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

Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture: What if I (We) Don’t? Leading to Mobilize a Human Infrastructure for Equitable STEM Education

Stefanie Marshall, Assistant Professor of Science Education, Michigan State University

October 17, 2023, Noon to 1:00 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences


ITP | School Resource Officers and the Definitional Boundaries of Law Enforcement: Understanding the Safety Logic

Ben Fisher, Associate Professor, Civil Society & Community Studies, UW-Madison

October 13, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | ITP Training Applied: Social Science in Service of Community

Jared Knowles, President, Civilytics Consulting, and ITP alum

October 6, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Why (and How) to Work with a Research Practice Partnership

Eric Grodsky, Beth Vaade, and Bri Monahan, Professor, Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, UW–Madison; Ex Dir of Research & Innovation, MMSD; Research Director, MMSD

September 29, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Sustaining Ethnic Studies as It Grows

Emily Penner, Associate Professor, School of Education, UC–Irvine

September 22, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Extending the school day for our youngest scholars: Learning gains in full-day and half-day 4K classrooms

Becca Bier, Graduate Student, Sociology, UW-Madison

September 15, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Content and Language with Multilingual Learners: Traditional, Contemporary, and Future Approaches

Okhee Lee, Professor of Childhood Education, New York University. Lunch provided

September 6, 2023, 11:30 am-1 pm, 259 Educational Sciences


ITP | A design-based approach to evidence-based tutoring

Nicole McNeil, Psychology professor, University of Notre Dame

May 5, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Creating Challenges that Support Children’s Future Learning

Haley Vlach, Associate Professor, UW−Madison

April 28, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Making Friends & Influencing Practice: Collaborative Research Relationships with Schools and Districts

Eric Grodsky, Beth Vaade, MEP co-director and professor, UW−Madison; MEP co-director and executive director of research & innovation, MMSD

April 21, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


ITP | Examining the Logic of K−12 Fiscal Accountability: Evidence of the Relationship Between California’s AB 1200 Fiscal Accountability System, District Expenditures, and Student Outcomes

Christopher Saldaña, Asst Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, UW−Madison

April 7, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Cancel Wars: How Universities Can Protect Free Speech, Promote Inclusion, and Renew Democracy

Sigal Ben-Porath, Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

March 30, 2023, 6−7:30 pm Central Time, 1295 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave


ITP | Conditions Under Which College Students Can Be Responsive to Nudging

Lindsay Page, Associate Professor, Education Policy, Brown University

March 24, 2023, Noon-1:30 pm Central Time, 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Studies on supporting English learner students: State policy, classroom practice, and bridging research to practice

Rachel Garrett, Principal Researcher, American Institutes for Research

March 14, 2023, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 259 Educational Sciences and Zoom


Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture: The Intersectionality of Educating Black Students in Michigan: Public School Finance, Racial Segregation, and Housing Policy

Phillip Caldwell II, Assistant Professor, Eastern Michigan University, College of Education

March 10, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Educational Sciences Room 259