School of Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison
Authors: Matthew Wolfgram, Stacey J. Lee, Chundou Her, Kong Pheng Pha, Bailey Smolarek, and Choua Xiong July 2024, 32 pp. Abstract: This article clarifies historical and sociocultural factors that impact the role of STEM in the racialization of Asian Americans. Drawing on critical race and other theories of Asian American racialization, and a review of …
Author: Lorena Alarcon May 2024, 27 pp. Abstract: This paper is an overview and annotated bibliography of work regarding the assessment of Indigenous languages in different global contexts, the benefits of learning First Nations languages, language programs related to these languages, and early childhood education. The paper was prepared by Lorena Alarcon as part of …
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 …
Authors: Erica Halverson, Caitlin Martin, Jalessa Bryant, Katherine Norman, Caleb Probst, Stephanie Richards, Kailea Saplan, Andy Stoiber, and Jonathan Tunstall March 2023, 37 pp. Abstract: A wealth of literature shows positive outcomes and experiences from arts learning, yet youth access to arts education has become significantly more inequitable over the past 30 years. Alongside the …
Authors: Courtney Bell, Geoffrey Phelps, Dan McCaffrey, Shuangshuang Liu, Barbara Weren, Nancy Glazer, and Francesca Forzani February 2023, 38 pp. Abstract: The recent turn toward core practices and practice-based teacher education has been accompanied by a growing literature on the definitions, pedagogies to teach, and assessments of core practices. Despite these developments, the field lacks …
Author: Richard Halverson February 2023, 30 pp. Abstract: This paper relates how leaders of a higher education program, the Wisconsin Collaborative Education Research Network, sparked and managed innovation across communities of scholarship, research, and practice. This paper uses a design narrative method to describe how leaders orchestrated organizational change by bringing diverse communities together into …
Author: Matthew Wolfgram December 2022, 21 pp. Abstract: The paper introduces the history and politics of value formation at historically Black colleges/universities (HBCUs) and focuses on how cultural-institutional values associated with Black and minority servingness — such as Black empowerment, ethics of care, and community service —impact the work of educators to coordinate internship opportunities …
Authors: Matthew Wolfgram and Alexandra D. Pasqualone July 2022, 21 pp. Abstract: This paper analyzes how employers use discourse to ideologize the value of college internships — a historically emergent form of contingent, temporary, educational labor which has rapidly become a major feature of both higher education and labor relations in the United States (Frenette, …
Authors: Daniella Molle, Jennifer Wilfrid, Rita MacDonald, Ruslana Westerlund, and Amanda Spalter January 2022, 68 pp. Abstract: This paper discusses the purpose and content of the WIDA Framework for Equitable Instruction (FEI). The FEI is an instruction-focused resource designed to promote the equitable engagement in disciplinary learning and language development of multilingual learners. It complements …