Madeline Hafner in the Wisconsin State Journal
November 22, 2010
Minority Student Achievement Network director Madeline Hafner comments on a proposal for an all-male charter school in Madison (Wisconsin State Journal, 22 Nov.).
Online Lab to Prepare Students for College Writing
November 22, 2010
The Minority Student Achievement Network is developing an interactive, on-line writing lab to help high school juniors and seniors complete school assignments and help prepare them for college level writing.
How Does Mentoring Affect Student Career Choices?
November 15, 2010
A new multidisciplinary mentoring program bridges theory, research, and practice to increase and diversify the number of college students who pursue science careers.
Research is Important, but so is Teaching
November 15, 2010
Some federal funding agencies, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), have begun demanding visible, practical results of funded research.
Steven Kimball in the La Crosse Tribune
November 14, 2010
Steven Kimball comments on Governor-elect Walker's plans for teacher evaluation and pay (La Crosse Tribune 14 Nov).
Adam Gamoran in the Wisconsin State Journal
November 10, 2010
Adam Gamoran remarks on the value of Advanced Placement classes (Wisconsin State Journal, 10 Nov).
Allan Odden in Education Week
November 10, 2010
Allan Odden urges school districts to revamp their entire pay schedules, rather than just tinker with lane increases (Education Week, 10 Nov).
VARC in the LA Times
November 9, 2010
The Los Angeles Board of Education has approved a contract with WCER's Value-Added Research Center to analyze teachers' effectiveness in raising students' standardized test scores (LA Times 9 Nov).
FAST Program Receives UN Recognition
November 8, 2010
Families and Schools Together (FAST), a long time project at WCER, has become a global phenomenon.
Adam Gamoran in Education Week
November 5, 2010
Adam Gamoran says states should be required to share student data with researchers as a condition of receiving federal grants to build databases (Education Week, 5 Nov.).
Adam Gamoran on Education Week
November 1, 2010
Adam Gamoran comments on the Institute of Education Sciences' decision to accept some additional research methods as meeting the highest quality bar (Education Week).
MSAN in the Harvard Education Letter
November 1, 2010
In the face of increasing segregation in public schools, the Minority Student Achievement Network works to raise the achievement of African American and Latino students (Harvard Education Letter, v. 26 no. 5).
Value-Added Research in Milwaukee Public Schools
November 1, 2010
For the past seven years WCER staff have worked with Milwaukee Public Schools district staff to develop their capacity to analyze and make full use of data on students and schools.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime recognizes Families and Schools Together
October 31, 2010
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime recognizes Families and Schools Together (FAST) as an effective evidence-based family skills program.
Evaluating the Chicago Community Trust Education Program
October 25, 2010
Since 2005, researchers from the Consortium for Policy Research in Education have been evaluating the Chicago Community Trust’s Education Program.
