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May 2008 |
The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) seeks to engage all students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, irrespective of preferred learning styles, race, ethnicity and culture. An active interest in diversity units the professional lives of many CIRTL researchers and student.
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April 2008 |
School districts, individual schools, and education policies all contribute to student achievement. But it can be argued that the most important contributing factor is the quality of the teacher in the classroom. Evaluating teacher quality is complicated, yet it has become even more important with the testing and assessment focus of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
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March 2008 |
UW-Madison education professor Sadhana Puntambekar helps teachers improve students’ conceptual learning by integrating informational text with experimental and hands-on activities. Her research project, CoMPASS: Integrating Digital Text in Design-Based Science Classes, aims to help teachers better understand students' changing representations of science concepts as they use multiple texts in their science explorations.
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February 2008 |
This is the second of a four-part series covering highlights from CPRE research. This article covers reallocating dollars at the school level and by educational strategy; documenting best practices in school finance adequacy; and using resources to double student performance.
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January 2008 |
About 95% of public school districts use a uniform salary schedule. But merit pay and performance-based pay programs are attracting the attention of policymakers and educators across the nation.
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