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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CCWT Presents: A conversation with Dr. Jenny Chan on Internships and Labor in China
Dr. Jenny Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ICQE2020-21 | International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography 2020-21 @ICQEConf
Simon Buckingham Shum; Abigail Wooldridge, University of Technology Sydney; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
CCWT Presents: Uneven Experiences and Rewards in the Intern Economy: The Case of Arts and Design Graduates
Dr. Alex Frenette , Vanderbilt University
Georgia Southern University, Jan 14
The International Educator, Jan 7
Aspen Institute, Jan 5
UM-Madison School of Education, Jan 5
Education Week, Jan 5
WCER Communications, Jan 5
H. Rose Miesner, Chiara Packard, Taylor Laemmli, and Lyn MacGregor, December 2020
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
Matthew Wolfgram, Vivien Ahrens, and Zhixuan Wu, December 2020
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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