Month: April 2023

UW–Madison’s Mitchell Nathan urges educators to be strategic when using AI programs to measure learning

By Laurel White As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) programs continues to grow in the field of education, a UW–Madison faculty member says educators should work to build a keen awareness of the limits of some of the programs to interpret students’ body language and other physical interactions. Mitchell Nathan, the ​​Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor …

UW–Madison’s Bolt and Gomez receive Outstanding Reviewers award from AERA

wo faculty members with UW–Madison’s School of Education have been selected as Outstanding Reviewers for 2022 by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). AERA is a national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education, encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public. …

New $6M Grant to Expand Culturally Responsive Mental Health Services in Madison Schools

Partnership between UW−Madison/MMSD will train 24 graduate students from diverse backgrounds over 5 years Answering local needs amid a national crisis, UW−Madison education faculty and district officials will use a $6 million federal grant to expand culturally responsive mental health services in the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) by training two dozen new school psychology …