Jack Jorgensen: PI Interview

September 4, 2014

Jack Jorgensen: Co-Director Wisconsin Collaborative Education Research Network


Measuring Coherence in Teacher Knowledge

September 2, 2014

What does it mean for teachers to have coherent understanding of their subject?


It’s Time to Document Teaching Styles More Carefully

September 2, 2014

Discussions of college classroom teaching styles often categorize them as either “lecture” or “interactive.” But those terms do not reflect the realities of classroom practice.


Wei LAB in The Capital Times, Diverse Education, and The Chronicle

September 2, 2014

A report issued by a consortium including the Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory, “Advancing the success of boys and men of color in education: Recommendations for federal policymakers,” receives notice in The Capital Times, Diverse Education, and The Chronicle.


Madeline Hafner in Hanover Research

August 27, 2014

Madeline Hafner discusses ways that MSAN schools work to eliminate racial opportunity gaps (Hanover Research)


Beth Graue on WISC-TV

August 27, 2014

Beth Graue talks about transitioning from summer to a new school year (WISC-TV, 27 August)


Gary Cook in ThinkProgress

August 26, 2014

WIDA's Gary Cook explains that Common Core Standards do not pose a threat to homeschoolers, despite what some claim (ThinkProgress, 26 August)


WCER in School of Education Learning Connections

August 1, 2014

WCER celebrating 50 years of informing teaching and learning (School of Education Learning Connections)


Self-Affirmation Exercises Found To Boost Some Achievement

July 30, 2014

Self-affirmation writing exercises improved the achievement, especially in mathematics, of students who may suffer from stereotype threat.


WIDA Goes Global with Summer Academy for International Schools

July 30, 2014

From Afghanistan to Zambia, international schools are reconsidering their approach to teaching English language learners, and many are looking to tap into WIDA’s expertise.


Gloria Ladson-Billings in the Huffington Post

July 30, 2014

Gloria Ladson-Billings discusses the disproportionately large percentages of black student suspensions (30 July, Huffington Post)


Afterschool Program Reduces Mobility Among Some Families

July 1, 2014

An afterschool program for children and families was found to substantially reduce the school mobility of Black students who otherwise were especially likely to change schools. Improved relationships among families help explain this finding.


Quantifying Uncertainty: David Kaplan Explains the Usefulness of Bayesian Statistics

June 23, 2014

To most academics, and even many statisticians, the world of Bayesian statistics remains a dark and dangerous realm, rarely visited and greatly feared.


David Williamson Shaffer on NPR

June 23, 2014

A private university in Chicago has become the first in the country to make video games a varsity sport; David Williamson Shaffer comments (23 June, NPR.org)


Bonnie Doren in the School of Education News

June 20, 2014

Bonnie Doren receives Distinguished Career in Rehabilitation Research Award.