UW–Madison faculty member Robert Enright’s decades of research on forgiveness was highlighted in a recurring Wisconsin State Journal feature, “Know Your Madisonian,” last month. Enright holds the Aristotelian Professorship in Forgiveness Science in the School …
UW-Madison to lead new national center addressing lack of school mental health providers
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications UW–Madison education researchers have been awarded a 4-year, $10.4 million federal contract to launch and operate a national center to expand and improve the country’s school-based mental health workforce of …
UW-Madison’s Kaplan presents to OECD on UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in Education
UW–Madison’s David Kaplan, the Patricia Busk Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Department of Educational Psychology, was in Paris in September to give an invited presentation to staff of the Directorate of Education and Skills of …
Suspensions ‘really ineffective’ for addressing misbehavior, UW-Madison’s Eklund tells WKOW
Katie Eklund, an associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, spoke with Madison ABC affiliate WKOW about whether suspensions are worthwhile for elementary school students. Eklund “Out of school suspensions are …
UW-Madison’s Shaffer speaks about AI and education on WTMJ and WMTV
School of Education faculty member David Williamson Shaffer recently lent his expertise on artificial intelligence and the changing landscape of education to two Wisconsin television news segments. Shaffer is the Sears Bascom Professor of Learning …
School of Education welcomes nine new faculty members to campus
The UW–Madison School of Education is bringing another talented and diverse cohort of new faculty members to campus for the start of the upcoming fall semester. To welcome these newest members of our community — …
School of Education project wins funding from Partnership Program
The UW–Madison Graduate School has selected four project teams to receive funding through the Partnership Program in Graduate Excellence to bolster partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). Among the funded initiatives is a School of Education partnership …
Four things an educational psychologist wants you to know about AI in the classroom
By David Williamson Shaffer, originally published by University Communications. It’s back-to-school time, and as the school year begins, some parents and educators have been wondering about how to handle artificial intelligence in the classroom. As …
Jenny Alexander Perseverance Fellowship: Supporting and honoring the power of tenacious PhD students
By Laurel White Her son and his friends called her “Dr. J.” It was a nod to the nickname of an all-star basketball player at the time, Julius Erving, but it was also an acknowledgement …
‘The right place at the right time’: UW–Madison unites researchers at inaugural quantitative ethnography summer institute
By Laurel White When Adaurennaya “Ada” Onyewuenyi was a doctoral student at the University of Washington, her research advisor stumbled upon a book that would drastically change their work — and, arguably, Onyewuenyi’s career as an …