News from WCER
Multicultural Student Achievement Network 25th Annual Student Conference Addresses “Leaving Our Legacy”
November 13, 2024 | By WCER Communications
The Wisconsin Center for Education Research and the Multicultural Student Achievement Network (MSAN) today announced that more than 150 high school students and their chaperones from multiracial school districts across the country are meeting this week (Nov. 13-16) in East Lansing, MI for the 25th annual MSAN Student Conference.
WIDA is partner in Accessible Pathways Project awarded $3.9 million to advance research on multilingual learners with disabilities
September 23, 2024 | By Hannah Haynes, WIDA Communications
The state of Minnesota has been awarded $3.998 million over four years for the Accessible Pathways Project through the Competitive Grants for State Assessments (CGSA) competition. This project aims to better understand and support multilingual learners (MLs) with low incidence disabilities, in this case, students who are blind/have low vision (BLV) and those who are deaf/hard of hearing (DHH). The Accessible Pathways Project is a collaborative effort led by the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and WIDA, an educational services organization within the University of Wisconsin–Madison's School of Education.
UW–Madison’s Burt launches Black Males in Engineering project aimed at combating shortage of Black men in STEM
September 19, 2024 | By Laurel White, School of Education Communications
A new multimedia resource aimed at combating the shortage of Black men in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields launched today at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Former DNR comms lead joins WCER as director of communications & marketing
August 30, 2024 | By WCER Communications
In 2018, Grant joined the communications team for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), working in a series of progressively responsible roles—from digital media coordinator to deputy communications director to communications director, starting in 2022.
Welcome Back Session for WCER Project Manager Community of Practice
August 22, 2024 | By WCER Communications
You're invited to a welcome back session online from noon–1 pm Wednesday, Aug. 28.
U.S. scholars learn “new ways of imagining” research data in summer institute on campus
August 14, 2024 | By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications
The four-day course in QE offered in the summer institute features lectures and panels mixed with hands-on work in pairs or teams. Topics covered include coding, discourse models, criticality, grants, fairness, software, and an introduction to the EA lab’s chief QE-derived modeling tool, Epistemic Network Analysis, or ENA. In addition to research topics in education-related issues, institute fellows in July were using QE in fields as varied as trauma surgery, artificial intelligence, marine conservation, and criminology. Attendees came from universities in 11 states: Florida, New Mexico, Ohio, Massachusetts, California, New York, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, and Wisconsin.
Two School of Education/WCER members awarded research fellowships for 2024–25
July 30, 2024 | By WCER Communications
Thirty-two UW–Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2024–25, including School of Education/WCER members David Kaplan and Andy Garbacz.
MLRC to host new online Speakers Series starting Thursday, Aug. 1
July 17, 2024 | By WCER Communications
The MLRC Speaker Series highlights current research related to the teaching and learning of multilingual learners. Every first Thursday of the month starting Aug. 1, a researcher or team of researchers is invited to share insights, findings, or learnings from their research. The talks are presented online via Zoom, and recordings are posted within one week of the event.
WCER members selected to be Morgridge Fellows for 2024–2025
July 10, 2024 | By WCER Communications
Fifteen faculty and campus members at the UW–Madison have been named Morgridge Fellows, including WCER members Matthew Wolfgramand Amanda Fowler.
Important process changes made for ASAC professional development grants
July 9, 2024 | By WCER Communications
Effective this fiscal year, which started July 1, PD grants to eligible academic staff, university staff, and postdoctoral employees will no longer be awarded on a rolling basis until funds are depleted.
Instead, two defined application windows have been created to guide the submission of award requests across the academic year. The first window for application submissions opens on Sept. 16 and closes on Oct. 18 for fall 2024 requests; the second window opens Feb. 3 and closes March 7 for spring 2025 requests. Decisions after each window closes will be made within a week.
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.
