Center on Education and Work Collaborates with Singapore Educators

January 31, 2012

Students and schools in Singapore are benefiting from research from the UW-Madison’s Center on Education and Work. In February 2009 the Singapore Ministry of Education adapted CEW’s WISCareers and CareerLocker online career-information systems for use in Singapore schools.


Sara Goldrick-Rab in Inside Higher Ed

January 30, 2012

Sara Goldrick-Rab comments on President Obama's plan to link federal aid to colleges based in part on whether they provide “good value” to students (Inside Higher Ed, 30 Jan.)


Strengthening Community Colleges

January 30, 2012

Sara Goldrick-Rab has been appointed to The Century Foundation’s Task Force on Preventing Community Colleges from Becoming Separate and Unequal.


Adam Gamoran in the Badger Herald

January 29, 2012

Adam Gamoran says the driving factor behind university tuition increases is the decline of state support (Badger Herald, 29 Jan.)


Engaging Researchers and Education Service Agencies

January 23, 2012

WCER and the Office of Education Outreach and Partnerships look forward to hosting staff from Wisconsin’s Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESAs) at our annual meeting 21 February.


Evaluating Individualized Learning Plans

January 17, 2012

There is strong consensus among parents, teachers, and students that individualized learning plans (ILPs) help improve student outcomes.


Adam Gamoran, Allan Odden, and Steven Kimball on Madison.com

January 15, 2012

Adam Gamoran, Allan Odden, and Steven Kimball weigh in on proposed changes to Wisconsin's teacher compensation system (Madison.com, 15 Jan.).


Exploring the Paradox: Adolescent Reasoning in Mathematical and Non-mathematical Domains

January 15, 2012

A perennial concern in mathematics education is that students often fail to understand the nature of evidence and justification in mathematics, that is, the nature of proof.


Sara Goldrick-Rab in the Shreveport Times

January 12, 2012

Sara Goldrick-Rab: Make college financial aid more effective and less expensive (Shreveport Times, 12 Jan).


Professional Practice Simulations in a First-Year Engineering Course

January 9, 2012

Naomi Chesler and colleagues in the Epistemic Games project developed a first-year engineering design course that meets the criteria and constraints of several traditional stakeholders.


Rob Meyer in the New York Times

January 6, 2012

VARC Director Rob Meyer comments on a study showing that teachers who help raise their students’ standardized-test scores seem to have a wide-ranging, lasting positive effect on those students’ lives beyond academics (New York Times, 6 Jan.).


VARC on MinnPost.com

January 6, 2012

The Value Added Research Center is working with Minnesota educators to identify great teachers and how they got to be that way (MinnPost.com, 6 Jan.).


David Williamson Shaffer on EnterpriseIrregulars.com

January 5, 2012

David Williamson Shaffer has amassed considerable data to support the notion that the use of game design techniques could have a powerful impact on the workplace (EnterpriseIrregulars.com, 5 Jan.).


Several WCER Principal Investigators in the EdWeek RHSU blog

January 4, 2012

Among those listed in the 2012 Edu-Scholar Public Presence rankings are Adam Gamoran, Sara Goldrick-Rab, John F. Witte, Gloria Ladson-Billings, and Douglas Harris. The list recognizes university-based academics who contribute substantially to public debates about schools and schooling (EdWeek RHSU blog, 4 Jan.).


MSAN in the Washington Post

January 4, 2012

The Minority Student Achievement Network receives recognition for its work with the Arlington VA school district (Washington Post 4 Jan.).