University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: WCER

UW–Madison’s Saldaña wins grant to reimagine how schools coordinate resources

By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications UW–Madison Assistant Professor of Education Finance and Leadership Christopher Saldaña is part of a team that has been awarded a $75,000 Vision Grant from the Spencer Foundation to develop a major research initiative focused on improving how K–12 schools, districts, and community organizations coordinate resources to …

UW–Madison researchers receive Spencer Foundation grant to advance education for children and youth on the move

By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications The Multilingual Learning Research Center (MLRC) at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), University of Wisconsin–Madison, in partnership with the Educational Research and Action Platform (Plataforma de Investigación y Acción Educativa S.A. — PIASE), has been awarded a one-year Vision Grant from the Spencer Foundation to plan a major …

School of Education awards 18 projects through One School Innovation Fund

By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship The UW–Madison School of Education is proud to announce the selection of 18 projects for funding through the One School Innovation Fund, a competitive internal program designed to catalyze bold, collaborative research and scholarship across the arts, education, and health. Launched earlier this year by the Office …

From 5,000 documents to clear insights: WCER researchers share lessons from building their own AI assistant

By Karen Rivedal, Office of Research & Scholarship WCER researchers recently offered a behind-the-scenes look at why and how they built a Gemini‑based AI tool to help them make sense of a vast array of complex data collected over five years as part of a national project to develop equity-centered school leadership. In a spring …

UW–Madison’s Carl discusses rural school closures on PBS Wisconsin’s ‘Here and Now’

UW–Madison’s Bradley Carl, a scientist in the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and founding co-director of the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative, was recently featured on PBS Wisconsin’s “Here & Now.” In a report by Steven Potter, Carl shared insights on the growing number of rural schools across Wisconsin that are closing permanently …

New UW–Madison, MMSD journal article finds preschoolers already form friendships based on shared characteristics

By Katie Grant, Office of Research & Scholarship Communications New research, published in a peer-reviewed journal by researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD), shows that children as young as 4 years old begin forming social networks shaped by shared characteristics, offering new insight into how early peer relationships …