Bradley Carl in the Wisconsin State Journal
April 20, 2015
VARC's Bradley Carl talks about students opting out of Common Core tests (Wisconsin State Journal, 20 April)
Mark Connolly in Insider Higher Education & The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 15, 2015
Recent work by Mark Connolly and colleagues is reviewed in Inside Higher Education (men do not have the advantage that many assume they do in being hired in STEM fields) and in The Chronicle of Higher Education (Non-Asian minority members and women are slower to receive tenure, and black assistant professors are less likely to ever receive it).
Mark Connolly and Bob Mathieu in the Badger Herald
April 13, 2015
Mark Connolly and Bob Mathieu discuss the importance of training STEM researchers to be good classroom teachers too (Badger Herald, 13 April)
Mathieu named director of Wisconsin Center for Education Research
April 8, 2015
Robert Mathieu has been named director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), UW–Madison School of Education Dean Julie Underwood announced April 6.
Jerlando Jackson in Diverse Education
April 5, 2015
Jerlando Jackson explains how the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity—also known as the Boulé helps young African-American males succeed (Diverse Education, 5 April)
Hora Published in Review of Higher Education
April 3, 2015
A paper by WCER researcher Matthew T. Hora investigating faculty beliefs about student learning and their influence on teaching decisions has been published by The Review of Higher Education.
Jackson Named Morris Endowed Chair at Eastern Michigan University
March 26, 2015
Jerlando F. L. Jackson will serve as the 2014-15 Michael G. Morris Endowed Chair at Eastern Michigan University. Jackson will remain in his posts at UW–Madison during the year-long special appointment.
David Williamson Shaffer in The Week
March 24, 2015
David Williamson Shaffer's team is preparing to launch the next generation of virtual internships to allow companies to train would-be interns (The Week, 24 March)
Michigan Civil Rights Commission Passes Resolution Drafted by MSAN District Students
March 23, 2015
Students from Michigan’s Farmington Public Schools, one of 28 school districts that are members of WCER’s Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN), drafted a resolution on social justice and civil rights and successfully secured its state-level adoption by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission on Jan. 26.
Madeline Hafner in the Badger-Herald
March 23, 2015
Madeline Hafner says racially integrated schools bring a host of benefits to students who attend them (Badger-Herald, 23 March).
Halverson Article Chosen for Journal of School Leadership Special Issue
March 16, 2015
A research paper co-authored by Richard Halverson has been chosen for the Journal on School Leadership’s 25th anniversary special issue.
Matt Hora in Inside Higher Ed
March 16, 2015
Business leaders tell Matt Hora and his team they want employees with "soft skills" as well as technical skills (Inside Higher Ed, 16 March)
The LEAD Center Helps Faculty Improve Productivity
March 9, 2015
University administrators specialize in administration; scientists specialize in research; teaching staff specialize in teaching. Few have training in how to evaluate the success of their work objectively, although there’s always room for improving work practices.
Eric Knuth: PI Interview
March 4, 2015
Professor of Mathematics, Curriculum & Instruction, and Educational Psychology
Nathan Participates on Panel on the Development of Mathematical Abilities
March 4, 2015
Mitchell J. Nathan recently participated on a panel addressing the development of mathematical abilities at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s 2015 meeting on Feb. 15 in San Jose, Calif.
