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Dance Program: ‘Small, but mighty’

March 11, 2009

There’s no telling where a dancer may land. Rahm Emmanuel, President Obama’s point man, turned down a scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School. Maya Angelou, poet, writer, journalist and activist, began her career on stage as a dancer.

UW-Madison develops career-information systems for Singapore

February 23, 2009

The Singapore Ministry of Education has awarded a four-year $3.5 million contract to the Center on Education and Work (CEW) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Education for localizing CEW's WISCareers and CareerLocker online career-information systems for use in Singapore schools.

UW-Madison graduate programs fare well in annual U.S. News rankings

April 2, 2008

A number of graduate programs and specialties at UW–Madison scored high marks in the 2009 "Best Graduate Schools" edition of U.S. News and World Report.

Six faculty members receive Kellett Mid-Career Awards

March 18, 2008

Six UW–Madison faculty have been honored for their research with Kellett Mid-Career Awards.

Art Department mourns loss of faculty member

March 12, 2008

On Tuesday afternoon, March 11, Art Department staff learned that a beloved member of the department, Professor Gelsy Verna, passed away. This was very unexpected, and the cause of her death is currently unknown. Her young daughter Clara is being well cared for.

Professor helps schools meet the demands of high-stakes accountability

January 24, 2008

Richard Halverson, an education leadership and policy analysis professor, is focusing his research on examining how schools are approaching the tough standards established by the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Conference to examine intersection of faith and schools

January 8, 2008

Scholars from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and other institutions will meet early in February to discuss the intersections of religion and education in the United States and around the world.

New program takes grassroots approach to training school leaders

December 5, 2007

Schools across the United States today face more pressure than ever to boost student performance levels and close the gaps in achievement between students of different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. While many schools are struggling to make adequate progress, others have developed strategies that are contributing to significant improvements.

UW-Madison explores its global scope during International Education Week

November 12, 2007

Whether through study abroad programs, international teaching and research collaborations, language study opportunities, or the thousands of students from around the world who benefit from our campus every year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison is truly a global university.

Panel highlights global perspectives on education

October 31, 2007

A group of doctoral students will offer global perspectives on education in “Schooling Around the World: Sights, Sounds, Stories and Travels,” a program sponsored by the Department of Educational Policy Studies on Wednesday, Nov. 14, to mark International Education Week.

Study: Negative views of grief counseling are not substantiated by research

July 31, 2007

A new report finds that, despite frequent claims to the contrary, there is no empirical or statistical evidence to suggest that grief counseling is harmful to clients, or that clients who are "normally" bereaved are at special risk if they receive grief counseling, according to a new look at the scientific literature on grief counseling.

Researchers studying fantasy baseball and ‘competitive fandom’

July 13, 2007

Erica and Rich Halverson aren't just spending the summer running their fantasy baseball teams. The University of Wisconsin–Madison assistant professors are also studying fantasy leagues, including their own, in a new research project aimed at understanding how both expert and novice players approach the game and what it can teach us about how people learn.

Middle-schoolers to give Madison neighborhoods a virtual overhaul

June 14, 2007

Some Madison middle school students will have a pretty impressive subject for their "What I did on my summer vacation" essays - developing their own plan for making over the capital city's most famous street and some of its key neighborhoods.

Professors propose ways to make ‘Wisconsin Covenant’ a success

May 9, 2007

May 10 is the first day that the state's eighth graders can sign up for the Wisconsin Covenant, a recent policy proposal from Gov. Jim Doyle that guarantees students who commit to the program a place in the Wisconsin higher education system and a financial aid package.

Study focuses on closing school achievement gap

March 13, 2007

Despite decades of interventions and billions of dollars spent, a large gap in school achievement stubbornly persists between underprivileged children and their more advantaged peers. With funding from the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery seed grant program, UW–Madison scientists will now bring their collective expertise to bear on one important, but overlooked, cause of this troubling problem.