Sara Goldrick-Rab Says Poor Students Often Dip into Student Loans to Cover the Rising Cost Living
February 23, 2016
Sara Goldrick-Rab Says Poor Students Often Dip into Their Student Loans to Cover the Rising Cost of Living
Matt Hora says UW–Madison Board of Regents Should Be Held Accountable To Do Their Job
February 19, 2016
Matt Hora says the UW–Madison Board of Regents should hold themselves accountable for their decisions and public statements regarding policies that affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of students, staff and faculty
Eric Knuth and Others Find Middle School Students Still Struggle to Understand the Equal Sign
February 19, 2016
Eric Knuth and Others Find Middle School Students Still Struggle to Understand the Equal Sign
Mark Connolly: Overworked, Underpaid TAs Can Be Detrimental to Class Quality
February 16, 2016
Mark Connolly, Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded Longitudinal Study of Future STEM Scholars, quoted in the GW Hatchet
WIDA Celebrates 10 years at WCER
February 15, 2016
A history of WIDA as it celebrates its 10th anniversary at WCER
WCER launches evaluation collaborative to help educational organizations in Wisconsin
February 12, 2016 | By Lynn Armitage
Need a good program evaluator? WCER has launched the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC), a network of experienced evaluators from UW-Madison’s School of Education ready to jump in and help preK-12 education partners.
WCER’s Connolly Invited to Join National Academies Committee on STEM Education
February 11, 2016
Mark Connolly, an associate research scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) in UW-Madison’s School of Education, has been invited to serve on a National Academies of Sciences committee charged with developing indicators of quality in undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
WCER Director Named 2016 Wisconsin Academy Fellow
February 4, 2016
Robert Mathieu, director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, is one of 11 Wisconsin Academy Fellows for 2016
Erica Halverson Appointed Associate Editor for Journal of the Learning Sciences
January 28, 2016
WCER researcher and UW–Madison educator Erica Halverson appointed associate editor for Journal of the Learning Sciences
Re-‘Making’ the World of Education: A Learning Revolution
January 21, 2016 | By Lynn Armitage
Pancake-making robots. A mechanical horse. A life-sized mousetrap. No, these aren’t highlights from the latest episode of “Shark Tank.” They are real-life inventions of a burgeoning community of artists, do-it-yourselfers and entrepreneurs known as “makers” — pioneering tinkerers and problem-solvers who are inspiring some educators to bring more hands-on learning into the classroom.
Mentoring beyond borders
December 18, 2015
Chris Pfund talks about supplementing traditional mentoring with career coaching for graduate students (AAAS Science, 18 Dec.)
Critics say WI going backward on achievement gap
December 17, 2015
State Sen. Luther Olsen cites WCER project reports about the importance of high quality professional development and the state’s SAGE program (Madison.com, 17 Dec.)
Some students thrive despite nation’s worst statewide racial achievement gap
December 16, 2015
Bradley Carl says he has yet to find any program “that has moved the needle on (the achievement gap)” in a big way (Madison.com, 16 Dec.)
Critics: State going backward on achievement gap
December 16, 2015
Eric Grodsky says just putting a student in a school with more-advantaged students won’t solve all the student’s problems (Post Crescent, 16 Dec.)
$2.1 Million Grant Will Help Gifted, Low-Income Middle School Students
December 15, 2015
“Supporting Smart Spaces,” a project of the Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth (WCATY) and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, has been awarded a $2.1 million grant by the Jacob K. Javits Program through the U.S. Department of Education.
