The latest evaluation by WCER's Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) cites popular best practices such as final projects and job shadowing amid increased ACP participation.
A new $4 million award from the U.S. Department of Education focuses on an often neglected population of students who are challenged by significant cognitive disabilities as well as a lack of English language skills. With this funding, WIDA, a leading support organization for multilingual learners, educator and families, will develop alternative English language assessments for grades K-12.
With a game that's easy to pick up but hard to master, the educational game development studio at WCER helps players use active learning to understand the laws of motion and gravity.
Nineteen STEM teachers from eighteen rural school districts in Wisconsin attended the third annual Teacher Speakout! sponsored by WCER’s Rural Education Research & Implementation Center (RERIC). This exchange of ideas between teachers, researchers, policymakers and rural advocates offered insight on what is right with rural education.
Phase 2 of the National Research Mentoring Network initiative will see Christine Pfund leading the coordination center and Angela Byars-Winston heading up a nationwide research project.
WIES | The Heterogeneity Problem: New Approaches to Parsing the Variance in Mental Health Research
Damien Fair, Associate Professor Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University
RERIC | Value of Place & Partnerships: Lessons from Rural Schools to Strengthen Educator Preparation
Jayne Downey, Associate Professor & Director, Center for Research on Rural Education, Montana State University
CAG | Teaching and Attending to Culture, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Program Evaluation
Ayesah S. Boyce, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Wisconsin Ideas in Education Lecture | Ramón Martínez
Ramón Martínez , Assistant Professor of Education, Stanford University
UW–Madison 2020 Education Research Poster Fair
Jessica Stovall, English Teacher, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Illinois
Jan 23
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Jan 21
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan 16
WCER Communications, Jan 14
WCER Communications, Jan 14
Jan 14
"How do students conceptualise the college internship experience? Towards a student-centred approach to designing and implementing internships," Matthew T. Hora, Emily Parrott and Pa Her, Journal of Education and Work, January 5, 2020
Promising Practice Brief for Educators: "ACP Final Projects," Robin Worth, WEC/Wisconsin DPI, November 2019
“WEC 2018-19 Evaluation of Wisconsin’s Academic and Career Planning Program,” Robin Worth, Grant Sim, Jessica Arrigoni, Brie Chapa, Daniel Marlin, Wisconsin DPI, September 2019
Matthew T. Hora, Matthew Wolfgram, and Zi Chen, December 2019
“WEC Evaluation of Wisconsin’s Achievement Gap Reduction Program,” Jed Richardson, Grant Sim, Brie Chapa, Wisconsin DPI, August 2019
Tim Tansey has received a grant of $375,000 from the Administration for Community Living/DHHS, in a subaward from Virginia Commonwealth University, for "Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment of Transition-Age Youth with Disabilities" through Sept. 29, 2024.
Andrea Ruppar has been awarded $1,239,730 from the U.S. Dept. of Education for "Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Language in Universally Designed Education" through Sept. 30, 2024.
Tim Tansey has received a grant of $750,000 for "RRTC-Employment of Persons with ID-DD" from the Administration for Community Living/DDHS, in a subaward from Virginia Commonwealth University, through Sept. 29, 2024.
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