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WCER shares news and stories that highlight research discoveries, past achievements, publications, and the people behind the work. Stories showcase how research informs educational practice, policy and decision-making while advancing knowledge across a range of education topics.
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WCER’s Field Day Collaborates with Wisconsin Sea Grant to Develop Shipwrecks Game
When Field Day Director David Gagnon wanted to explore making a new online learning game for young students about the Great Lakes, Gagnon’s campus colleague Anne Moser knew immediately what the game…
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WCER Team Creates National Platform for More and Better Jobs for People with Disabilities
A nationwide UW–Madison research project to increase the number and quality of jobs for individuals with disabilities has achieved an extraordinary record of reach and engagement with essential state workers tasked with…
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UW–Madison Team Honored for Course in Multi-Institution Project Advancing Inclusive Teaching for Nation’s STEM Faculty
University of Wisconsin–Madison researcher Don Gillian-Daniel led a team that was nationally recognized this summer for creating a path-breaking online course credited with advancing inclusive teaching practices for some 5,000 faculty members…
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New UW–Madison Report Finds Wisconsin School Districts Rejecting Teacher Performance Pay
A working paper from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison examines how pay practices have changed in Wisconsin school districts that experimented with reforms to traditional…
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New Research Examines How Hands-on Arts Training Improves Teaching
A new working paper from the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison investigates how professional learning in the form of embodied arts experiences can help schoolteachers understand,…
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New UW–Madison Study Reveals Keys to Graduate Student Wellness, Belonging, Persistence
A new study from the University of Wisconsin–Madison sheds light on the unique challenges Black men face when adjusting to graduate engineering programs—and offers actionable insights for improving program persistence and support…
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Improving College Access: UW–Madison’s Odle Helps Launch One of the Largest Education Research Studies of the Century
In a groundbreaking project that could reshape the national college admissions landscape, the state of Tennessee launched TN Direct Admissions last week, a pilot program offering automatic college admission and personalized financial aid estimates…
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WEC Report on Community Learning Centers Featured in Media Story on Funding Cuts
A report co-authored by UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) provides key impact data in a recent story by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about proposed federal cuts to out-of-school learning programs in Wisconsin and nationally.…
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Game Incubator Event Fuels Educator, Research Partnership at UW–Madison
Researchers from UW–Madison recently teamed with state educators and game designers in a day-long competition called Game Incubator to pitch ideas for a new, free educational learning game that could be played…
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Krauskopf Wins 2025 Excellence in Science Education Award
The Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers recently honored UW–Madison’s Sara Krauskopf, a researcher at the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research, for her outstanding work advancing science education in the…
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