Klausmeier in School of Education News

June 19, 2014

Colleagues recall work of education research pioneer Klausmeier (School of Education News)


David Schaffer: PI Interview

June 16, 2014

David Schaffer: Professor of Educational Psychology, Director of Epistemic Games Group


Annalee G. Good in Education Week

June 10, 2014

VARC's Annalee G. Good is co-author of the new book, "Equal Scrutiny: Privatization and Accountability in Digital Education." (Education Week)


Department Chairs Become Instructional Leaders

June 2, 2014

Distributed throughout a high school, department chairs are ideally positioned to help increase student learning, and yet they receive little or no formal training, and there is no universally accepted job description.


Susan Smetzer-Anderson in The Cap Times

May 28, 2014

Susan Smetzer-Anderson praises Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham's work to address the achievement gap in the city's schools. (28 May, The Cap Times)


Tackling Racial Disparities in School Discipline

May 22, 2014

MSAN hosted its 2014 Institute on April 14 and 15 in Madison, attracting hundreds of educators from public school districts


Wisconsin HOPE Lab in the Chronicle of Higher Education

May 12, 2014

The Wisconsin HOPE Lab receives praise for its planned two-year evaluation of Copley Retention Systems' student retention software (12 May, Chronicle of Higher Education)


Ryan Adserias on Wisconsin Public Radio

May 6, 2014

Ryan Adserias discusses gender identity, gender expression, and the use of gender pronouns (6 May, Wisconsin Public Radio)


Aligning Educational Policy and Curricula with Employer Expectations

May 1, 2014

Millions remain unemployed as the nation’s economy recovers all too slowly from the recession of 2008.


Annalee Good in the Badger Herald

May 1, 2014

Annalee Good points out economic disparities in digital education (1 May, Badger Herald)


The Network Seeks to Transform Public Education

April 29, 2014

Funded by Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction, the UW–Madison School of Education, and WCER, the Network creates collaborative, interdisciplinary opportunities to share knowledge and turn research into effective practices that improve education both inside and outside of schools.


Sara Goldrick-Rab in Forbes

April 29, 2014

The status quo of higher education must change, according to Sara Goldrick-Rab (29 April, Forbes)


What Factors Make College Affordable for Low-Income Students

April 28, 2014

Many students from low-income families leave college before completing a degree, sometimes attributing their departure to college “unaffordability."


Creating a Computer Science Pipeline for African Americans

April 28, 2014

The number of African American faculty teaching computer science in higher education is alarmingly low, according to LaVar J. Charleston.


Sara Goldrick-Rab on Thedailypage.com

April 24, 2014

Sara Goldrick-Rab says adjunct professors are increasingly teaching entry-level courses that were the province of tenured faculty (24 April, Thedailypage.com)