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WCER Researcher Ross Benbow in Campus Roundtable with U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
WCER researcher Ross Benbow and his growing NSF project involving support networks for student military were part of a recent roundtable discussion on campus with U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough. The June 6, 2023…
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Faculty Receive 2023-24 WARF Named Professorships, Kellett Fellowships, Romnes Awards
Three WCER Researchers Among 34 Awardees Thirty-four UW–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education for 2023-24, including three researchers from the Wisconsin…
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OVCRGE Grant to Investigate Asian American Pain
WCER researcher Shinye Kim, an assistant professor of counseling psychology in the School of Education, is using a $249,973 campus grant to create a “pain expression library” and digital assessment tool to help…
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WCER’s CALL Project Celebrated on IES Blog
On May 1, 2023, in honor of School Principals Day and the 20th anniversary of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), producers of the blog Inside IES Research asked UW−Madison education professors Rich Halverson and Carolyn Kelley to…
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New MEP Reports Explore First Year of MMSD’s Full-Day 4K
Two new reports from the Madison Education Partnership look at differences in the experience of students enrolled in full-day and half-day four-year-old kindergarten (4K) in the Madison Metropolitan School District during the 2021-2022 school…
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In Memoriam: National Education Giant Marshall S. (Mike) Smith Led WCER from 1980–1986
Smith, 85, Died May 1 of Cancer in Palo Alto, California Marshall S. (Mike) Smith, a giant in American education and social policy for over six decades who led the Wisconsin Center…
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WCER Researcher Makes News on School Lunches
Andrew Ruis, a WCER research scientist and expert on the history of school lunches—he wrote the book Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat: The Origins of School Lunch in the United States—has done many…
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WCER’s Christine Pfund Earns Distinguished Senior Scientist Status
WCER is pleased to congratulate Christine Pfund for earning the esteemed title of Distinguished Senior Scientist. Per university policy, an academic staff member awarded the Distinguished prefix is one who typically performs at a…
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U.S. Educators Met in Madison for MSAN Institute Focused on Educator Shortage
Two-Day Conference Starting April 20 was First In-Person MSAN Institute Since 2019 WCER’s MSAN Network hosted 175 teachers, principals, and school district leaders from across the country last week for the 2023 MSAN Institute, a…
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AT AERA: “Teachers as Policy Advocates” Book Event to Feature Co-authors Hara, Good
Book Argues Teachers’ Active Participation in Policy Advocacy is Key to Creating Optimal K-12 Ed Systems WCER evaluator/researcher Annalee Good and Framingham State University Associate Professor May Hara will host an in-person discussion of…
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