Media Mentions
Eric Knuth and Others Find Middle School Students Still Struggle to Understand the Equal Sign
February 19, 2016
Eric Knuth and others find middle school students still struggle to understand the equals sign (Education Week, Feb. 17, 2016)
Mark Connolly: Overworked, Underpaid TAs Can Be Detrimental to Class Quality
February 16, 2016
Mark Connolly, Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded Longitudinal Study of Future STEM Scholars, quoted in the GW Hatchet
Mentoring beyond borders
December 18, 2015
Chris Pfund talks about supplementing traditional mentoring with career coaching for graduate students (AAAS Science, 18 Dec.)
Critics say WI going backward on achievement gap
December 17, 2015
State Sen. Luther Olsen cites WCER project reports about the importance of high quality professional development and the state’s SAGE program (Madison.com, 17 Dec.)
Some students thrive despite nation’s worst statewide racial achievement gap
December 16, 2015
Bradley Carl says he has yet to find any program “that has moved the needle on (the achievement gap)” in a big way (Madison.com, 16 Dec.)
Critics: State going backward on achievement gap
December 16, 2015
Eric Grodsky says just putting a student in a school with more-advantaged students won’t solve all the student’s problems (Post Crescent, 16 Dec.)
Hungry, homeless and in college
December 4, 2015
Sara Goldrick-Rab and Katharine Broton cowrote the OpEd, "Hungy, Homeless, and in College," (New York Times, 4 Dec.)
La Follette Research Professor Recognized for his Work in Data-driven Education Policy
December 1, 2015
Rob Meyer is appointed to the national Moneyball for Government All-Star team, which focuses on data-driven policy (LaFollette School of Public Affairs, 1 Dec).
Technology moves into Madison’s classrooms with a device for every student
November 29, 2015
Richard Halverson says digital devices can help students learn but only if teachers first learn how to use them effectively (Wisconsin State Journal, 29 Nov.)
Local researchers will search for solutions to stubborn achievement gaps
November 25, 2015
Eric Grodsky leads effort to study why some state schools have had more success than others in narrowing achievement gaps across racial lines and income levels. (Wisconsin State Journal, 25 Nov.)
$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.)
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 (Huffington Post, 2 Nov.)
