Reducing Vulnerability to Stereotype Threat

June 20, 2011

Students experience anxiety when confronted with a personally relevant stereotype that threatens their self-esteem or social identity.


Allan Odden on the StarTribune.com

June 17, 2011

Allan Odden comments on how school districts are trying to cope with budget deficits (StarTribune.com, 17 June).


Richard Halverson in UW–MadisonNews

June 16, 2011

Richard Halverson and Morgridge Institute colleagues have released the digital game Virulent, which teaches key concepts in systems biology. UW–Madison News. (June 16, 2011)


Terry Millar in The Scientist

June 15, 2011

WCER researcher Terry Millar says legislative proposals to bar the university from using WiscNet could mean paying up to four times as much with private providers (The Scientist, 15 June)


Working Paper Series has Global Reach

June 14, 2011

The WCER Working Paper Series has reached 81 publications.


Beth Graue in the New York Times

June 13, 2011

Beth Graue comments on the practice of delaying children's entry to kindergarten (New York Times, 13 June).


New Approaches to Performance Management and Value-Added in Urban Schools

June 10, 2011

More schools and districts around the country are using data at the school level to inform instructional decisions and support student learning. That’s a promising trend.


Sara Goldrick-Rab in Education Week, Diplomas Count

June 9, 2011

Sara Goldrick-Rab comments on community colleges' booming popularity (Education Week, Diplomas Count, 9 June, subscription required for full story).


Adam Gamoran in the Wisconsin State Journal

June 8, 2011

Madison is one of 6 state districts that didn’t meet the federal law No Child Left Behind goals in 2010-11; Adam Gamoran says schools should be judged instead on how much progress they make from one year to the next (Wisconsin State Journal, 8 June).


Rob Meyer on WKOW TV

June 8, 2011

Rob Meyer discusses school evaluation according to NCLB and Value-Added assessment (WKOW TV 27, 8 June).


Adam Gamoran in the Wisconsin State Journal

June 7, 2011

Adam Gamoran says judging school success based on where students are in a single point in time makes no sense. Rather, we should judge schools on how much progress they make with students from one year to the next (Wisconsin State Journal, 7 June).


Affordability and College Attainment in Wisconsin Public Higher Education

June 7, 2011

Students, college administrators, faculty, and staff are invited to interact with researchers, policymakers, advocates, and philanthropists to discuss the challenges facing the State of Wisconsin in its efforts to grow a college-educated workforce.


Bridging Education and Cognitive Sciences

May 31, 2011

Mitchell Nathan recently participated in the first Latin American School for Education, Cognitive and Neural Sciences in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.


Translational Research Initiative Underway

May 23, 2011

A new collaboration forged between WCER and the School of Education's Office of Education Outreach and Partnerships aims to extend and broaden the School’s ability to bridge research and practice and to better serve our community partners.


Kurt Squire and Constance Steinkuehler in the Isthmus

May 20, 2011

Kurt Squire and Constance Steinkuehler work with video game developers to bridge the gap between games academics ad industry (Isthmus, 20 May).