Media Mentions
Beth Graue in the Albuquerque Journal
November 25, 2014
Beth Graue says smaller classes work best when teachers tailor instruction to each student’s needs and when they spend more time getting to know their students’ families (Albuquerque Journal, 25 Nov.)
MSAN in the Star
November 19, 2014
Sun Prairie Students reflect on their experience at the MSAN 2014 conference (The Star, 19 Nov)
Interdisciplinary Training Program in Marketplace
November 12, 2014
Interdisciplinary Training Program fellow Jared Knowles explains Wisconsin's Early Warning System for preventing dropouts (Marketplace, 12 Nov)
CIRTL in Inside Philanthropy
November 5, 2014
CIRTL is working to make science, technology, engineering and math degrees and careers more interesting to today's college students (Inside Philanthropy, Nov. 5)
Bob Mathieu in UW-Madison News
October 30, 2014
Bob Mathieu says the campus and the nation have put a lot of effort into the improvement of STEM teaching, and that investment will pay off in increased success and retention (UW Madison News, 30 October)
Beth Graue in the Seattle Times
October 28, 2014
Beth Graue says class-size reduction will get fewer children in a class but, alone, it doesn’t translate directly to a change in achievement (Seattle Times, 28 Oct)
Sadhana Puntambekar in the Herald-Independent
October 24, 2014
Sadhana Puntambekar's CoMPASS project at work in the classroom (Herald-Independent, 24 Oct.)
Christine Pfund in the UW-Madison News
October 22, 2014
Christine Pfund says the National Research Mentoring Network promises to be "the perfect opportunity to collaborate more widely, capitalize on cross-campus initiatives, and share what we’ve learned" (UW-Madison News, 22 Oct.)
MSAN in the Michigan Daily
October 16, 2014
250 students attend the Minority Student Achievement Network conference this week (Michigan Daily, 16 October)
WCER in the Wisconsin State Journal & Capital Times
October 14, 2014
Two WCER initiatives receive more than $7 million from the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation (Wisconsin State Journal, 14 Oct.) and (Capital Times, 15 Oct.)
Tim Boals in Chalkbeat
October 1, 2014
WIDA's Tim Boals discusses new standards for English Learners (Chalkbeat, 1 October)
CIRTL in the UW–Madison News
October 1, 2014
Unique MOOC with in-person sessions offered for future and current college STEM faculty, funded by CIRTL (UW–Madison News, 1 October)
Gary Cook on NPR
October 1, 2014
WIDA's Gary Cook says a free English proficiency test will be welcome, especially in low-income countries (NPR, Oct. 1)
Clif Conrad in Diverse Issues
September 30, 2014
Clif Conrad says educators must emphasize collaboration in which everyone is engaged in mutually reinforcing teaching and learning (Diverse Issues, 30 Sept.)
Erin Arango-Escalante in the Isthmus
September 11, 2014
WIDA's Erin Arango-Escalante used her experience with early learners to create a neat playroom for her children (Isthmus, 11 Sept.)
