Past Event Category: WCER
WCER and its research projects host and support events that share research findings and encourage collaboration among researchers, educators, policymakers, and partners. These events provide opportunities to engage with current studies, emerging findings, and applied research across education topics.
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Oct 9Conducting Research in the Madison Metropolitan School District
Education Building, Wisconsin Idea Room — Room 159
Are you interested in conducting research in the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD)? Whether you are curious about how to tailor your project to local priorities and produce actionable research findings, want tips for how to communicate best with practitioners, or need to understand MMSD policy and expectations for research before you hit a snag …
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Oct 8WCER Leadership Office Hours
Join WCER Director of Strategic Initiatives Carrie Welsh for regular office hours to connect on whatever is useful to you. The opportunity is open to anyone who would like to connect. Visit Carrie’s office at 687 Ed Sci or join via Zoom anytime from 1 to 1:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month. Sign up to receive …
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Oct 6Welcome Back WCER Community Meeting
Educational Sciences, Room 259, or virtual
Join Interim WCER Director Mariana Castro and WCER leadership for fall updates and a community conversation. We’ll talk about our strategic direction, share exciting new initiatives, and discuss what’s ahead for WCER. We’ll provide snacks and drinks.
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Oct 1MLRC Speaker Series: Promises and Pitfalls in Assessing Multilingual Learners’ Collaborative Dialog with AI-Supported ToolsAnanya Ganesh
Join Ananya Ganesh for her presentation of “Promises and Pitfalls in Assessing Multilingual Learners’ Collaborative Dialog with AI-Supported Tools” as part of the 2026–27 MLRC Speaker Series. Small-group classroom problem-solving builds socio-cognitive skills such as shared meaning-making and negotiation. To support teachers in independent and productive group work, learning sciences research has examined automated machine-learning …
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Sep 29WCER Community Learning Series — Evaluating Language Model Assessment of Students’ WritingShamya Karumbaiah
Educational Sciences, Room 259 or virtual
Join Shamya Karumbaiah for this WCER Community Learning Series event. Participants will learn how to systematically evaluate errors and biases when using language models to analyze student writing and qualitative data more broadly. The session combines interactive hands-on exploration with discussion of empirical evidence. We will discuss findings of two connected studies from the TRAIL …
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Sep 17IES Virtual Office Hours — Early Career Development and Mentoring Program for Education and Special Education Research
Join IES program officers for drop-in discussions and question/answer sessions. These office hours are an opportunity for participants to ask questions regarding the FY 2027 Request for Applications (RFA) and the application process. There will not be a formal presentation from the IES program officers hosting the session. You may join a session at any time …
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Sep 16IES Virtual Office Hours — Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Policymaking in Education and Special Education
Join IES program officers for drop-in discussions and question/answer sessions. These office hours are an opportunity for participants to ask questions regarding the FY 2027 Request for Applications (RFA) and the application process. There will not be a formal presentation from the IES program officers hosting the session. You may join a session at any time …
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Sep 15IES Virtual Office Hours — Methods Training for Education and Special Education Research
Join IES program officers for drop-in discussions and question/answer sessions. These office hours are an opportunity for participants to ask questions regarding the FY 2027 Request for Applications (RFA) and the application process. There will not be a formal presentation from the IES program officers hosting the session. You may join a session at any time …
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Sep 15Archiving the Future of Education: A Conversation with Maisha T. Winn | Carl A. Grant Lecture SeriesMaisha T. Winn
Education Building, Wisconsin Idea Room (Rm 159) or virtual
In this interactive conversation with Maisha T. Winn, she discusses her methodological intervention, Historiography for the Future, and the importance of engaging historical signals alongside signals of change in education. Leveraging historiographies of social movements, Winn provides a framework for innovation and change that simultaneously consults the past, present, and future.
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Sep 14IES Virtual Office Hours — Statistical and Research Methodology in Education
Join IES program officers for drop-in discussions and question/answer sessions. These office hours are an opportunity for participants to ask questions regarding the FY 2027 Request for Applications (RFA) and the application process. There will not be a formal presentation from the IES program officers hosting the session. You may join a session at any time …