Media Mentions
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.)
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.
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.
Families and Schools Together in the Philadelphia Tribune
October 6, 2015
The Families and Schools Together program continues its good work in Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Tribune, 6 Oct.)
Christine Pribbenow in the Badger Herald
October 5, 2015
Christine Pribbenow discusses launch of NIH-funded video game that uncovers unconscious racial bias in STEM higher education (Badger Herald, 5 Oct.)
Wisconsin HOPE Lab in Inside Higher Education
September 28, 2015
Wisconsin HOPE Lab researchers explain why cuts in higher education funding disproportionately hurt students at community colleges (Inside Higher Education, 28 Sept.)
Beth Graue and Anita Wager in the Capital Times
July 22, 2015
Beth Graue and Anita Wager discuss teaching math to young children (Capital Times, 22 July)
Jerlando Jackson in the Capital Times
July 13, 2015
Jerlando Jackson leads community effort to help young men of color with 'My Brother's Keeper' (Capital Times, 12 July)
Sara Goldrick-Rab on CSMonitor.com
July 13, 2015
Sara Goldrick-Rab says the elimination of tenure protections means she and many colleagues may leave the university for other institutions (CSMonitor.com, 13 July)
Jerlando Jackson and Sara Goldrick-Rab in Diverse Issues
June 4, 2015
Jerlando Jackson and Sara Goldrick-Rab comment on proposed changes to the university tenure system (Diverse Issues, 4 June)
Brad Carl in the Wisconsin State Journal
June 4, 2015
VARC's Brad Carl discusses Wisconsin's options for selecting a new K-12 test (Wisconsin State Journal, 4 June)
Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory in the Madison Times
May 15, 2015
WCER's Wisconsin Equity and Inclusion Laboratory celebrates its 5th anniversary (Madison Times, 15 May)
Bradley Carl in the Wisconsin State Journal
April 20, 2015
VARC's Bradley Carl talks about students opting out of Common Core tests (Wisconsin State Journal, 20 April)
Mark Connolly in Insider Higher Education & The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 15, 2015
Recent work by Mark Connolly and colleagues is reviewed in Inside Higher Education (men do not have the advantage that many assume they do in being hired in STEM fields) and in The Chronicle of Higher Education (Non-Asian minority members and women are slower to receive tenure, and black assistant professors are less likely to ever receive it).
