The Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) review of Wisconsin's 21st Century Community Learning Center program found participating students improved their attendance, engagement and GPA. The program is threatened now by the loss of dedicated federal funding.
Field Day Lab Director David Gagnon speaks to participants of a recent brainstorming and design event featuring four teams of state teachers, university researchers and Field Day designers to create competitive pitches for a new, free learning game.
Graduate students at UW–Madison’s School of Education are honing their skills and advancing their careers by collaborating with seasoned researchers on a $10.1 million project to develop more equity-centered school principals.
WCER's Field Day Lab is marking a decade of impactful learning game development for Wisconsin students with a celebration at Memorial Union and a new push with the state Department of Public Instruction to get educational games in classrooms.
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.
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WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panel discussions and other events throughout the academic year.
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Yorel Lashley, Erica Halverson, Stephanie Richards, Emily Nott, Tracey Bullington, Lindsey Kourafas, John Samuels, Leila Rahnamanoabadi, and Audriana Ryann Zeuske, July 2025
"Decoding with Merriam-Webster Pronunciation Symbols: A Structured Approach for Dyslexia Instruction," Shawn Robinson, MINDS@UW, May 2025
“Tools for coordinating measurement use in science education and training,” Fátima Sanchez Nieto, Christine M. Pribbenow, Christine Pfund, Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, May 2025
“National Dissemination of an Online Research Mentor Training Intervention: Evidence of an Asynchronous Model to Promote Learning Outcomes and Behavior Change,” Anne Marie Weber-Main, Kimberly Spencer, Emma Dums, So Hee Hyun, Christine Pfund, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, April 2025
“Measuring the Interpersonal Component of the Mentoring Relationship: The Mentorship Working Alliance Scale-Mentee Version,” Jenna Griebel Rogers, Angela Byars-Winston, Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, April 2025
Annalee Good was awarded $6,444 from the Jewish Federation of Madison for “Jewish Federation of Madison/Cheryl Rosen Weston Fund Grant” through June 30, 2025. (051525)
Katie Eklund was awarded $814,881 from the Institute of Education Sciences, in a subcontract from University of South Florida, for “Development and Validation of the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener-Early Childhood (SAEBRS-EC)” through June 30, 2028. (042125)
Shamya Karumbaiah was awarded $75,000 from the Spencer Foundation for “Blurring the Language Boundaries: AI Support for Translanguaging in Classrooms” through June 30, 2027. (032825)
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