University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Outreach

Cap Times reports on Rural Education Research and Implementation Center’s ‘Teacher Speakout!’

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In a recent article, The Capital Times newspaper put the spotlight on UW-Madison’s Rural Education Research and Implementation Center (RERIC), which is housed within the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). For their third annual “Teacher Speakout!” event, RERIC hosted 19 teachers from rural Wisconsin districts at UW-Madison. Now the assistant director of RERIC, Jennifer Seelig …

State Journal speaks with UW-Madison’s Goff about grading floors

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The Wisconsin State Journal interviewed UW-Madison’s Peter Goff for a report examining the trial implementation of grading floors in Madison schools. Goff is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Madison West High School was selected to test a grading floor as a part of a district examination of …

Lingnan-Peking-Wisconsin forum explores higher education, talents, and employment in global bay areas

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On Nov. 11, faculty and graduate students from UW-Madison, Lingnan University, and Peking University, among scholars from other institutions, gathered at the Lingnan-Peking-Wisconsin Education Forum in Hong Kong to discuss higher education, talent training, and employment of global bay areas. The forum, co-organized by UW-Madison, Lingnan University, Peking University, and the Asia Pacific Higher Education …

Division of Extension, School of Education come together to discuss educational disparities

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UW-Madison, the Division of Extension, and the School of Education came together, along with community members, to discuss educational disparities across Wisconsin. This initiative will take a fresh look at what research is needed, what outreach is mission, and what action all of us can take as members of academic and social communities. “We’re not just …

Wisconsin-Minnesota partnership receives $6.3M award to advance use of evidence-based education practices

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A new collaboration of Wisconsin and Minnesota education researchers formed to support education priorities in each state has won a five-year, $6.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The project’s goal is to improve the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students in the two-state region by advancing the use of evidence-based practices. Researchers …

Nearly 300 books by award-winning author Kate DiCamillo being delivered to Wisconsin districts

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With backing from Kate DiCamillo, staff from the Teacher Education Center within UW-Madison’s School of Education are delivering nearly 300 books by the award-winning author to several districts around Wisconsin. DiCamillo is presenting the 2019 Charlotte Zolotow Lecture, sponsored by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC), on Thursday in the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater. At DiCamillo’s request, her …

2019 MSAN Student Conference Oct. 23-26

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More than 200 high school students and their chaperones from 19 U.S. school districts will be at the Madison Concourse Hotel Oct. 23-26 for the Minority Student Achievement Network Student Conference, an annual event aimed at developing student leaders dedicated to ending racial disparities in achievement and opportunity. Sponsored this year by the Middleton-Cross Plains Area …

Madison Education Partnership’s fall 2019 request for proposals due Sept. 23

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MEP is a research-practice partnership between the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD). The Partnership runs an annual funding cycle for UW–Madison faculty and staff to encourage them to work with the school district. An overarching goal of the Partnership is to identify actions the district could …

WIDA goes global: Leader in multilingual learning spreads its can-do attitude abroad

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Just one phone call from China helped connect the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) to schools around the world. In 2008, the Shanghai American School contacted Timothy Boals, executive director of the WIDA Consortium at WCER, about using WIDA’s acclaimed research-based standards and assessments to help English-language learners (ELL). “A teacher there had used our language development tools …

The Discussion Project accepting applications for upcoming academic year

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The Discussion Project, a professional development series that’s designed to create welcoming, engaging and academically rigorous classroom environments, is accepting applications for its various cohorts during the upcoming academic year. The idea behind the program is that an engaging classroom discussion can be both a vital part of the learning process and a microcosm of the …