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FEATURE STORIES

New Lab Designed to Make Education Fun And Games

The décor in the headquarters of the Games+Learning+Society project bears a much closer resemblance to a Silicon Valley start-up than a university-affiliated laboratory: a Pacman-style arcade terminal, complete with bulbous joystick, gives off an alluring glare in one corner of the large, multi-level space, while in another, an arsenal of Nerf guns hangs from the wall, ready for action. Read more.

Formative Evaluation for Leadership

The No Child Left Behind initiative focused research attention on schools that succeeded in closing achievement gaps and raising achievement for all students.

When WCER researchers Rich Halverson, Carolyn Kelley, and Eric Camburn look at these schools, they see the importance of school leadership in promoting student learning. Read more.

MSAN Inspires Students to Organize Forum on Race

Inspired to be agents of change in their communities, eight students at Verona Area High School hosted hundreds of their peers from around Dane County for a two-day conference on April 8 and 9 featuring renowned educator Calvin Terrell. Read more.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

WIDA Researcher Explores Aussie Roots

Though she has lived in the United States for many years of her life, the sunny accent that rolls from Rosalie Grant’s tongue is unmistakably Australian. Since joining the WIDA project as a researcher in 2011, Grant has mostly studied English language learners (ELLs) in America, but in the past few months, she has been able to return to her roots, delving into a study of education reform efforts directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ELLs in her native land “Down Under.” Read more

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EVENTS & PRESS

Press

Xueli Wang says students enrolling part-time or taking a break for a semester or two to gain better financial footing bear significant responsibility for low four-year graduation rates (Madison.com, 6 May).

About online 'competencies' degree programs, Sara Goldrick-Rab says “Given what college costs right now, finding ways to shorten the amount of time that it takes to earn a degree is a priority. However, I will say this: I think the higher priority ought to be on lowering what college costs, so that you don’t have to rush through it.” (Marketplace.org 18 April).

The first annual Dane County Regional Minority Student Achievement Network Scholars Conference meets at Verona Area High School (Channel3000.com, 12 April).

WIDA's Gary Cook discusses English-language instruction in the U.S. (Korea Herald, 14 April).

 


CENTER SITES

Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and LearningCenter for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning

Center on Education and Work

Children, Families & SchoolsChildren, Families & Schools

Consortium for Policy Research in EducationConsortium for Policy Research in Education

CoMPASSCoMPASS

CALLComprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning

CCHERCulture, Cognition, and Evaluation of STEM Higher Education Reform

Formative Language Assessment Records for ELLs in Secondary Schools

Interdisciplinary ITPTraining Program in the Education Sciences

LSFFLongitudinal Study of Future STEM Scholars

Mobilizing STEM for a Sustainable FutureMobilizing STEM for a Sustainable Future

Minority Student Achievement NetworkMinority Student
Achievement Network

ONPARONPAR Assessment

Strategic Management of Human CapitalStrategic Management of Human Capital

Surveys of Enacted CurriculumSurveys of Enacted Curriculum

System-wide Change for All Learners and EducatorsSystem-wide Change for All Learners and Educators

TransanaTracking the Processes of Data Driven Decision-Making in Higher Education

TransanaTransana

Value-Added Research CenterValue-Added Research Center

WIDA ConsortiumWIDA Consortium

WeilabWisconsin's Equity and Inclusion Laboratory

WCER NEWS

Bringing the Learning Sciences to Research on Teaching

As a student of the Learning Sciences, Mitchell Nathan works to improve student learning outcomes for concepts and skills in mathematics. Read more.

Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners: A College Education for the 21st Century

Clifton Conrad proposes a unifying purpose for a college education: cultivating inquiry-driven learners who can develop promising ideas for successfully navigating the rapidly-changing and inequitable world of the 21st century. Read more.