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Better mentoring proves key to building next generation of nation’s academic science leaders

Better mentoring proves key to building next generation of nation’s academic science leaders


WCER researchers are helping advisers better connect with the country’s top PhD science students from underrepresented groups through a $1.2 million program of culturally aware mentorship education at the renowned Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland, plus leadership training for mentees.


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WCER Director leads innovative tool design of first multi-country teaching study

WCER Director leads innovative tool design of first multi-country teaching study


A newly released report of a groundbreaking five-year video study examines the teaching practices of 700 teachers in eight countries. WCER Director Courtney Bell, one of the study’s four principal investigators, led the team that designed innovative standardized observational instruments, which for the first time made it possible to measure teaching and learning across multiple countries.


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THE PROMISE OF QUALITY DIGITAL LEARNING

THE PROMISE OF QUALITY DIGITAL LEARNING


When the pandemic ends and students return to the classroom, how will school districts incorporate digital tools to improve learning for all students? A newly released book by Annalee Good, a WCER researcher and evaluator, and her colleagues offers sound strategies on how to do just that. She says partnerships are key.


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MEP Project Pairs WCER Research with MMSD Practice to Build Better 4K Instruction

MEP Project Pairs WCER Research with MMSD Practice to Build Better 4K Instruction


A two-year project finishing now delivered four days of free training to Madison’s 4K teachers that was custom-designed to meet their needs while creating more community among them.


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CCWT CREATES GUIDE TO HELP EMPLOYERS AND COLLEGES PROTECT BLACK STUDENT INTERNS

CCWT CREATES GUIDE TO HELP EMPLOYERS AND COLLEGES PROTECT BLACK STUDENT INTERNS


Amid the 2020 protests demanding justice for marginalized communities, Black students may struggle with racial trauma at work and in school. But internship hosts can help them cope.


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Jan 13, 11:00 am

CCWT Presents: A conversation with Dr. Jenny Chan on Internships and Labor in China
Dr. Jenny Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Jan 30, Session times vary

ICQE2020-21 | International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography 2020-21 @ICQEConf
Simon Buckingham Shum; Abigail Wooldridge, University of Technology Sydney; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Feb 17, 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

CCWT Presents: Uneven Experiences and Rewards in the Intern Economy: The Case of Arts and Design Graduates
Dr. Alex Frenette , Vanderbilt University

NEWS

Renowned educational theorist, teacher educator to lead Georgia Southern 2021 Fries Lecture

Georgia Southern University, Jan 14

Taking Action: Advancing Social Justice through the Transformation of International Schools

The International Educator, Jan 7

The Humanities & Business Education In an Economic Crisis: A Podcast

Aspen Institute, Jan 5

CCWT releases report on internships at HBCUs

UM-Madison School of Education, Jan 5

Millions of ELL Students Face Prospect of In-Person, Federal Testing During COVID-19

Education Week, Jan 5

Gates Foundation awards WCER’s Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions $1.1 million to serve national audience

WCER Communications, Jan 5

PUBLICATIONS

WCER Working Paper: Practitioners’ Recommendations to Improve the Academic Success of Economically Disadvantaged Students in Wisconsin

H. Rose Miesner, Chiara Packard, Taylor Laemmli, and Lyn MacGregor, December 2020

WCER Working Paper: The Condition of Education in Wisconsin

Noah Hirschl and Eric Grodsky, December 2020

”Teacher Data Analysis and Assets-Based Discourses about Multilingual Youth: Exploration of Relationships,” Daniella Moelle, Teachers College Record, 2020

”Assessing preschool English learners’ receptive and expressive language ability to inform instruction,” Alicia Kim, Mark Chapman, Gordon Blaine West, Bingjie Zheng and M. Elizabeth Cranley, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Nov. 8, 2020

WCER Working Paper: "One Internship, Two Internships, Three Internships…More!" Exploring the Socioeconomic and Sociocultural Factors of the Multiple Internship Economy

Matthew Wolfgram, Vivien Ahrens, and Zhixuan Wu, December 2020

NEW GRANTS

Annalee Good has been awarded $569,433 from the Department of Education, in a subcontract from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, for “Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) 2020-2024: Facilitating Data Integration through Equity-Driven Research-Practice Partnerships” through Feb. 29 2024. (122820)

Amy Bellmore has received a grant of $230,586 from the Dept. of Education, in a subcontract from the University of California-Davis, for “Daily Experiences with Diversity: Academic and Social Adjustment in High School - Year 4” through June 30, 2021. (121620)

Mitchell Nathan has been awarded $353,656 from the James S. McDonnell Foundation for “Understanding Teacher Change and Teachers as Learners in K-12 Classrooms (TAL)” through Dec. 31, 2023. (120820)

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Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
New York City Department of Education Spencer Foundation Westat National Science Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation William T. Grant Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Madison Metropolitan School District Chicago Public Schools Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
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Boys and Girls Club of Dane County The Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation Tulsa Public Schools
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