Douglas Harris on WisPolitics.com
July 29, 2011
Although Wisconsin is at or near the bottom of most measures of disparity between white and black students, Douglas Harris says accountability can help shrink the gap (WisPolitics.com, 29 July).
Video Game Teaches Systems Biology
July 25, 2011
Virulent is a new action and strategy computer game designed to teach key concepts in systems biology.
Nathan Appointed to National STEM Committee
July 18, 2011
Mitchell Nathan has been appointed to a National Academy of Engineering/ National Academy of Sciences Committee on Integrated STEM Education.
Douglas Harris in the Kalamazoo Gazette
July 15, 2011
Douglas Harris comments on a controversial package of tenure reform laws approved by the Michigan Legislature and to be signed into law (Kalamazoo Gazette, 15 July).
Adam Gamoran in the Wisconsin State Journal
July 12, 2011
Adam Gamoran comments on a new initiative to reform how Wisconsin schools are held accountable (Wisconsin State Journal, 12 July).
Sara Goldrick-Rab on the Chronicle.com
July 12, 2011
Sara Goldrick-Rab and Douglas Harris find that scarce Pell grant dollars should be targeted to the neediest students (Chronicle.com 12 July).
Battle of the Virons
July 11, 2011
You can learn about cell biology by playing the new online game Virulent.
When a student is an unmarried parent
July 11, 2011
Unmarried parents who attend college face obstacles of money and time. Parenting young children while also attending college creates difficulties that are different from those faced by traditional students.
Sara Goldrick-Rab in Marketplace
July 8, 2011
Sara Goldrick-Rab says the rising cost of college tuition will discourage more students from low income families (Marketplace, 8 July).
Sara Goldrick-Rab and Douglas Harris in the Wisconsin State Journal
July 7, 2011
Sara Goldrick-Rab and Douglas Harris find that disadvantaged students were more likely to stay in college if they received a grant from the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars program (Wisconsin State Journal 7 July).
Doug Harris in the New York Times
July 4, 2011
Doug Harris comments on the NEA's decision to include evidence of student learning in teacher evaluations (New York Times, 4 July)
Bradley Carl in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 2, 2011
If there were a magic answer for how to best evaluate teacher effectiveness, somebody would have thought of it a long time ago, says the VARC project's Bradley Carl (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 July).
Adam Gamoran in Education Week
July 1, 2011
Adam Gamoran comments on proposals for ways to make randomized controlled trial studies more affordable (Education Week, 1 July).
Applying Insights from Faculty Teaching to SMET Reforms
July 1, 2011
Policymakers and educators engaged in math and science reform are challenged to fully understand college level teaching practices.
Adam Gamoran in Education Week
June 27, 2011
Policymakers should create new assessments for all STEM subjects, says new a report issued by an NRC committee chaired by Adam Gamoran (Education Week, 27 June)
