News from WCER
“Seven Questions” with Aydin Bal
October 28, 2015
Aydin Bal is leading an initiative to improve equity in schools across Wisconsin by implementing Culturally Responsive Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (CRPBIS), a framework he developed to prompt locally meaningful and sustainable change in schools.
U.S. student leaders meet in Madison to address academic achievement gaps
October 5, 2015
Verona Area School District, UW-Madison host 16th annual MSAN Student Conference
Center for Ethics and Education at UW-Madison Announces Inaugural Fellows
July 22, 2015
The Center for Ethics and Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the first academic center of its kind in the United States, announced its appointment of five inaugural senior fellows.
PRIME approach improves teacher implementation of student behavior plans
July 21, 2015
Disruptive classroom behavior across grade levels has worsened in recent years, according to teachers polled by Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2012. More than half of the teachers questioned said they wish they could spend less time disciplining students.
Multidisciplinary $10 Million NIH Grant Accelerates Mentoring to Diversify Science
July 21, 2015
Christine Pfund is using a decade’s worth of knowledge improving mentoring outcomes to serve a key role on a multidisciplinary, multi-institution team recently awarded a $10 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to develop a national research mentoring network.
Hess Named Next School of Education Dean
July 16, 2015
Diana Hess, senior vice president of the Spencer Foundation in Chicago, has been named the next dean of UW-Madison’s School of Education. Hess, who is also a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, will begin Aug. 1.
Faculty Beliefs about Teaching Found to Change According to Situation
July 1, 2015
WCER researcher Matthew Hora finds that faculty often hold multiple beliefs about how students learn best and that these beliefs vary according to the situation.
Preparing Future Teachers to Transform Science Class Discussions
June 18, 2015
It wasn’t until three researchers landed in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction that they decided to team up to see how they could support those best practices among teachers-in-training.
WCER Welcomes Chinese, Azerbaijani, Native Alaskan Delegations
June 12, 2015
In the past few weeks, visitors from China, Azerbaijan and Alaska have visited the Wisconsin Center for Education Research to learn more about its research and offer perspectives on their own experiences in education.
The Future of Internships Is Virtual
June 10, 2015
The internship, a long-held tradition of the business world, is overdue for innovation.
Berland Article Named Most Read by Journal of the Learning Sciences
June 2, 2015
WCER researcher Leema Berland, whose work focuses on supporting and understanding student engagement in science, authored the most read article in the Journal of the Learning Sciences in 2014.
National Education Equity Leaders Meet on UW-Madison Campus April 27-28
April 27, 2015
A national network of educators organized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison will gather April 27 – 28 in Madison to focus on the latest research and most promising practices for eliminating racial disparities in achievement in schools across the United States.
Mathieu named director of Wisconsin Center for Education Research
April 8, 2015
Robert Mathieu has been named director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), UW–Madison School of Education Dean Julie Underwood announced April 6.
Hora Published in Review of Higher Education
April 3, 2015
A paper by WCER researcher Matthew T. Hora investigating faculty beliefs about student learning and their influence on teaching decisions has been published by The Review of Higher Education.
Jackson Named Morris Endowed Chair at Eastern Michigan University
March 26, 2015
Jerlando F. L. Jackson will serve as the 2014-15 Michael G. Morris Endowed Chair at Eastern Michigan University. Jackson will remain in his posts at UW–Madison during the year-long special appointment.
