UW–Madison’s Shamya Karumbaiah, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, recently spoke with the Appleton Post-Crescent about how artificial intelligence (AI) is being integrated into classrooms and what it means …
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UW–Madison school psychology faculty partner with state to launch online training
A team of faculty in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology recently partnered with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to develop free online training modules for school psychologists, school counselors, and …
School of Education welcomes 11 new faculty members to campus (Lingbo Tong, Anna Julia Cooper Fellow (2025-26) and assistant professor (starting in fall 2026), Department of Educational Psychology)
A new cohort of 11 exceptional faculty members is joining the UW–Madison School of Education in 2025-26. To welcome these newest members of our community — and to reconnect with colleagues and celebrate the …
New UW–Madison fellowship helps teachers examine classroom use of artificial intelligence
Helping teachers examine and harness artificial intelligence to support their work is at the heart of a new fellowship offered by the UW–Madison School of Education. The Disillusioning AI for Teachers Fellowship, which launched this month, …
UW–Madison’s Karumbaiah featured on Bloomberg’s ‘Wall Street Week’
UW–Madison’s Shamya Karumbaiah, an assistant professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, was recently featured on Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week” in a segment titled, “Can AI Replace Teachers?” The program, which aired …
Paper on AR and math education earns top award at international conference
UW–Madison graduate student Chaeyeon Kim received the award for Best Doctoral Colloquium Paper at the 11th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) in June. Kim Kim’s paper, “A Comparison of Teachers and Students in Categorizing …
Bucky’s Classroom Star: Helping 7th graders across the state prepare for college
By Serena Wang Stephanie Kressin of UW–Madison’s Bucky’s Classroom team meets with 7th-grade students at Maplewood Middle School in Menasha, Wisconsin. (Photo: Bryce Richter) In her five years working for University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Bucky’s Classroom program, …
Lauren Knuckey and Sahian Cruz, School Psychology students, receive 2025 Kratochwill Award
Two School Psychology PhD students, Lauren Knuckey and Sahian Cruz, were each awarded a 2025 Thomas R. Kratochwill Dissertation Award to Advance Prevention and Intervention Sciences. Lauren writes, “I am grateful to have received the …
UW–Madison’s Karumbaiah receives early career award in learning analytics
By Laurel White A School of Education faculty member has received an internationally competitive award from the Society for Learning Analytics Research that will support her research on bias in artificial intelligence tools. Karumbaiah Shamya Karumbaiah, an assistant …
UW–Madison School of Education, Educational Psychology again ranked No. 1 by U.S. News
UW–Madison is home to the top-ranked school of education in the nation for a second consecutive year, according to the 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Education Graduate Schools rankings published on Tuesday. The UW–Madison School …