Scaling Up Research in Philadelphia

February 19, 2013

A diverse and highly motivated team of educators and researchers met in Philadelphia in early February to begin a scale-up of the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program in Philadelphia Schools.


Virtual Internships Develop Engineering Skills

February 18, 2013

First-year engineering students are engaging in a computer-based virtual internship that simulates engineering professional practice.


Districts Climb to New Gains in WIDA’s LADDER Program

February 15, 2013

Catherine Fox, an English Language Learner (ELL) educator in the Rhode Island public school system, has experienced more than her fair share of professional development programs. Some have been helpful, she said. But most have been painfully frustrating, lacking either a cohesive structure or an adequate follow-through.


He Leaves Wisconsin to Winter in…Norway

February 12, 2013

In the early 1900s his grandparents left Norway to the live in the U.S. More than a century later, Paul Bredeson is back in Norway for a year of sharing about the education systems in both countries.


Sara Goldrick-Rab in The Chronicle

February 11, 2013

Sara Goldrick-Rab writes that, " If money really matters for college degrees, we may be able to find a lot more of it by bridging unreasonable divides between public agencies, reducing paperwork, and repositioning the community college as a point of connection as well as education" (The Chronicle, 11 Feb.).


Collaboration Supports Success in Technology Education

February 11, 2013

Wisconsin is among the nation’s top five manufacturing-intensive states.


Center on Education and Work’s Careers Conference Inspires, Encourages Educators

February 10, 2013

Like hundreds of others attending last week’s Center on Education and Work’s 27th annual Careers Conference, Dave Keane was looking for a little inspiration.


Embodiment in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Evidence from Teachers’ and Learners’ Gestures

February 8, 2013

When explaining ourselves we often gesture without even thinking about it. That’s because motor and perceptual simulations underlie our language and our imagery.


Adam Gamoran in the Badger Herald

February 4, 2013

Adam Gamoran discusses the likely effects of Federal spending cuts on higher education (Badger Herald, 4 Feb.).


Sara Goldrick-Rab in the Community College Week

February 4, 2013

Sara Goldrick-Rab discusses changes to the Pell Grant program and how they will affect community college student success (Community College Week, 4 Feb.).


Examining the Impacts of Need-Based Aid

February 4, 2013

In a new Working Paper Sara Goldrick-Rab and colleagues examine the impacts of a private need-based college financial aid program among first-year Pell Grant recipients at 13 public Wisconsin universities.


Sara Goldrick-Rab in the Chronicle of Higher Education

January 31, 2013

The NCAA Student Assistance Fund provides financial support to student athletes. But some of the money goes to unrelated uses. That indicates that "schools do not always work on behalf of their students," says Sara Goldrick-Rab, associate professor of educational-policy studies and sociology. "We can't simply trust them to act in students' best interests—we need to demand it." (Chronicle of Higher Education, 31 Jan.).


Encouraging More Students to Pursue Engineering

January 28, 2013

Millions of students visit museum exhibits each year.


Supporting English Learners through Technology Systems

January 22, 2013

Students who are English Language Learners, and their teachers, will benefit from a new assessment system being developed by the 30-state WIDA consortium (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment).


Games Based Assessment: Capturing Evidence of Learning in Play

January 20, 2013

UW–Madison education professor Richard Halverson believes that learning scientists and assessment designers can, and should, develop methods for using games to assess student progress.