PRIME approach improves teacher implementation of student behavior plans
July 21, 2015
Disruptive classroom behavior across grade levels has worsened in recent years, according to teachers polled by Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2012. More than half of the teachers questioned said they wish they could spend less time disciplining students.
Multidisciplinary $10 Million NIH Grant Accelerates Mentoring to Diversify Science
July 21, 2015
Christine Pfund is using a decade’s worth of knowledge improving mentoring outcomes to serve a key role on a multidisciplinary, multi-institution team recently awarded a $10 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to develop a national research mentoring network.
Hess Named Next School of Education Dean
July 16, 2015
Diana Hess, senior vice president of the Spencer Foundation in Chicago, has been named the next dean of UW-Madison’s School of Education. Hess, who is also a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, will begin Aug. 1.
Jerlando Jackson in the Capital Times
July 13, 2015
Jerlando Jackson leads community effort to help young men of color with 'My Brother's Keeper' (Capital Times, 12 July)
Sara Goldrick-Rab on CSMonitor.com
July 13, 2015
Sara Goldrick-Rab says the elimination of tenure protections means she and many colleagues may leave the university for other institutions (CSMonitor.com, 13 July)
Faculty Beliefs about Teaching Found to Change According to Situation
July 1, 2015
WCER researcher Matthew Hora finds that faculty often hold multiple beliefs about how students learn best and that these beliefs vary according to the situation.
Preparing Future Teachers to Transform Science Class Discussions
June 18, 2015
It wasn’t until three researchers landed in the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction that they decided to team up to see how they could support those best practices among teachers-in-training.
WCER Welcomes Chinese, Azerbaijani, Native Alaskan Delegations
June 12, 2015
In the past few weeks, visitors from China, Azerbaijan and Alaska have visited the Wisconsin Center for Education Research to learn more about its research and offer perspectives on their own experiences in education.
The Future of Internships Is Virtual
June 10, 2015
The internship, a long-held tradition of the business world, is overdue for innovation.
Jerlando Jackson and Sara Goldrick-Rab in Diverse Issues
June 4, 2015
Jerlando Jackson and Sara Goldrick-Rab comment on proposed changes to the university tenure system (Diverse Issues, 4 June)
Brad Carl in the Wisconsin State Journal
June 4, 2015
VARC's Brad Carl discusses Wisconsin's options for selecting a new K-12 test (Wisconsin State Journal, 4 June)
Berland Article Named Most Read by Journal of the Learning Sciences
June 2, 2015
WCER researcher Leema Berland, whose work focuses on supporting and understanding student engagement in science, authored the most read article in the Journal of the Learning Sciences in 2014.
Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory in the Madison Times
May 15, 2015
WCER's Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory celebrates its 5th anniversary (Madison Times, 15 May)
(Re)Imagining First Grade
April 29, 2015
(Re)Imagining First Grade: Perspectives from a Texas School Serving Children of Latina/o Immigrants with Jennifer Keys Adair
National Education Equity Leaders Meet on UW-Madison Campus April 27-28
April 27, 2015
A national network of educators organized by the University of Wisconsin-Madison will gather April 27 – 28 in Madison to focus on the latest research and most promising practices for eliminating racial disparities in achievement in schools across the United States.
