Other Series
WCER and its projects present lectures, workshops and networking series developed for a variety of audiences, including students, faculty, staff and colleagues of UW–Madison, as well as stakeholders, such as educators, public officials, community leaders and the interested public.
Current series include:
Interdisciplinary Training Program Seminar in Education Sciences
This bi-weekly discussion series connects graduate students with peers and experts on topics integral to professional success in education research. Topics selected generally are not taught in common coursework, yet are necessary for success in an education researcher’s career.
Qualitative Methods Group Lectures
Past Events
ITP | Can We Identify Effective Schools? The Role of School Climate
Shanette Porter, Director of Research and Senior Fellow, Mindset Network
October 2, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, Zoom
ITP | Right-Sizing Research: A Pipeline Approach for Secondary Writing, Teaching and Learning
Megan Shoji & Oriana Eversole, Researcher, Mathematica; Director of Research and Program Evaluation, MMSD
September 25, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, ZOOM
ITP | Equality of Opportunity & School Segregation:Natural Experiments from Two Policy Interventions
Jeremy Fiel, Assistant Professor, School of Sociology, University of Arizona
September 18, 2020, 12-1:30 pm VIRTUAL PRESENTATION, ZOOM
Interdisciplinary Training Program | Equity and allocation of financial aid for New Jersey
Drew Anderson, Associate Economist & Professor, Pardee Rand Graduate School, Rand Corporation, VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
September 11, 2020, 12 - 1:30 pm, VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
CANCELLED | CCWT | Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin
To be rescheduled for the fall
April 10, 2020, 9:30 am-4 pm, Madison College Truax Campus, Room D1630, 1701 Wright Street Madison, WI
CANCELLED | What Drives Racial/Ethnic Disparities in School Discipline?
Jayanti Owens, Assistant Professor of Psychology, International and Public Affairs, Brown University
March 13, 2020, 12 - 1:30 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
WEPOP/Annalee Good Book and Policy Discussion
Annalee Good, WCER researcher and evaluator
March 10, 2020, 4:15 - 5:45 p.m., Memorial High School, 201 S Gammon Road, Literacy Center
Field Day Lab | AI and Video Games in Education Lunch
David Gagnon, Robert Nowak, Bernadette Baker, Researchers, University of Wisconsin-Madison
March 6, 2020, 12-1 pm, Morgridge Commons, Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
ITP | Estimating Treatment Effects in Multi-Site Randomized Trials
Stephen Raudenbush, Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
February 28, 2020, 12 - 1:30 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
ITP | Rethinking Connections Between Research & Practice: What 4,000 Teachers & Administrators Say
Henry May, Director of the Center for Research in Education and Social Policy, Associate Professor, University of Delaware
February 21, 2020, 12 - 1:30 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
ITP | Overview of Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative
WEC Staff Members, Community of Evaluation Experts for PreK-12 Education Systems
February 14, 2020, 12 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259
CRECE | Early Learning Community Get Together: Expanding Notions of Play
Angela Pyle, Assistant Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
February 11, 2020, 5:30-7:30 pm, 13th Floor, Educational Sciences Building, 1025 W. Johnson St.
CRECE | Connecting Play and Learning in the Kindergarten Classroom
Angela Pyle, Assistant Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
February 11, 2020, 12-1 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building, 1025 W. Johnson St.
ITP | How Should We Study Replication?
Larry V. Hedges, Professor of Statistics, Northwestern University
February 7, 2020, 12 - 1:30 pm, Educational Sciences, Room 259
ITP | Class Size Effects in Eighth Grade in Europe: Evidence from TIMSS
Spyros Konstantopoulos, Professor of Measurement and Quantitative Methods, College of Education, Michigan State University
January 31, 2020, 12-1:30 pm, Room 259, Educational Sciences Building
