Nathan’s Paper on Study Habits Passes Popularity Milestone

April 23, 2014

A paper coauthored by Mitchell J. Nathan published in January 2013 in Psychological Science in the Public Interest has garnered more than 100,000 downloads/page views, making it the most downloaded article in the journal’s history.


Wisconsin HOPE Lab Set to Tackle Inequality in College Attainment

April 23, 2014

On May 5, WCER researcher Sara Goldrick-Rab will launch the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, dedicated to making the pursuit of a postsecondary education more accessible and obtainable for Wisconsin students of all backgrounds.


Good, Burch Examine the Potential Dangers of Privatizing Digital Education

April 17, 2014

Digital education may be an innovative path forward for the American public schools system, but many of the existing virtual teaching programs have serious flaws, according to a new book co-authored by WCER researcher Annalee Good and former UW–Madison Assistant Professor and WCER researcher Patricia Burch.


Sara Goldrick-Rab and Nancy Kendall on Madison.com

April 14, 2014

The first two years of college should be free at public schools, say Sara Goldrick-Rab and Nancy Kendall (14 April, Madison.com)


Sharing Responsibility to Improve Teaching and Learning

April 9, 2014

Educators in elementary and secondary schools around the country can now tap into the Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning (CALL) survey to assess how to improve their schools.


Common Core Standards Do Not Account for Diversity

April 7, 2014

A professor considers the Common Core Standards in the context of students she has taught and the historical inequities that have plagued American schools.


Jerlando Jackson in Diverse Education

April 6, 2014

Jerlando Jackson on strategies to improve the Black male experience in preK-12 schools and in postsecondary contexts (6 April, DiverseEducation.com)


Sara Goldrick-Rab on Chronicle.com

April 4, 2014

Sara Goldrick-Rab studies the effects of financial aid by comparing the academic paths of 1,000 students who will get the money with others who won't (4 April, Chronicle.com)


Nick Hillman in the Daily Pennsylvanian

April 2, 2014

Nick Hillman is among those skeptical of using ROI to evaluate colleges (2 April, The Daily Pennsylvanian)


Examining Past NSF Grants: A Step Toward More STEM Graduates

April 2, 2014

Each year, the National Science Foundation (NSF) spends tens of millions of dollars pursuing one of its highest priorities: increasing the number of students entering and completing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).


Thinking Like an Engineer

April 1, 2014

Well-designed video games can help students prepare for their careers.


Sara Goldrick-Rab in the New York Times

March 26, 2014

Can the Single Stop program keep more students in school? Program evaluator Sara Goldrick-Rab comments. (26 March, New York Times)


Customized Information for School Improvement

March 24, 2014

CALL is an online survey system that assesses leadership in both elementary and secondary schools.


Nicholas Hillman in Inside Higher Ed

March 21, 2014

The federal government's mechanism for holding institutions accountable for student loan default rates has significant shortcomings, says Nicholas Hillman (21 March, Inside Higher Ed)


Measurement for Fair Comparisons Across Districts

March 17, 2014

Value-added measures provide a way to measure the contributions that districts, schools, classrooms, and teachers make to gains in student achievement.