News from WCER
Exploring the Dynamics of Organizational Learning
May 1, 2013
Organizational learning – the processes whereby organizations change and evolve over time in light of new information – is the subject of recent research by Matthew Hora and colleague Anne-Barrie Hunter.
Managing Education Talent Strategically
April 22, 2013
The education system has hired and tenured thousands of ineffective teachers and principals, particularly in high-poverty urban and rural schools.
MSAN Inspires Students to Organize Forum on Race
April 17, 2013
Inspired to be agents of change in their communities, eight students at Verona Area High School hosted hundreds of their peers from around Dane County for a two-day conference on April 8 and 9 featuring renowned educator Calvin Terrell.
Games-based Course to Enhance Women’s Interest in Engineering
April 15, 2013
This fall, the UW-Madison College of Engineering will offer for the first time a course entirely based on digital learning simulations.
Inspired by MSAN, Local Students Organize Conference
April 8, 2013
A group of high school students in Verona, Wisconsin, inspired after attending the Minority Student Achievement Network’s Annual Student Conference in Phoenix in October 2012, organized a two-day community building and leadership training event on April 8 and 9
Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness
April 8, 2013
WCER researcher Sara Kraemer is leading an evaluation study of the Teacher Union Reform Network.
Grants Can Improve Student College Success
April 1, 2013
Financial aid has long been evaluated for its effectiveness at promoting college attendance. But the utility of college at promoting social mobility hinges on students completing years of college credits.
Factors that Affect Student Academic Growth
April 1, 2013
The Value-Added Research Center (VARC) develops ways to compare school performance in a fair and accurate way, whether the school is public or private, urban or suburban, large or small.
What, Exactly, is an “English Learner” Student?
March 25, 2013
Because no two students are alike, developing a common definition for “English learner” will be tough.
Supporting Dual Language Children
March 18, 2013
Early Dual Language Learners (children, ages birth through 5 years) have been learning more than one language since birth, or begin to learn another language after their home language is partially established.
Mathematics for Social Justice
March 11, 2013
Anita Wager is among educators who explore, develop, research, and/or teach mathematics for social change.
After First Anniversary, WCEPS Looks to the Future
March 4, 2013
When Matt Messinger became the Wisconsin Center for Educational Products and Services’ first executive director in 2011, he knew the nascent organization had the potential to pay great dividends back to the University of Wisconsin.
Raising English Learner Achievement in STEM Subjects
March 4, 2013
Elizabeth Cranley and colleagues at WIDA are helping classroom teachers to make core STEM content accessible to English Learner students (ELs) and to put them on the path to college and career readiness.
More Inclusion than Diversion
March 1, 2013
More than ever before, students have a variety of ways to benefit from higher education.
Programming Standing Up
February 25, 2013
Matthew Berland is developing software and high school curricula to teach engineering programming using mobile devices that will allow students to walk around and interact with each other as they develop programs for virtual robotics competitions.
