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UW-Madison School of Education Online News - March 2005
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IN THIS ISSUE - MARCH 2005
NCLB CONFERENCE PAPERS NOW ONLINE
Not to worry if you missed the No Child Left Behind conference
last month. Thanks to the Department of Educational Policy
Studies, you can read eight of the conference papers online.
Among their topics are “Conservatism Among the Dispossessed:
Failing Schools, Choice, and Inequality,” “Achievement
in America: The Need for a Strong Federal Role,” and
“NCLB as a Tool to Build the Myth of a Single ‘American’
School System.”
Read
the papers
JUST PUBLISHED - CCBC
CHOICES 2005
If you’re looking for good books for young people, here’s
an offer you can’t refuse. As a reader of our online
newsletter, you can be one of the first to receive a copy
of CCBC Choices 2005. Hot off the press, this year’s
edition includes annotated entries for 231 books for children
and young adults published in 2004 and recommended by the
staff of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC).
To receive your free copy, simply send a request with your
full name and (snail) mailing address to the online news.
You’ll need to act quickly, though, as supplies are
limited and will be mailed on a first-ask, first-served basis.
Send your request
RESEARCH: ADEQUACIES AND
INADEQUACIES OF STRATEGIES TO RECRUIT TEACHERS
The number of new teachers is sufficient to meet demand, but
the graduates aren’t necessarily in the subject areas
where they’re needed, and many don’t want to go
to the schools where they’re most needed. Ken Zeichner,
Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education and associate
dean, examines three approaches to school reform that offer
very different visions of how to remedy inequality and injustice
in public education. In the process, he raises additional
issues he believes must be addressed if we are to see things
change for the better.
Read
Zeichner's research
NEW ART WEBSITE
Visit this website to tour the online gallery of Professor
Tom Loeser, head of the Department of Art’s woodworking
program. Loeser, who has exhibited in museums and galleries
throughout the United States and abroad, is widely acclaimed
for his furniture designs, both functional and fanciful. If
you live in the Madison area, you can also enjoy an exhibition
of 10 of his recent pieces, on display in the James Watrous
Gallery of the Overture Center from March 22 through May 1.
Loeser will discuss his work at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 22,
at the Overture Center, with a reception to follow. All events
are free and open to the public.
Visit Loeser’s online
gallery
WORK OF CERAMICIST DON REITZ
TO BE FEATURED AT ELVEHJEM
The Elvehjem Museum of Art will present a major retrospective
of the work of master ceramicist and emeritus art professor
Don Reitz, beginning March 12 and running through June 5.
The evolutionary aspect of Reitz’s work will be especially
evident in the exhibition, “Don Reitz: Clay, Fire, Salt
and Wood,” which will include about 75 pieces created
from the 1960s to the present. In the coming weeks, a number
of events will also highlight his work.
Get the details
WEB RESOURCES FOR WOMEN’S
HISTORY MONTH
You’ll find plenty of ideas for celebrating women’s
history month in March on a webliography (an annotated list
of selected websites) created by the School’s Center
for Instructional Materials and Computing. Its selections
include “4000 Years of Women in Science,” “American
Maid: Growing Up Female in Life and Literature,” “Suffragists’
Oral History Project,” and much more.
Check
it out
SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE
- MARCH 31 - APRIL 1
There’s still time to register for this year’s
Social Justice Conference: “Empowerment Through Our
Shared Stories.” Sponsored by the Department of Counseling
Psychology, the event features two keynote speakers: Ricardo
Ainslie, counseling psychology professor at the University
of Texas-Austin, and David Lee, director of psychology and
training at Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison. The
conference will be held in Lathrop Hall on campus and at the
Best Western InnTowner on University Avenue.
Register
online
AERA RECEPTION - APRIL 14
If you’re attending the American Educational Research
Association’s annual meeting in Montreal this spring,
you’re invited to join your colleagues and friends at
the School of Education’s reception on Thursday, April
14, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., in the Grand Salon Symphonie of the
Delta Montreal, 475 President-Kennedy Avenue. This year’s
meeting has special significance for School of Education colleagues
and friends because Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings will
officially begin her term as president of the 22,000-member
association on the last day of the gathering, April 15. Ladson-Billings
is the Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
PROFESSIONAL-DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
Among the many workshops offered this spring by the School’s
Office of Education Outreach are “The Pit and the Pendulum
- Introducing Statistical Reasoning Through Literature”
on April 15 and “Pathway to Achievement: Promoting Social
Competence and Healthy Peer Relationships at School”
on April 29. In addition, the office will hold its third annual
Conference on Teacher Effectiveness in the Inclusive Classroom
on April 21.
Get
the details
ON CAMPUS: RETURN ON YOUR
INVESTMENT
“A great university should reflect the values of those
it serves,” says Chancellor John Wiley in the University’s
annual report. Now available online, the report contains stories
of the University’s achievements, including School of
Education initiatives such as the Advanced Placement Distance
Learning Consortium, the Education Arcade, and the PEOPLE
program. It also includes a “Year in Review” and
a “Facts and Figures” section.
Read the
report
WEB GEM: 5000 FREE
LESSON PLANS
EasternStudiesDatabase.com has expanded its website and now
offers a comprehensive Social Studies section that includes
major historical documents in U.S. history and major cases
of the Supreme Court. It has also added a full English Instruction
section with course outlines on English sentence structure,
Shakespeare, Eastern and Western Literature, and more. The
site contains lesson-plan outlines, critical questions, images,
and web resource links. At this point, registration is still
free.
Check it out
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