Madison Education Partnership’s First Public Meeting Focuses on Four-Year-Old Kindergarten Results
April 23, 2018
Parents, teachers and anyone interested in learning how Madison Metropolitan School District’s (MMSD) four-year-old kindergarten (4K) is supporting local children is invited to the first community presentation of research on the MMSD 4K program by the Madison Education Partnership (MEP).
Is There a Skill Gap for Entry-Level IT Positions? Evidence from a National IT Helpdesk Survey
April 23, 2018
Presented by Andrew Weaver, Assistant Professor in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The Humanities as Pre-Qualitative Research
April 23, 2018
Presented by Samuel Rocha, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
Scholars Look for Ways to Restore Respect for Expertise
April 23, 2018
A gathering of United States scholars last week took up the question of how their work can remain relevant in a ‘post-truth’ era, when alternative facts can influence public policy and fake news can be leveraged to try to swing election results.
The Dawn of the Robot Coach
April 11, 2018
Artificial intelligence may power the next generation of mentors, but can technology really replace a human touch?
National Academies of Sciences Develops Methods to Monitor STEM Education
April 10, 2018
The term STEM, adopted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1998, has become increasingly familiar throughout the United States due to the thousands of programs launched to produce more science, technology, engineering and mathematics professionals.
ELLs Count on Language Support in Math
April 6, 2018
No longer just a numbers game, to succeed in math, ELLs need instruction and assessment practices that help them carry the added linguistic load.
Computational Models of Mental Models of Computational Models of the World
April 6, 2018
When students use computer simulations to learn about system principles, like ideal gas laws, they often misinterpret the underlying rules of the systems. Robert Goldstone will discuss and demonstrate a new model for understanding systems by interacting with them, based on the way human learners discover patterns in natural phenomena.
Madison Workshop Gives Teens of Color a Taste of Video Game Development
April 6, 2018
Participants at Coding & Gaming Day at the Madison Central Library got to try out stop-motion animation using Legos and iPads.
Snowflakes, Safe Spaces Mean Nothing when College Students Can’t Eat
April 4, 2018
There is a food and housing crisis affecting a large swath of U.S. college students
Orchestrating Social Innovation Networks with Digital Studios
March 29, 2018
In this talk, Matthew Easterday discussed the challenges and benefits of problem-based learning, an approach that helps students use teamwork to tackle real problems. He also discussed how digital studios may improve problem-based learning and demonstrate instructional principles for studio learning.
UW-Madison School of Education Shines in Latest U.S. News ‘Best Graduate Schools’ Rankings
March 28, 2018
Several programs within UW-Madison’s School of Education are once again ranked among the very best in the nation in the 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Education Graduate Schools” report.
Erika Rosales: Speaker Ryan, as a Dreamer I Cannot ‘Rest Easy’
March 23, 2018
Erika Rosales, an outreach coordinator at WIDA and DACA participant, wrote an op-ed letter to the Capital Times.
Balancing Politics With Public School
March 21, 2018
Paula McAvoy was recently quoted in a report from U.S. News about "Balancing Politics and Public Schools," in the aftermath of tragedies that spur student activism.
What Gets Forgotten in Debates About the Liberal Arts
March 21, 2018
Matthew Hora, director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions, on blending hard and soft skills.
