When Grace Ochidi and Olufolakemi Omoruyi tell their first- and second-grade classes that it’s time for mathematics, the response is always enthusiastic now. “They say ‘yay,’” Omoruyi said. And Ralpheal Brown, their principal at Hopkins Lloyd Community School, said the …
Jenny Rudd didn’t have to look far for an inspiration to go into teaching. “My mom is a teacher. I’ve been influenced by her growing up, and have been lucky in knowing I wanted to teach my whole life.” The …
If a student asks her a question in Swahili, Pauline Kanyiva Mwendwa will try to answer. Likewise, if she gets a question in Spanish, she can help. Mwendwa, a graduate student in the UWM School of Education, is an English-Bilingual …
Schools can play a critical role in advancing the holistic benefits of greenspaces – both in terms of their construction and integration of the learning spaces into the school curriculum. Advancing greenspaces as an equity issue calls for integrating models of equitable school leadership, project based learning, and green schoolyards. Learn more in this whitepaper on Equity Leadership and Project Based Learning
By Kathy Quirk When Mike Clark was in high school, an AP class in psychology piqued his interest in how people think and why they do what they do. After school, when he was running track, Waukesha South coach Darrell …
Brice Christianson, a UWM alumnus, is being honored with the Stuart Scott ENSPIRE award as part of the ESPN 2024 Sports Humanitarian Awards. The award will be presented July 10 in Hollywood, and featured July 11 on ESPN programming as …
Nadya Fouad discovered her own career when she was in the graduate program in counseling psychology at the University of Minnesota more than 40 years ago. The program emphasized how people make career and work decisions, “and I just really …
Students in the Mathematics Teacher Leadership graduate cohort presented their work to classroom teachers at the Wisconsin Mathematics Council conference May 1-3 in Green Lake. Nine students in the cohort gave presentations at the statewide event. (Several students teamed up to …
Everybody agrees that teaching children to read is important. That’s why it is a key focus in the School of Education’s literacy programs. Leanne Evans and Annie Marcks of UWM’s Department of Teaching and Learning lead the efforts to prepare …
Potential teachers got a chance to have a little fun and learn more about the profession at an April 23 event for aspiring teachers. The event, organized by Angel Hessel, distinguished lecturer, and Tara Serebin, director of the Elementary and …
