Education
Marquette and Cristo Rey Jesuit: Building belonging, college readiness and a pipeline of future leaders
A partnership with Cristo Rey Jesuit introduces local high schoolers to college and the teaching profession, welcoming students onto Marquette’s campus to envision themselves in higher education.
Decoding menopause: “What in the world is happening to my body?”
Marquette professor helps women navigate menopause symptoms by creating a tracking app.
The Shop in 310: More than a haircut
Marquette alumnus Emmanuel Johnson is one of two teachers transforming their classroom into a barbershop, offering free haircuts while building confidence and deeper connections.
From research to reform: Ali Shana elevates student voices to shape dual enrollment policy
Ali Shana, a third-year doctoral student in Department of Educational Policy & Leadership, studies how students experience education systems that are meant to expand opportunity and where those systems fall short. Originally from Palestine and raised entirely in Milwaukee, Shana’s research focuses on dual enrollment programs, which allow high school students to take college courses…
Marquette University’s BLEST Hub releases report on dual enrollment in Milwaukee
Just 3.8% of high school students in Milwaukee are participating in dual enrollment programs according to a report released by the Black and Latino/a Ecosystem and Support Transition Hub.
Possibility, Peril, and Uncertainty: Emerging Understandings and Research on Young People’s Thinking About AI, Feb. 6
The presentation will draw on recent research examining how young people use and think about artificial intelligence, including how they reason through its possibilities, risks and uncertainties.
Board of Trustees, University Academic Senate approve closure of College of Education
Proposals to close the College of Education and to create a new School of Education have been approved.
Faculty and staff honored at annual Employee Anniversary Luncheon
Faculty and staff members from across the university were honored at the annual Employee Anniversary Luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 28.
What If…
Illustrations by Robert Neubecker Taylor Thompson was concerned how things would go in her first year as a first-grade teacher in a public elementary school in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. And, in fact, she found teaching during that 2024–2025 school year to be hard work. “Each day is not rainbows and singing and dancing,” she said. But…
Louisiana’s ‘Let Teachers Teach’ Plan Strikes a Chord
Illustrations by Robert Neubecker This is a sidebar to a longer essay, “What if . . . K–12 Education Reform Efforts Focused on Making Teaching Jobs More Doable?“ Louisiana as a leader in education improvement? The idea would have drawn guffaws for many years. The state had some of the weakest K–12 education records in…