Gloria Ladson-Billings in The Daily Cardinal

February 9, 2014

Gloria Ladson-Billings calls for a change of emphasis from recruitment to retention of minority graduate and undergraduate students at UW-Madison. (9 Feb. The Daily Cardinal)


Richard Halverson and Allan Collins in The Guardian / Observer

February 8, 2014

'Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology,' by Richard Halverson and Allan Collins, is cited in an article about gaming and fiction (The Guardian / Observer, 8 Feb.)


Sara Goldrick-Rab in Inside Higher Ed

February 6, 2014

Sara Goldrick-Rab discusses proposals in several states to pay the tuition of low-income students attaining two-year degrees at community colleges. (6 Feb., Inside Higher Ed)


Visiting Scholar Brayboy Calls for Renewed Focus on American Indian Education in WCER

February 6, 2014

Students should be evaluated not just on their test scores or grade-point averages, but also on their capacity to craft a more democratic society, according to Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy.


David Shaffer in the Long Beach Press-Telegram

February 3, 2014

David Shaffer touts the Epistemic Games Group's new pilot project – a virtual engineering internship for high school students in the Long Beach (CA) Unified School District (Long Beach Press-Telegram, 3 Feb.)


School Context Shapes Peer Ethnic Discrimination

February 3, 2014

As with other forms of bullying, students who are verbally or physically harassed because of their membership in an ethnic group suffer declines in their psychological, social, and academic health.


Self-affirmation writing as strategy for reducing achievement gaps

January 28, 2014

Students’ grade point average, motivation, academic engagement, and achievement goals appear to decline during middle school.


Cathy Compton-Lilly on Wisconsin Public Radio

January 28, 2014

Cathy Compton-Lilly says teachers should tailor their teaching to the needs of children from different economic backgrounds (Wisconsin Public Radio, 28 Jan.)


New CIRTL Network Commons to Promote Teaching and Learning

January 23, 2014

New funding from the Sloan Foundation will help the 22 universities of the CIRTL Network to train 7000 and graduate 2200 future STEM faculty each year.


Sara Goldrick-Rab in the San Francisco Chronicle

January 21, 2014

Sara Goldrick-Rab voices concern over the Pay It Forward model of college tuition, a plan being investigated in California in which students wouldn't have to pay for college until after graduation. (21 Jan., San Francisco Chronicle)


Anita Wager on Wisconsin Public Television

January 13, 2014

Anita Wager discusses ways to expose early learners to scientific and mathematical concepts (Wisconsin Public Television, 13 Jan.)


Constance Steinkuehler in Forbes.com

January 12, 2014

Constance Steinkuehler touts the benefits of pro-social, focus-enhancing video games (Forbes.com, 12 Jan.)


Finding the Fabulous Teachers

December 30, 2013

For Dave Heistad, evaluating teacher performance is an important way to recognize what he calls the “fabulous teachers.”


Crafting Better Explanations in Science Classes

December 30, 2013

Scientific explanations offer insights into how and why things work.


Jerlando Jackson on WKUT

December 22, 2013

Jerlando F. L. Jackson gives an overview of his research on diversity in higher education administration (In Black America, WKUT, 22 Dec.)