Tim Boals: PI Interview
November 12, 2014
Tim Boals: WIDA Executive Director
Studying Far from Home, Xueli Wang Discovers Kinship with Two-Year College Students
November 11, 2014
In 2004, Xueli Wang moved from China to attend graduate school at The Ohio State University. The transition was far from easy.
CIRTL in Inside Philanthropy
November 5, 2014
CIRTL is working to make science, technology, engineering and math degrees and careers more interesting to today's college students (Inside Philanthropy, Nov. 5)
Bob Mathieu in UW-Madison News
October 30, 2014
Bob Mathieu says the campus and the nation have put a lot of effort into the improvement of STEM teaching, and that investment will pay off in increased success and retention (UW Madison News, 30 October)
Mentors Deserve Better Training
October 28, 2014
Strong research mentorship has been linked to improved mentee self-efficacy, productivity, and ultimately career satisfaction. Unfortunately, mentors usually learn their craft by doing what their mentors did, or by trial and error.
Beth Graue in the Seattle Times
October 28, 2014
Beth Graue says class-size reduction will get fewer children in a class but, alone, it doesn’t translate directly to a change in achievement (Seattle Times, 28 Oct)
Sadhana Puntambekar in the Herald-Independent
October 24, 2014
Sadhana Puntambekar's CoMPASS project at work in the classroom (Herald-Independent, 24 Oct.)
Christine Pfund in the UW-Madison News
October 22, 2014
Christine Pfund says the National Research Mentoring Network promises to be "the perfect opportunity to collaborate more widely, capitalize on cross-campus initiatives, and share what we’ve learned" (UW-Madison News, 22 Oct.)
WCER Celebrating 50 Years | Reflections on WCER’s Beginnings
October 20, 2014
WCER’s 50th Anniversary: A Celebration for Staff, Researchers, Colleagues, Students and Family
Nov. 4, 2014 | by Janet L. Kelly, Director of WCER Communications
The Wisconsin Center for Education Research recognized its 50th anniversary on October 20, 2014, with a celebration that connected five decades of researchers, staff, colleagues, students and family. During sessions that ran from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., nearly 40 distinguished speakers shared findings on a wide span of current topics, including educational afterschool activities, mathematics education, assessment and alignment, English language instruction, and narrowing the achievement gap.
More details about WCER’s history is available in the center’s 50th anniversary booklet.
MSAN in the Michigan Daily
October 16, 2014
250 students attend the Minority Student Achievement Network conference this week (Michigan Daily, 16 October)
WCER in the Wisconsin State Journal & Capital Times
October 14, 2014
Two WCER initiatives receive more than $7 million from the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation (Wisconsin State Journal, 14 Oct.) and (Capital Times, 15 Oct.)
New Website Launched for WCER’s i3 Family Engagement Project in Philadelphia
October 1, 2014
WCER’s PhillyFASTi3 project, funded by a $15 million U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) grant, has launched a new website to inform parents and educators about the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program targeting 60 Philadelphia elementary schools.
Tim Boals in Chalkbeat
October 1, 2014
WIDA's Tim Boals discusses new standards for English Learners (Chalkbeat, 1 October)
CIRTL in the UW–Madison News
October 1, 2014
Unique MOOC with in-person sessions offered for future and current college STEM faculty, funded by CIRTL (UW–Madison News, 1 October)
Gary Cook on NPR
October 1, 2014
WIDA's Gary Cook says a free English proficiency test will be welcome, especially in low-income countries (NPR, Oct. 1)
