March 17, 2020
In addition, nine graduate specialty programs within the School are rated among the Top 10 nationally — including No. 1-ranked programs in curriculum and instruction (Department of Curriculum and Instruction), and printmaking (Art Department).
March 12, 2020
UW–Madison’s Noah Feinstein is quoted in a recent report from E&E News examining efforts by public school educators in Portland, Ore., to teach about global warming in ways that far surpasses lessons on climate models or atmospheric conditions. Feinstein is a climate education expert and an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
March 9, 2020
Spectrum News 1 recently showcased Jessica Antonio-Gutierrez, a freshman at UW-Madison who hopes to become a teacher.
February 28, 2020
Milwaukee’s public radio, WUWM 89.7-FM, recently profiled UW-Madison alumna Carolyn Stanford Taylor. Among many achievements in Stanford Taylor’s career, she is the first black woman to lead Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction. Stanford Taylor earned an undergraduate degree in elementary education in 1978 and a master's from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1979.
February 26, 2020
The Wisconsin Center for Education Research hosted a free community workshop, with most of the attendees being Madison-area early childhood educators from public schools, Head Start, and private childcare centers.
February 20, 2020
UW-Madison’s Lei Zheng, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, will receive the Graduate Student Award from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Critical Issues in Cultural Studies special interest group (SIG).
February 13, 2020
On Friday, Jan. 31, the School of Education’s Global Engagement Office hosted a Lunar New Year celebration, with the help of students Xinyu Lin, Naiwen Si, Dong Chen, and Yoriko Sato.
February 6, 2020
UW-Madison’s Matt Hora collaborated with students Rena Yehuda Newman, Robert Hemp, Jasmine Brandon, and Yi-Jung Wu to write and publish a paper titled “Reframing student employability: From commodifying the self to supporting the student, worker, and societal well-being.” The paper centers on two questions: How can colleges and universities cultivate employability in their students? How can institutions measure and prove their students’ employability to policymakers and taxpayers?
February 5, 2020
The School of Education’s Erica Halverson and Kate Vieira are two of 13 faculty members from across the UW-Madison campus to receive a 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award.
January 16, 2020
Growing up in Seoul, South Korea, Somi Hwang never considered herself a “gamer.”