School of Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison
UW–Madison assistant professor of Education Finance and Leadership Christopher Saldaña is part of a team that has been awarded a $75,000 Vision Grant from the Spencer Foundation to develop a major research initiative focused on improving how K–12 schools, districts, and community organizations coordinate resources to support students. Saldaña will co-lead the planning project alongside …
The Multilingual Learning Research Center (MLRC) at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), University of Wisconsin–Madison, in partnership with the Educational Research and Action Platform (Plataforma de Investigación y Acción Educativa S.A. — PIASE), has been awarded a one-year Vision Grant from the Spencer Foundation to plan a major initiative aimed at improving education for children and youth …
New research, published in a peer-reviewed journal by researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD), shows that children as young as 4 years old begin forming social networks shaped by shared characteristics, offering new insight into how early peer relationships develop. The study, published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly, …
WCER researchers recently offered a behind-the-scenes look at why and how they built a Gemini‑based AI tool to help them make sense of a vast array of complex data collected over five years as part of a national project to develop equity-centered school leadership. In a spring presentation led by now-retired principal investigator Rich Halverson, …
A new paper co-authored by UW–Madison professor Angela Byars‑Winston demonstrates that biomedical faculty can make meaningful and lasting improvements in their mentoring practices when they participate in culturally responsive training that builds their confidence and skills to engage with students across different racial and ethnic identities. Published in Scientific Reports, a Nature portfolio journal, the paper, “Culturally Aware Mentoring …
When the Madison Education Partnership (MEP) launched in 2016, its goal was simple but ambitious: bring together researchers and educators to address real problems facing Madison’s public schools to contribute to change locally and inform research nationally. Today, UW–Madison researchers and Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) teachers and administrators can point to a decade of …
As hundreds of colleges and universities scale back or eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, a new study led by former UW–Madison researcher Selyna Pérez Beverly examines how some faculty and administrators across the country in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields continue finding evidence-backed ways to support underrepresented students. The study was …
A new study from UW–Madison education researchers Aziz Awaludin and Richard Halverson offers a detailed, data‑driven look at how school districts and universities worked together to design principal preparation programs with equity at the center. Published in the Journal of Educational Administration, the study, titled “Connecting the Dots: A Social Network Study of Inter-Organizational Partnerships for Designing …
The Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) is building deeper connections with campus partners by providing evaluation expertise in support of research and program improvement. At the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), WEC partners with school districts, universities, state agencies, and community organizations to plan, implement, and support evaluation-related program improvement. WEC also offers capacity-building on issues such …
UW–Madison entomology professor Claudio Gratton had wanted to make an educational video game about insects for years. He believed a game would be an incredible way to engage young learners with the important research he does on insect diversity, but he needed a like-minded partner with the know-how to help develop and find funding for …