Bringing the Learning Sciences to Research on Teaching

May 20, 2013

As a professor of the Learning Sciences, Mitchell Nathan works to improve student learning outcomes for concepts and skills in mathematics.


New Lab Designed to Make Education Fun And Games

May 16, 2013

The décor in the headquarters of the Games+Learning+Society project bears a much closer resemblance to a Silicon Valley start-up than a university-affiliated laboratory.


Formative Evaluation for Leadership

May 13, 2013

The No Child Left Behind initiative focused research attention on schools that succeeded in closing achievement gaps and raising achievement for all students.


Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners: A College Education for the 21st Century

May 13, 2013

Clifton Conrad proposes a unifying purpose for a college education: cultivating inquiry-driven learners who can develop promising ideas for successfully navigating the rapidly-changing and inequitable world of the 21st century.


Developing and Implementing Value-Added Models for Schools and Classrooms

May 7, 2013

When the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) decided to use value added models in its multiple measures kit, the district contacted WCER's Value-Added Research Center (VARC) and technical/methodological experts from around the country.


Xueli Wang on Madison.com

May 6, 2013

Xueli Wang says students enrolling part-time or taking a break for a semester or two to gain better financial footing bear significant responsibility for low four-year graduation rates (Madison.com, 6 May).


Exploring the Dynamics of Organizational Learning

May 1, 2013

Organizational learning – the processes whereby organizations change and evolve over time in light of new information – is the subject of recent research by Matthew Hora and colleague Anne-Barrie Hunter.


Managing Education Talent Strategically

April 22, 2013

The education system has hired and tenured thousands of ineffective teachers and principals, particularly in high-poverty urban and rural schools.


Sara Goldrick-Rab on Marketplace.org

April 18, 2013

About online 'competencies' degree programs, Sara Goldrick-Rab says “Given what college costs right now, finding ways to shorten the amount of time that it takes to earn a degree is a priority. However, I will say this: I think the higher priority ought to be on lowering what college costs, so that you don’t have to rush through it.” (Marketplace.org 18 April).


MSAN Inspires Students to Organize Forum on Race

April 17, 2013

Inspired to be agents of change in their communities, eight students at Verona Area High School hosted hundreds of their peers from around Dane County for a two-day conference on April 8 and 9 featuring renowned educator Calvin Terrell.


Games-based Course to Enhance Women’s Interest in Engineering

April 15, 2013

This fall, the UW-Madison College of Engineering will offer for the first time a course entirely based on digital learning simulations.


Gary Cook in the Korea Herald

April 14, 2013

WIDA's Gary Cook discusses English-language instruction in the U.S. (Korea Herald, 14 April).


MSAN on Channel3000.com

April 12, 2013

The first annual Dane County Regional Minority Student Achievement Network Scholars Conference meets at Verona Area High School (Channel3000.com, 12 April).


Inspired by MSAN, Local Students Organize Conference

April 8, 2013

A group of high school students in Verona, Wisconsin, inspired after attending the Minority Student Achievement Network’s Annual Student Conference in Phoenix in October 2012, organized a two-day community building and leadership training event on April 8 and 9


Evaluating Teacher Effectiveness

April 8, 2013

WCER researcher Sara Kraemer is leading an evaluation study of the Teacher Union Reform Network.