School of Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison
The Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Multicultural Student Achievement Network (MSAN) today announced registration is open for the 2026 MSAN Institute. The two-day professional learning conference will take place in Madison on April 16 and 17, with a focus this year on research and programs that center youth voices. The conference is open to …
A good one-pager is not only a tool for external communication but can also serve as a powerful internal strategic instrument, said Alexa Shore in a key point of her Feb. 5 presentation to WCER staff and projects, titled The Art of the One-Pager. Shore, the business development coordinator for WCER’s SimLab, reframed the one-pager as …
When you spend time with change experts Lucas Hill and Evangeline Su, who co-lead the SEER Institute in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), one thing becomes clear: SEER is bigger than a project. It’s really a way of thinking about both individual and organizational change through a human lens, grounded in empathy …
A new journal article co-authored by School of Education doctoral student Sky Duke and assistant professor Taylor Odle recommends ways for states to increase older-adult enrollment in college by examining whether a large program in Michigan offering free community college tuition for adults aged 25–64 actually worked. The paper’s aim was to measure the “causal …
A new report by the Madison Education Partnership (MEP) is helping guide efforts by the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) to strengthen elementary mathematics fluency by providing insights on students’ math performance during the 2024–2025 school year. “This report provides a clear baseline,” the document notes, “for understanding where students are in elementary math and …
As federal and foundation grants became smaller, scarcer, or harder to win over the past year, WCER researchers who reviewed proposals for major funders had a front-row seat to the changes. They reported agency restructuring, delays, less time for proposal review, and at least one important change in oversight, based on what they witnessed or …
As multilingual learners make up a growing share of U.S. classrooms, educators face increasing pressure to support students who are learning academic content and the language of instruction at the same time. In response, a recent working paper from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), part of UW–Madison’s School of Education, introduces the Language‑Integrated Framework …
As federal research funding constricts, WCER projects are exploring alternative revenue streams to sustain their work, including the development of fee-for-service offerings — work that leverages researcher expertise but depends on clients choosing to purchase it in a competitive marketplace. To help researchers explore this path, Jen Savino, owner and CEO of KW2 Marketing in …
A recent working paper from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), part of UW–Madison’s School of Education, highlights the persistent challenges rural schools face in attracting and retaining teachers — while also examining how educator preparation programs across the state are working to strengthen the pipeline of future educators. The paper, “The Current and Future …
For the first time since full-day, four-year-old kindergarten (4K) began in the Madison Metropolitan School District, a new evaluation by researchers from UW–Madison and the district shows “strong evidence” suggesting students in the full-day 4K program learn more over the school year than their peers attending half-day 4K. The report from the Madison Education Partnership (MEP) — …