By Laurel White
- Erica O. Turner, associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, served as a special editor of a recent special issue of the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. The issue received a record number of submissions and underscored the influence of UW–Madison scholars in the development of the field of critical policy research in education. Full story here.
- Diego Román, assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is helping lead “¡Presente!: Documenting Latinx History in Wisconsin,” a bilingual digital archive of primary sources and scholarly essays on Latinx communities in Wisconsin. The project aims to elevate Latinx voices and create a rich educational resource for teachers. Full story here.
- Christopher Saldaña, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, co-authored a report released by the National Education Policy Center that outlined resources and programs that would effectively close opportunity gaps for primary and secondary school students in North Carolina. The initiatives would require a roughly 200% increase in funding for the schools, according to the report. Full story here.
- Simon Goldberg, associate professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology, received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a database of clinical trials of complementary and integrative health treatments like mindfulness, acupuncture, and chiropractic care. The project will also produce meta-analyses and reviews of trials and provide training to researchers on how to produce similarly rigorous reviews. Full story here.
- Xueli Wang, the Barbara and Glenn Thompson Professor in Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, released her new book, “Delivering Promise: Equity-Driven Educational Change and Innovation in Community and Technical Colleges.” The book digs into how community and technical colleges across the United States were forced to make big changes during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Full story here.
- Rachel Elizabeth Williams, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, recently received a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to continue her award-winning research on how state-driven charter school growth can reshape political power and city development. Full story here.
- Matthew Berland, professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, released his new book, “The Left Hand of Data.” The book shows how education data can be harnessed to promote groundbreaking and energizing movements toward play, creativity, and social justice in the classroom. Full story here.
- Christopher Kirchgasler, assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, co-authored an article on how a popular assessment of literacy and numeracy in Kenya does more to advance a global education reform agenda than serve the needs of individual schools or students. Full story here.
- Nick Hillman, professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, released a new report through the Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab outlining how government budgets that use “equity-based” funding principles for higher education could be the key to addressing achievement gaps for low-income and minority students. Full story here.
- Ran Liu, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies, recently published a study that found women took on more education-related child care responsibilities than men during the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic — and this disparity was even sharper for some lower-income women. Full story here.
- Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, released her latest book, “The Chosen We: Black Women’s Empowerment in Higher Education.” The book illustrates how Black women seek out, build, and maintain vibrant communities of support in order to survive and thrive in college and other higher education environments. Full story here.
- Mollie McQuillan, assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, authored an article in the nation’s top educational leadership journal, Educational Administration Quarterly, showing four distinct ways elementary and high school leaders disrupt or enable bullying of transgender and gender-expansive students in their schools. Full story here.