Events
WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panels discussions and other events throughout the year, including the Wisconsin Ideas in Education and Carl A. Grant series, and the annual UW-Madison Education Research Poster Fair.
Nearly all these events are free, and open to the campus community, as well as to other educators, community leaders and members of the interested public.
You can scroll event descriptions beginning with the most current on this page, get a larger view and subscribe to WCER’s Google calendar, visit the individual pages for each type of event or use the search.
Past Events
ITP Lecture: Classrooms, Coffee Shops, and Counterfactuals: Schooling, Skills Growth, and the Ration
David Bills, Professor, University of Iowa, Sociology & College of Education
November 10, 2017, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
ELPA | LEADS Educator Effectiveness Panel Discussion
November 7, 2017, 7:15 - 8:15 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
ITP Lecture: Lessons Learned in Building and Sustaining a Research-Practice Partnership
November 3, 2017, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
School of Education Head Shot Photos
November 2, 2017, Noon - 4:00 pm, 109 Teacher Education Building, MERIT Studio
WIES Lecture: A Panel Discussion about Careers in Academia
November 1, 2017, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Lunch and Learn: How WCER Projects Address Educational Equity
October 30, 2017, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
School of Education Head Shot Photos
October 30, 2017, Noon - 4:00 pm, 109 Teacher Education Building, MERIT Studio
ITP Lecture: Evaluating the Impact of Performance Funding
Nick Hillman, Associate Professor, UW–Madison Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
October 27, 2017, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Welcoming Immigrant Families and Learners
October 26, 2017, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Virginia Harrison Parlor, Lathrop Hall
The Future of Higher Education Credentials
Sean Gallaher, Executive Director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy
October 24, 2017, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Lecture: Black in the ‘Burbs
Linn Posey-Maddox, Associate Professor, UW–Madison Educational Policy Studies
October 20, 2017, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
WIES Lecture: Attention and Learning in Young Children
Anna Fisher, Associate Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
October 18, 2017, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
A Framework for Supporting Teachers to Facilitate Effective Whole Class Discussions in K-8 Math
Teruni Lamberg, Associate Professor of Elementary Mathematics EducationUniversity of Nevada, Reno
October 12, 2017, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
ITP Lecture: Games and Learning 101
David Gagnon, Program Director, Field Day Lab at the Wisocnsin Institute for Discovery
October 6, 2017, 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
WIES Lecture: New Faculty in the School of Education Present Their Work
October 4, 2017, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
