School of Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison
The WIDA Annual Conference is always a special time because it’s a conference by teachers, for teachers, but this year, it was extra special. It was the 10th WIDA Annual Conference and WIDA’s 20th birthday. More than 1,300 people joined us in Milwaukee to celebrate. From the very first moments of #WIDA2023, the energy was palpable. …
Proposal from Education Researchers will Receive $10.4 Million in Federal Funding over 4 Years UW–Madison education researchers have been awarded a 4-year, $10.4 million federal contract to launch and operate a national center to expand and improve the country’s school-based mental health workforce of school psychologists, social workers, and other practitioners. The winning proposal from …
Thomas A. Romberg, a professor emeritus with the UW–Madison School of Education, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. He was 90 years old. Romberg joined the UW–Madison faculty in 1966 and retired in 2005. Through his almost 40 years on the faculty, he became an internationally recognized leader in mathematics education. …
WIDA, an educational services organization housed at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, is excited to announce the appointment of Meg Van Voorhis as its inaugural Chief Educator Learning Officer (CELO). With her extensive experience and her commitment to our mission, Meg will play a pivotal role in furthering WIDA’s vision of becoming the …
Wisconsin has required school districts to develop an evaluation system measuring the performance of teachers and principals since 2014. But while districts and schools in the state are increasingly tailoring local practices to support teachers, the aspect of principal evaluation and support has received less attention, producing a mixed bag of district effectiveness in leveraging …
Shalom Curriculum Project to Survey Educators and Parents, Prototype and Test Revised Materials in Preschools Education experts at UW–Madison are working to ensure that Jewish children of color will be able to see themselves in the school materials they use to help them learn. The Shalom Curriculum Project (SCP) is a skilled coalition of researchers, educators, and …
Authors: Bradley Carl and Jenny Seelig August 2023, 41 pp. Abstract: A large share of Wisconsin’s 400+ school districts are rural, and nearly half of all students enrolled in public schools statewide attend rural schools. Persistent challenges faced by rural districts in attracting and retaining educators, however, are contributing to an increasingly dire situation for …
Author: Lynn Shafer Willner August 2023, 135 pp. Abstract: To comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 and related U.S. Department of Education peer review guidance, state education agencies must provide evidence demonstrating clear alignment (technically referred to as correspondence) between their K–12 English language proficiency standards and their academic content standards. This …
David Williamson Shaffer, director of WCER’s Epistemic Analytics (EA) group, EA Associate Director for Partnerships and Community Engagement Brendan Eagan, and SoE Professor YJ Kim offered two QE Masterclass Series in Asia this year about the groundbreaking methodology developed by Shaffer and known as quantitative ethnography (QE). Kim uses QE in her own game-based learning and assessment research. In a series of seven …
Few graduate programs teach grant writing. Yet education researchers frequently must secure outside funding to test theories and gather evidence on what works in education. To help School of Education (SoE) faculty, staff, and students apply for—and hopefully win— more grant funding, WCER recently launched the Sample Proposal Library (SamPL). It contains full narratives from 16 funded …