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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 …
Field Day Lab and Librarians Explore Using Penguin Simulation to Engage Rural Latinx Communities with Polar Research Last month, 17 librarians from across Wisconsin convened at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) to explore how virtual reality (VR) experiences could help increase rural Latinx students’ engagement with scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic. …
Picture it: The year is 2002. The Winter Olympics are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man” is the number one movie in the world. The reality television phenomenon “American Idol” premieres. The average cost of a gallon of gasoline is $1.61. In the education world, significant changes came to the United …
Mella Held Similar Job for UW–Madison Surgery Department Kelly Mella, who has more than 30 years of experience in communications as both a college professor and a practitioner, will join the WCER leadership team on Aug. 14, 2023 as WCER’s new Director of Communications and Marketing. An accomplished communications professional with proven leadership skills and …
Goplin, a Senior Accountant, Has Worked at WCER for More Than 45 Years WCER is very pleased to congratulate the Center’s Gwen Goplin on earning a prestigious University Staff Recognition Award. Just 10 were awarded across campus for 2023. Winners are recognized for achievements that include promoting the image of the university, demonstrating excellence, showing leadership, recommending …
WCER researcher Ross Benbow and his growing NSF project involving support networks for student military were part of a recent roundtable discussion on campus with U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough. The June 6, 2023 discussion featured 11 student veterans and staff members, with a focus on how best to support UW–Madison’s more than 2,000 student military members and …