WCER researchers work with Uruguay leaders to improve country’s innovative ed-tech center
June 6, 2024 | By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications
Top officials in Uruguay are working with UW–Madison researchers who are experts in pulling rich new patterns of meaning about culture and human behavior from big data to assess and improve the South American country's pioneering one-laptop-per-child program.
WCER researchers: Apply to IES’s Education Research Grants program
June 3, 2024 | By WCER Communications
Apply to IES's Education Research Grants program, which supports field-initiated research to build knowledge and understanding of education practice and policy. Letters of Intent (optional but encouraged) are due June 27. Apply by September 12.
Forbes features Wei LAB project building pathways to inclusion in engineering
May 30, 2024 | By School of Education Communications
A project out of Wisconsin’s Equity and Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) that aims to more fully engage women and people of color in engineering was featured in a recent Forbes article that is headlined, “REVIIS and the Path to Inclusive Engineering.”
VETWAYS explores social support networks for student military across the country
May 14, 2024 | By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications
Researchers find that a key part of successful military-to-civilian transitions and later college/career success for student military and veterans involves building a broad range of authentic bonds on campus, according to national findings in the latest iteration of Ross Benbow's Veteran Education to Workforce Affinity and Success Study, or VETWAYS.
New WIDA report finds post-pandemic English learner proficiency scores continue to drop
May 1, 2024 | By WCER/WIDA Communications
The report examines English learners’ testing, proficiency, and growth during the six most recent academic years (2018-2023) to shed light on the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on English learners’ educational outcomes.
Dean Diana Hess Reception Video
April 19, 2024 | By UW–Madison School of Education
Please have a look and take a listen to all the wise and warm words from your peers and colleagues about the transformative impact Dean Diana Hess has had on the UW-Madison School of Education and its people during her remarkable tenure.
Plenty of WCER career training funds still available for projects, personnel
April 19, 2024 | By WCER Communications
Awards up to $800 must be submitted for reimbursement by June 30, even if the PD activity takes place after that date.
Internal competition open for WTG Scholars Program providing PD for early-career researchers
April 19, 2024 | By WCER Communications
The 2024 William T. Grant Scholars Program supports professional development of promising early-career researchers. The grant funds 5-year research and mentoring plans that significantly expand researchers’ expertise in new disciplines, methods, and content areas to address problems of inequality or to improve the use of research evidence.
Field Day’s media literacy game featured in story from Wisconsin Public Radio, PBS Wisconsin
April 12, 2024 | By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications
A story for 'Wisconsin Life' from Wisconsin Public Radio and PBS Wisconsin documents students in Marshfield High School class having fun and learning about journalism while playing Field Day's online educational video game 'Headlines and High Water.'
UW–Madison’s Halverson and Saldaña secure $2 million from Wallace Foundation for equity-centered school leadership research
April 11, 2024 | By Laurel White, School of Education Communications
A new research project led by two School of Education faculty members will develop new ways to measure the process and outcomes of equity-centered leadership in schools.
WEC’s Nicole Bowman guest-edits special issue of New Directions for Evaluation
April 1, 2024 | By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications
WEC Evaluator/Associate Scientist Nicole R. Bowman is one of four guest editors of a special issue of the quarterly journal, New Directions for Evaluation. Bowman, an expert in culturally responsive evaluation (CRE) and citizen of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, also co-authors four articles for the 112-page special issue examining the history, legacy, and future of CRE.
New MEP reports examine second year of MMSD’s full-day 4K program
April 1, 2024 | By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications
Two new reports from the Madison Education Partnership look at differences in the experiences of students enrolled in full-day and half-day four-year-old kindergarten (4K) in the Madison Metropolitan School District during the 2022–2023 school year, which was the second consecutive year of the full-day program.
WCER researchers win School of Education Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship
March 30, 2024 | By WCER/School of Education Communications
WCER researchers Bailey Smolarek and Matthew Wolfgram are this year's winners of the UW–Madison School of Education's Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship.
UW–Madison evaluator Nicole Bowman named one of Wisconsin’s most influential Native American leaders
March 15, 2024 | By WCER Communications
Nicole Bowman, an associate scientist and evaluator with WCER's Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC), and a traditional community member and citizen of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation in Wisconsin, has been named one of the state's 32 most influential Native American Leaders for 2024 by Madison365, an independent news organization covering Black, Latino, Indigenous and Asian American communities in Madison and across Wisconsin since 2015.
UW–Madison School of Education to boost special education teacher workforce in Milwaukee with new initiative
March 14, 2024 | By Laurel White
A new partnership between the UW–Madison School of Education and Milwaukee Public Schools aims to combat a shortage of special education teachers in one of the state’s most high-needs school districts by training and placing 36 master’s-level special education teachers in Milwaukee schools over the next five years.
