DPI and UW-Madison education researchers team up in $5.2 million grant to reduce gaps in opportunity
November 24, 2015
Strong research collaboration aimed at helping all kids succeed
$5.2 million grant targets student achievement gaps
November 24, 2015
WCER and the WI Department of Public Instruction receive $5.2 million grant to study student achievement gaps (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Nov.)
Topple traditional hierarchies to embrace minority students
November 20, 2015
Clif Conrad says improving race relations at universities must go beyond diversity plans and disrupt the mainstream culture (The Capital Times, 20 Nov.)
Policymakers misdiagnose skills needed to fill jobs gap
November 19, 2015
Matt Hora says Wisconsin policymakers have misdiagnosed the "skills gap" problem and have devised overly narrow policy solutions (Isthmus, 19 Nov.)
“Seven Questions” with Sara Goldrick-Rab
November 16, 2015
Wisconsin HOPE Lab Examines College Living Costs
And That’s My Opinion!
November 3, 2015
The Center for Ethics and Education’s Paula McAvoy suggests that “fixing” education might best begin not by building charter schools but by improving the current infrastructure (New York Times, 3 Nov.)
To Educate a Diverse Nation, Topple the Ivory Tower
November 2, 2015
Clif Conrad discusses how to increase the college graduation rate for diverse students
Program Prepares Mathematics Education Researchers for Careers
October 28, 2015
A mathematics training program at WCER is helping answer the nation’s need for a continuing supply of experts who can provide an empirical basis for curriculum design, assessment, instruction, and learning environments, and who can determine the effectiveness of educational programs and policies.
“Seven Questions” with Aydin Bal
October 28, 2015
Aydin Bal is leading an initiative to improve equity in schools across Wisconsin by implementing Culturally Responsive Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (CRPBIS), a framework he developed to prompt locally meaningful and sustainable change in schools.
Wisconsin’s academic achievement gap remains nation’s widest
October 28, 2015
VARC's Bradley Carl says gaps between white and black students often foreshadow inequalities in other aspects of their lives (Wisconsin Public Radio, 28 Oct.)
A multilevel analysis of Coleman’s equality of educational opportunity data
October 23, 2015
In an analysis of the landmark 1966 “Coleman Report,” researchers Geoffrey Borman and Maritza Dowling determined that both the racial and socioeconomic makeups of a school are 1¾-times more important in determining a student’s educational outcomes than the student’s own race, ethnicity or social class. (Washington Post, 23 Oct.)
Supporting Young English Learners and Their Teachers
October 21, 2015
Celia Genishi, Professor Emerita of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University presents "‘My Mommy Doesn’t Speak English’: Supporting Young English Learners and Their Teachers"
Wisconsin Collaborative Education Research Network and Erica Halverson in Madison Magazine
October 7, 2015
The Wisconsin Collaborative Education Research Network and Erica Halverson’s work with the Madison Public Library Bubbler project are two of 35 social innovations that made Madison Magazine’s 2015 M List.
Cultivating Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
October 6, 2015
"Cultivating Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: How Teaching with Empathy Can Improve Learning for Diverse Students"
MSAN Student Conference in Wisconsin State Journal, Capital Times
October 6, 2015
About 200 students from 20 school districts and 10 states attended this year’s national Minority Student Achievement Network Student Conference and resulted in coverage by the Wisconsin State Journal, The Capital Times, and the Princeton High School Tower.
