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Archive: School of Education In the News
Past media coverage of the School of Education, faculty, staff and students:
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2009
Rob Meyer, who directs the Value-Added Research Center based at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, and professors Sara Goldrick-Rab and Douglas Harris of Educational Policy Studies are cited in an article about UW-Madison's Washington ties in The Capital Times, December 27, 2009.
Peter van Kan, professor in the Department of Kinesiology, responds to the question "Why don’t we forget how to ride a bike?" for the "Curiosities" column in the Wisconsin State Journal. December 20, 2009
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_a3be0452-3446-5f16-a81f-b1ad8509b0a2.html
Julie Underwood, dean of the UW-Madison School of Education, discusses Race to the Top and the need for education reform in Wisconsin in a guest column in the Wisconsin State Journal, December 18, 2009
Gloria Ladson-Billings, the Kellner Family Professor in Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, talks about "cultural relevance" in an article about a pilot program at Madison's Falk Elementary School. Wisconsin State Journal, December 15, 2009
Chris Thorn, associate director of the Value-Added Research Center, housed in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, discusses Pittsburgh Public Schools' merit pay plan. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 13, 2009.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09347/1020602-298.stm
Allan R. Odden, professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and co-director of the Strategic Management of Human Capital project, says that we know how to turn around failing schools but have not followed through in a commentary published in Education Week, December 9, 2009.
Bruce Wampold, professor of Counseling Psychology, was interviewed on NPR's Science Friday program about whether or not psychologist ignore scientific evidence and, as a consequence, a new accreditation system for “scientific clinical psychology” programs is needed. National Public Radio, December 4, 2009. Link to program podcast:
http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/121109847/npr_121109847.mp3?_kip_ipx=1321359777-1260203745
The second Wisconsin Idea Forum, hosted November 17, 2009 by the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE), focused on "Innovative Ideas for Need-based Aid in Wisconsin." WisconsinEye recorded the program, which it first aired on December 3, and has archived the program on its website in three parts.
http://www.wiseye.org/wisEye_programming/ARCHIVES-forums.html#2881
Adam Gamoran, director of the Wisconsin Education Research Center and the School's associate dean for research, and former Madison School Superintendent Art Rainwater, now of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, talk about the achievement gap in Wisconsin schools.
The Capital Times, December 2, 2009
Sara Goldrick-Rab, assistant professor of Educational Policy Studies, commments on the impact of tuition increases. Wisconsin State Journal, November 22, 2009
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/article_889082f6-d71f-11de-bc79-001cc4c03286.html
Allan Odden, professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, discusses the move toward using students' test scores to evaluate teachers. Janesville Gazette, November 15, 2009
http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/nov/15/fairness-speed-education-reform-measures-questione/
Julie Underwood, dean of the UW-Madison School of Education, comments on the fiscal dilemma facing K-12 schools. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 15, 2009.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/70120162.html
Rob Meyer, director of the Value-Added Research Center at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, talks about "value-added" models of evaluation being designed to measure the contributions that teachers and schools make to student academic growth. The Capital Times, November 10, 2009.
Allan Odden, professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and co-director of Strategic Management of Capital iniative, comments on the teacher evaluation plan proposed for Washington, D.C., schools. Washington Post, November 1, 2009.
Amy Bellmore, assistant professor of Educational Psychology, talked about cyber bullying to the Wisconsin Radio Network. October 21, 2009.
http://www.wrn.com/2009/10/bullying-isnt-always-face-to-face/
Works by Michael Velliquette, instructor in the Art Department, included mentioned in a review of the show “Slash: Paper Under the Knife” at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. New York Times, October 19, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/arts/design/20slash.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=museum
Kate Corby and Chris Walker of the UW-Madison Dance Program are featured in an article.
The Capital Times, October 2, 2009
Adam Gamoran, director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, comments on how an increase in low-income students places an added burden on schools. Wisconsin Watch, posted September 20, 2009.
http://wisconsinwatch.org/?p=1679
Article mentions that the New York City Department of Education has contracted with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research to help produce reports on how well teachers perform. New York Times, September 8, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/nyregion/09teachers.html?_r=1
Beth Graue, professor of Curriculum and Instruction, talks about children's readiness to enter kindergarten. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 31, 2009.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_640789.html
Dean Julie Underwood of UW-Madison School of Education, tells new college students that it is alright to ask for assistance. The Capital Times, posted August 31, 2009.
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/463856
Mitchell Nathan, professor of Educational Psychology, discusses whether speed-reading is helpful in the academic worlds. Wisconsin State Journal, August 30, 2009.
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/wonder/curiosities/463887
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski was interviewed on In Business with Jody and Joan on WTDY (Madison 1670, am), about the evolving role of colleges and universities. Aired August 21, 2009. Podcast available at:
http://ibmadison.com/podcast?podcast_id=366
The latest exhibit at the Dane County Regional Airport curated by Tandem Press, the fine-arts print-making studio affiliated with the UW-Madison Art Department, was featured nationally on the PBS Online News Hour, posted August 19, 2009.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/entertainment/art/tinyart/index.html?type=flash
New York City's school system has contracted with UW-Madison's Wisconsin Center for Education Researchto help the district produce individual teacher reports based on how their students performed on state reading and math tests. New York Politics (www.nypolitics.com), July 27, 2009
http://www.nypolitics.com/2009/07/27/city-moves-to-evaluate-teachers-based-on-students-performance/
Sara Goldrick-Rab and Douglas Harris, professors of Educational Policy Studies, argue that community colleges need significant government investment if the United States is to help more people get a formal education and better jobs. The Capital Times, July 20, 2009
http://www.madison.com/tct/mad/topstories/458949
An op-ed by L. Allen Phelps, professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and director of the Center on Education and Work, on research on engineering instruction and math and science outcomes in Wisconsin and Milwaukee high schools, was published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 12, 2009.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/50497657.html
Kinesiology clinical professor Andrew Winterstein talks about teaching conservation through fly-fishing class. Wisconsin State Journal, July 7, 2009
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/sports/outdoors/457413
Noel Radomski, managing director of WISCAPE, spoke to Wisconsin Public Television about the impact of rising tuition, July 3, 2009.
http://wpt2.org/npa/han801_tuition.cfm
An interview with Kathleen T. Horning, director of UW-Madison's Cooperative Children’s Book Center, is the cover feature in the July 2009 issue of School Library Journal.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6666672.html
Kathleen Horning, director of UW-Madison's Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) discusses statistics on children's books by and about African Americans in Catalyst Chicago, June, 2009.
http://catalyst-chicago.org/news/index.php?item=2604&cat=23
WISCAPE Scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab is a guest blogger for The Chronicle of Higher Education.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 2 & June 4, 2009
http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/article/?id=1408&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/article/?id=1411&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
WISCAPEDirector Noel Radomski discusses Madison's efforts to generate job growth. The Capital Times, May 19, 2009
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/451443
UW-Madison Professors Eric Knuth and Peter Hewson discuss proposed alternative certification for teachers of math and science.Wisconsin State Journal, May 14, 2009
http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/opinion/451220
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski comments on programs created to help foster young entrepreneurs. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 14, 2009
http://www.jsonline.com/business/45058237.html
WISCAPE Senior Staff Affiliate Kathleen Sell comments on financial problems of public colleges. CNNMoney, May 11, 2009
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2009/06/01/105810615/index.htm
Sara Goldrick-Rab (WCER) is lead author of a Brookings Insitution report urging the importance of community colleges.Inside Higher Ed, May 8, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/05/08/brookings
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski's efforts to stop Chancellor Biddy Martin's push for higher tuition.
The Capital Times, May 8, 2009
http://www.madison.com/tct/blogs/campus/450396
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 7, 2009
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/44532177.html
The Capital Times, May 4, 2009
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/449734
Beth Graue (WCER) is among those discussing parents' reasons for delaying their children's kindergarten entry. Times Online, May 5, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6220717.ece
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski discusses the Racine Promise, a proposal to pay the college tuition of all Racine high school graduates. Racine Post, April 29, 2009
http://news.racinepost.com/2009/04/racine-promise-how-three-cities-pulled.html
Interim Dean Adam Gamoran (WCER) discusses Ohio's achievement test. Cincinnati.com, April 18, 2009
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090418/NEWS0102/904190337
WISCAPE Scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab's research is cited in a discussion about "reverse transfer." Inside Higher Ed, April 17, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/layout/set/print/news/2009/04/17/transfer
WISCAPE director Noel Radomski comments on MATC's impact on helping the unemployed in the community. The Capital Times, April 1, 2009
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/445147
WISCAPE Faculty Affiliate F. King Alexander discusses institutional aid. Inside Higher Ed, March 30, 2009
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/03/30/reed
WISCAPE director Noel Radomski comments on Chancellor Biddy Martin's plan to raise tuition. The Capital Times, March 26, 2009
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/444564
In a study of Milwaukee, VARC researcher Bradley Carl (WCER) found that year-round students who did not change schools between the fall of 2005 and the fall of 2007 made significantly more progress in reading and math than students in traditional-calendar schools who did not change schools. Journal Sentinel Online, March 22, 2009
http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/41662592.html
WCER reseacher Tony Milanowski comments on Florida's new blueprint for improving academic performance amidst a budget crisis. Palm Beach Post, March 18, 2009
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2009/03/18/0318blueprint.html
Much of Ohio's two-year education plan is derived from a model put together by Allan Odden, professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and Lawrence Picus. Columbus Dispatch, March 12, 2009
http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/03/12/Gov_ed_plan.html?sid=101
This article, published by UW-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty, includes summaries of talks given by WISCAPE Scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab and WISCAPE Faculty Affiliate Andrew Reschovsky.
Fast Focus, March 11, 2009
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/fastfocus/pdfs/FF2-2009.pdf
Douglas Harris (Educational Policy Studies and WCER) comments on a study of educator loss in STEM fields.
Education Week, March 11, 2009
A WIDA study finds that students' scores in reading and writing on an English language proficiency test were stronger predictors of how they did on regular academic tests than their scores in the speaking and listening portions of the test. Education Week, March 11, 2009
WISCAPE scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab (Educational Policy Studies) discusses the stimulus' effect on poverty.
The Badger Herald, March 6, 2009
http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/03/06/panel_studies_stimul.php
Rob Meyer, director of the Value-Added Research Center at WCER, discusses value-added measures.
Chicago Public Radio, March 2, 2009
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=32517
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski discusses the importance of the Wisconsin Covenant. Wisconsin State Journal, February 28, 2009
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/440816
Green Bay Press-Gazette, March 4, 2009
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090304/GPG0602/903040680/1269/GPG06
A study of 5th and 8th graders taking an English proficiency test developed by the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium (WCER) finds that students' scores in reading and writing were stronger predictors of success on regular academic tests than were their scores in speaking and listening. Education Week, February 27, 2009
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2009/02/whats_an_englishproficiency_sc.html
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle says his proposals on best practices for schools will draw on the work of CPRE co-director Allan Odden (WCER). Wisconsin State Journal, February 20, 2009
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/439591
WISCAPE Faculty Affiliate Howard Schweber comments on flagship schools. Chronicle of Higher Education, February 13, 2009
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i23/23a04301.htm
An article about community colleges, cowritten by Sara Goldrick-Rab (WCER), is called "required reading for federal policy makers." Chronicle of Higher Education, February 10, 2009
http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/carey/save-community-colleges
WCER Acting Director Beth Graue discusses the importance of class size in relation to quality of instruction.
Appleton Post Crescent, February 8, 2009
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20090208/APC0101/902080584/1003/APC01
Gloria Ladson-Billings, the Kellner Family Urban Education Chair in Curriculum and Instruction, discusses the idea of the "Obama Era" as a post-racial society. Diverse, February 5, 2009
http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_12238.shtml
WISCAPE Scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab discusses stimulus plans for community colleges. Appleton Post-Crescent, February 3, 2009
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2009/0203_community_college_berube.aspx
Kathleen Horning, director of the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), was selected by the American Library Association to deliver the 2010 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, a prestigious honor. The Capital Times, February 3, 2009
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/top5/436145
Allan Odden (WCER) discusses Ohio's proposal to require students to take both end-of-course examinations and a college-entrance test to graduate from high school.
Columbus Dispatch, February 1, 2009
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/02/01/OTHER_STATES.ART_ART_02-01-09_A1_Q4CO2EJ.html?sid=101
A WISCAPE study suggesting that the Wisconsin Covenant program needs improvements, including more state aid, is cited.
The Chicago Tribune, January 21, 2009
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jan/21/science/chi-ap-wi-educationpromise
The Daily Cardinal, January 23, 2009
http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/21801
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 23, 2009
http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/38199064.html
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski comments in a Milwaukee Public Radio report by Erin Toner about the free college tuition program for Racine.
Milwaukee Public Radio, January 13, 2009
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=4093
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski discusses the "Racine Promise" of free college tuition. The Journal Times Online, January 9, 2009
http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2009/01/09/local_news/doc4967ee407ffef855999748.txt
Researcher Gary Cook of the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium (WCER) discusses the alignment of ELL standards and assessments. Education Week, Quality Counts, January 8, 2009
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski comments on proposed funding cuts to the University of Wisconsin. The Capital Times, January 7, 2009
http://www.madison.com/tct/top5/index.php?ntid=431276&source=rss
2008
WCER Director Adam Gamoran discusses the qualities of a good teacher. Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 27, 2008
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/12/good_teachers_make_a_differenc.html
Sara Goldrick-Rab (WCER, EPS) discusses changes in needs-based college admissions policies. Wisconsin State Journal, December 27, 2008
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/325713
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski comments on for-profit postsecondary schools in Madison. Wisconsin State Journal, December 26, 2008
http://www.madison.com/wsj/index.php
Allan Odden (WCER)
comments on the choice of Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan as U.S. Secretary of Education. The
New York Times, December 15, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/us/politics/16educ.html?_r=2&em
WISCAPE Scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab comments on the Wisconsin Scholars Longitudinal Study on a Wisconsin Public Radio report by Christina Clarkson.
Wisconsin Public Radio, December 20, 2008
http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/news/news
Sara Goldrick-Rab (WCER, EPS) and WISCAPE director Noel Radomski comment on the costs of higher education.
Wisconsin Public Radio, December 3, 2008
http://wpr.org/news/newsstories.cfm
The Strategic Management of Human Capital Project in the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (part of WCER) aims to help school districts link the components of their personnel systems to their goals for student achievement. Education Week, December 3, 2008
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/12/03/14human_ep.h28.html?tmp=465465390
WISCAPE director Noel Radomski discusses budget cuts to the UW System.
The Capital Times, November 19, 2008
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/314903
The World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium (WCER) launches a new project that develops alternative testing for English-language learners with significant disabilities is unique in the U.S. Education Daily, November 17, 2008
Rob Meyer (WCER) discusses Madison schools' performance in recent value-added evaluations.
Wisconsin State Journal, November 16, 2008
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/314655
Allan Odden (WCER) comments on budget cutbacks affecting New York schools.
Newsday, November 15, 2008
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liskul1612167587nov16,0,7834341.story
Allan Odden (WCER) comments on the proposal by Washington DC schools chief Michelle Rhee to shake up the teacher tenure system. The New York Times, November 12, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/education/13tenure.html?_r=1&tntemail1=y&emc=tnt&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
A Wisconsin Week article about two new distinguished ELPA faculty points out that WCER's Minority Student Achievement Network was co-founded by former Madison Schools Superintendent Art Rainwater.
Wisconsin Week, November 10, 2008
http://www.news.wisc.edu/15983
Emeritus WISCAPE Faculty Affiliate Jacob Stampen comments on the impact of decreased state funding for higher education. The Badger Herald, November 3, 2008
http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/11/03/states_decrease_fund.php
Noel Radomski (WISCAPE) discusses UW-Madison's historically low tuition philosophy. The Badger Herald, November 3, 2008
http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/11/03/uw_ranks_14th_for_af.php
Diana Hess (Curriculum and Instruction and WCER) says youth are increasingly interested in politics partly because political campaigns are reaching out to them online and making it easier for them to take part in the process. Wauconda Carrier, October 30, 2008
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/wauconda/lifestyles/currents/1249122,G5-studentvol-101608-s1.article
Beth Graue (Curriculum and Instruction and WCER) discusses outcomes from SAGE, the state's school class-size reduction program. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 29, 2008
http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/33486039.html
Douglas Harris (WCER, EPS) comments on political resistance to using student performance databases in value-added measurement efforts. Education Week, October 22, 2008
http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dsite%3Awww.edweek.org%2Bsawchuk%26sourceid%3Dnavclient-ff%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rlz%3D1B3GGGL_enUS177US232&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edweek.org%2Few%2Farticles%2F2008%2F10%2F22%2F09value_ep.h28.html&levelId=1000&baddebt=false
Tim Boals and Eric Osthoff of the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium (WCER) discuss results of changes in the Verona (Wis.) school district's ELL education policy.
Verona Press, October 21, 2008
http://www.veronapress.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=940
Minority Student Achievement Network Director Madeline Hafner (WCER) facilitated a discussion on creating bonds between students and teachers at Freeport Illinois' second annual equity summit. The Journal-Standard, October 18, 2008
http://www.journalstandard.com/homepage/x1157488136
WISCAPE Scholar Jennifer Delaney (ELPA) discusses how funding for the University will be impacted by the state budget deficit. Badger Herald, October 17, 2008
http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/10/17/deficit_will_likely_.php
Diana Hess (Curriculum and Instruction and WCER) discusses getting students interested in elections and teaching them how to discuss potentially controversial issues.Wisconsin State Journal, October 15, 2008
http://www.madison.com/wsj/whatcounts/toptoday/309695
Sara Goldrick-Rab and Allan Odden (WCER) discuss student tuition and financial aid in the context of the faltering economy. Daily Cardinal, October 13, 2008
http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/20829
Allan Odden (WCER) discusses traditional and reform salary schedules for teachers.Dispatch Politics, October 12, 2008
http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/10/12/copy/teacher_pay.ART_ART_10-12-08_A1_H0BIPF8.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
Sara Goldrick-Rab (WCER) discusses the economic downturn's effect on college affordability. Chronicle.com, October 10, 2008
http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i07/07a00102.htm
Diana Hess (Curriculum and Instruction and WCER) says young people are more likely to vote if they understand the issues. WKOW-TV27, October 9, 2008
http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9152460&nav=menu1362_2
Douglas Harris (EPS) and Thomas Toch (WCER) say the next U.S. President should work to make NCLB "a more legitimate report card of school performance, one that provides a fair and accurate gauge of educators’ contribution to their students’ achievement."
Education Week, September 29, 2008
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/10/01/06toch_ep.h28.html
Tim Boals of the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium (WCER) discusses WIDA's new assessment for English-language learners who have severe disabilities, and new funding from the U.S. Department of Education. Education Week, September 23, 2008
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/
WCER Director Adam Gamoran discusses reform efforts in algebra training. USA Today, September 22, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-09-21-algebra_N.htm
Allan Odden (WCER) discusses a new book detailing the Kennewick (Wash.) School District's success improving annual academic growth for K-12 students. CNNMoney.com, September 16, 2008
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/200809161359PR_NEWS_USPR_____NY33366.htm
Diana Hess (Curriculum and Instruction and WCER) discusses textbooks' treatment of the September 11 attacks. Parsippany, NJ, Daily Record, September 11, 2008
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080911/COMMUNITIES/809110364/1005
Professor Terry Millar, director of SCALE at WCER, comments on the importance of the new Large Hadron Collider, billed as the largest physics experiment in history. The Capital Times, September 10, 2008
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/304108
Sara Goldrick-Rab (EPS) discusses factors underlying students dropping out of college. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 6, 2008
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08250/909977-85.stm
Learning science professor Mitchell Nathan (Educational Psychology) discusses the pros and cons of IQ testing. Wisconsin State Journal, September 4, 2008
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/wonder/curiosities/303434
Mike Reneau, a UW alum who took Ron Carda's (Kinesiology) Marathon/Distance Training Course in the Physical Activity Program, is featured in an article highlighting university and college courses that prepare students for the challenge of the 26.2 mile event. Runner's World, October 2008
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-244-255-12837-0,00.html?cm_mmc=Mag_URL-_-2008_October-_-College_Credit-_-Marathoning_101
David Williamson Shaffer (WCER) believes that computers alter “the way people think in the digital age,” and he rates their advent with “the development of language itself."
The Chronicle Review, August 24, 2008
http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/index.php?id=744
Susan Millar (WCER) discusses the proposed National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 20, 2008
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/08/4291n.htm
Adam Gamoran (WCER) and Richard Halverson (WCER) discuss the process of assigning children to their new classrooms in the fall.
Wisconsin State Journal, August 14, 2008
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/300747
In a paper commissioned for the Center for American Progress, Sara Goldrick-Rab (EPS) and Josipa Roksa argue that federal higher education policy focuses too much on colleges and not enough on their students.
Chronicle of Higher Education Daily, August 13, 2008
http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/08/4223n.htm
Sara Goldrick-Rab's (EPS) study on federal higher education policy is referenced in an article discussing who should go to college.
The Quick and the Ed, August 13, 2008
http://www.quickanded.com/2008/08/college-for-all-some-how-many.html
Allan Odden (WCER) discusses new teacher incentive programs in a story about schools in Washington, DC and surrounding counties.
Washington Post, July 28, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/27/AR2008072701740.html
Sara Goldrick-Rab (EPS) is mentioned in an article discussing the effects of large grants, such as the Morgridge grants, on the recipients.
Wisconsin State Journal, July 28, 2008
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/298213
Sara Goldrick-Rab (EPS) discusses her studies on financial aid.
Wisconsin State Journal, July 26, 2008
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/index.php?ntid=298055
Diana Hess (WCER) evaluates civic engagement programs like iVote08 and finds that some do influence students to become more interested in public policy questions.
The Daily Northwestern, July 24, 2008
http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/07/24/Campus/Ivote08.Allows.Kids.To.Vote.This.Fall-3394023.shtml
The Dance Program's Dance Millenium summer program is featured in the weekly installment "Spotlight on Schools."
Wisconsin State Journal, July 7, 2008
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2008/07/07/0807070034.php
Educational Policy Studies professors Sara Goldrick-Rab and Michael Olneck are mentioned in an article about a generational change in higher ed faculty.
New York Times, July 3, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/arts/03camp.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
WISCAPE scholar Sara Goldrick-Rab's research is referenced in an article discussing transfers between educational institutions.
Inside Higher Ed, June 23, 2008
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/06/23/carey
An excerpt of Harry Peterson's WISCAPE-supported book Leading a Small College or University: A Conversation That Never Ends in The Chronicle of Higher Education is featured.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 13, 2008
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i40/40a04001.htm
North Carolina becomes the 18th state to join the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs network .
Education Week, June 13, 2008
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2008/06/wida_tally_north_carolina_is_1.html
At an Urban Institute Conference Adam Gamoran discusses using value-added models to measure school effectiveness.
Education Daily, June 6, 2008
http://www.educationdaily.com
An astronomer and former student praises his mentor Bob Mathieu (WCER).
The Daily Cardinal, June 5, 2008
http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/3119
WCER Director Adam Gamoran discusses the uses of value-added designs in identifying effective teaching and measuring the impact of certain programs and practices.
Education Week, May 28, 2008
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/06/04/39value.h27.html?print=1
WCER's Value Added Research Center is helping the Madison Metropolitan School District "Dig into the data and draw the inferences that can be supported by observed results."
The Isthmus, May 22, 2008
http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22717
Consortium for Policy Research in Education research on teacher pay-for-performance programs is cited in Education Week.
Education Week, May 14, 2008
http://edweek.org
Ruth Lopez Turley, a co-PI on a WCER grant to study social capital in the FAST program, has her new study on college-going rates reviewed in The Chronicle.
The Chronicle, May 8, 2008
http://chronicle.com/news/article/4455/new-study-on-college-going-rates-gives-mom-something-else-to-worry-about
Douglas N. Harris (WCER) discusses value-added research design and its best use in education within the article "Scrutiny Heightens for 'Value Added' Research Methods".
Education Week, May 8, 2008
http://www.edweek.org/
Douglas Harris (EPS), Rob Meyer (WCER), and Adam Gamoran (WCER) discuss trends in value-added assessment practice.
Education Week, May 7, 2008
http://www.edweek.org
Sara Goldrick-Rab (EPS) discusses unit-record-tracking.
Chronicle of Higher Ed, May 5, 2008
http://chronicle.com/blogs/footnoted/2082/privacy-and-education-research-further-notes
Allan Odden's (WCER) school finance research is mentioned in an Op-Ed piece by Paul Hill and Marguerite Roza.
Education Week, April 30, 2008
http://www.edweek.org/
Dance program lecturer Maureen Jansen’s choreography is featured in The Isthmus.
The Isthmus, April 28, 2008
http://isthmus.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22426
Norman Webb's (WCER) Depth of Knowledge metric is discussed in the context of Mississippi's curriculum and assessment programs.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, April 28, 2008
http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=272284&pub=1&div=Opinion
Allan Odden (WCER) discusses teacher pay, benefits, and incentives at a Hechinger Institute conference.
Grand Rapids Press, April 24, 2008
http://blog.mlive.com/headoftheclass/2008/04/im_still_in_chicago_learning.html
WISCAPE’s collaboration in The Global Public University is discussed in GlobalHigherEd.
GlobalHigherEd, March 31, 2008
http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/the-global-public-university-global-reach-local-impact/
Patricia Burch (EPS) discusses variations in the quality of federally mandated public after-school tutoring.
USA Today, March 26, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-03-25-tutoring_N.htm
Shreveport Times, March 27, 2008
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080327/NEWS04/803270314/1002/NEWS
Terry Millar (WCER) is profiled in the University's Wisconsin Idea series in part because of his work with the Madison school district.
Wisconsin Idea, March 26, 2008
http://wisconsinidea.wisc.edu/profiles/Millar/
Timothy Boals (WCER) discusses WIDA's ACCESS for ELLs English-language proficiency test.
Education Week, March 26, 2008
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/03/26/29ell.h27.html
WCER Director Adam Gamoran discusses the relationship of small class sizes to student achievement and teachers' practice.
USA Today, March 24, 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-03-24-small-classes_N.htm
Mitchell Nathan (Educational Psychology) discusses teaching and learning algebra in a story about the National Mathematics Advisory Panel's new report.
Christian Science Monitor, March 13, 2008
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0314/p02s01-legn.html?page=1
Sara Goldrick-Rab (EPS) discusses the pros and cons of the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program.
Capital Times, March 11, 2008
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/276550
Allan Odden (WCER) discusses how North Dakota's Commission on Education could shift resources to concentrate on core academic courses.
The Forum, March 10, 2008
http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=194012§ion=News&freebie_check&CFID=13382648&CFTOKEN=74501236&jsessionid=88303089e00449452373
Beth Graue (WCER) discusses "academic redshirting," or holding children back an extra year from kindergarten.
St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 10, 2008
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stcharles/story/FF8007A24902E9CB86257406002056F6?OpenDocument
Allan Odden (WCER) discusses class size and teacher professional development at the Governor's Commission on Education Improvement in North Dakota.
Bismarck Tribune, March 7, 2008
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/03/07/news/local/150500.txt
David Williamson Shaffer (WCER) discusses his book, How Computer Games Help Children Learn.
Orange County Register, February 27, 2008
http://www.ocregister.com/life/parents-book-help-1989335-computer-games
The Spring Student Concert of the Dance Program’s messages are featured in The Wisconsin State Journal.
The Wisconsin State Journal, February 22, 2008
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2008/02/22/0802220150.php
WCER's Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN) is the subject of a feature in the Madison Capital Times.
Madison Capital Times, February 20, 2008
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/273403
WCER's Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN) conducted a Youth Summit in Amherst, Mass., where students of color from several districts gathered to discuss ways to remedy achievement gap.
Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 12, 2008
http://www.dailyhampshiregazette.com/indexpast.cfm?previousDay=02/12/08
David Williamson Shaffer (WCER) discusses how epistemic games place children in the role of a professional and encourage them to think in an innovative way.
Elburn Herald, January 11, 2008
http://www.elburnherald.com/features2008/gametime1001.asp
Professor Allan Odden (WCER) discusses challenges of creating performance assessment systems in the article "Advancing Pay for Performance."
Education Week, January 10, 2008
http://www.edweek.org/search.html?qs=allan+odden
Madison was the only Wisconsin school district to win a grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History program, which aims to improve the training of teachers. WCER’s Shihmei Barger is evaluation researcher for this 3-year project.
Wisconsin State Journal, January 4, 2008
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=265460
2007
The Minority Student Achievement Network, which makes its home at WCER, is mentioned among Strategic Education Research Partnerships that work to build "coherent, use-inspired programs of research."
Education Week, December 12, 2007, p. 19
Robert Enright, educational psychology professor, discusses the psychology of forgiveness and is called "the father of forgiveness research."
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 8, 2007
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=694625
William Morgan, emeritus professor of kinesiology, discusses the use of dissociation in order to maximize athletic performance.
The New York Times, December 6, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/health/nutrition/06Best.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=50e0ada6c54a0f4a&ex=1197608400&emc=eta1
Douglas Harris, WCER staff member, and colleague Tim R. Sass's recent study of Board Certified Teachers is cited.
St. Petersburg Times, December 5, 2007
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/12/05/State/Florida_teachers_earn.shtml
Terry Millar, WCER Professor and Project Director and PI of the SCALE (System-Wide Change for All Learners and Educators) program, discusses the project's work nationwide in preparing future teachers and providing professional development opportunities for teachers in mathematics and science.
Wisconsin State Journal, December 4, 2007
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/column/other/index.php?ntid=260273&ntpid=2
Patricia Burch (EPS & WCER) discusses the lack of scrutiny in holding private firms accountable for achievement improvements under NCLB.
Education Week, November 28, 2007
http://www.edweek.org/search.html?qs=patricia+burch
Mary Ann Zehr describes the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment Consortium (housed in WCER) work in her Learning the Language blog.
Education Week, November 20, 2007
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2007/11/who_is_first_in_creating_presc.html
Professor Allan Odden (WCER) discusses school-wide team-building efforts that reward teachers and school staffs for student gains through a combination of adequate base pay, rewards for professional improvement and bonuses for student achievement gains
Delaware Online, November 11, 2007
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071111/NEWS/711110338/1008/NEWS03&theme=LEGHALL
Data from the recent CEW report on the status of pre-engineering education in Wisconsin is cited in an editorial on the statewide need for engineering innovation.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 10, 2007
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=684492
WCER Director Adam Gamoran's new book, Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap, is reviewed.
Education Week, November 8, 2007
http://www.edweek.org
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski discusses the Wisconsin Covenant program.
WKOW, November 5, 2007
http://wkow.madison.com/News/index.php?ID=16180
WISCAPE Director Noel Radomski discusses the Wisconsin Covenant program and the recent $40 million pledge by the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 1, 2007
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=681637
WCER's World Class Instructional Design and Assessment consortium (WIDA) and its Access for ELLs assessment are mentioned in the special report "ELL Testing: A state of flux" .
District Administration, October 2007
http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1293
Director Adam Gamoran (WCER) comments on a pair of studies measuring the degree to which NCLB pressures educators to focus on students who fall just below the passing threshold on state tests—at the expense of students at the high and low ends of the achievement spectrum.
Education Week, October 31, 2007
http://www.edweek.org
Professor Allan Odden (WCER) calls "significant" New York City's plan to give cash bonuses to teachers at some of the city's high-need schools that raise student test scores.
Education Week, October 24, 2007
http://www.edweek.org
Assistant Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab (Department of Educational Policy Studies) discusses the difficulties students face when trying to pay their own way through college.
Daily Cardinal, October 22, 2007
http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/777
Assistant Professor Eric Camburn (Educational Leadership & Policy Studies) and Professor Alan Odden (WCER and Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis) discuss neighborhood schools, social capital, and the politics of closing schools.
Wisconsin State Journal, October 21, 2007
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=252354&ntpid=2
WISCAPE Faculty Affiliate David Weerts is interviewed on College Connections about funding trends.
College Connections, October 20, 2007
http://www.okhighered.org/college-connection/archives/CC-10-20-07.wma
Noel Radomski, WISCAPE managing director, is quoted in a story about universities and minority enrollment.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 16, 2007
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=675649
Noel Radomski, WISCAPE managing director, is quoted in a story about state funding for colleges and universities.
The Badger Herald, October 12, 2007
http://badgerherald.com/news/2007/10/12/expert_educators_deb.php
WISCAPE researcher Justin M. Ronca discusses state spending on higher education.
Inside Higher Ed, October 11, 2007
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/10/11/spending
Professor Allan Odden (WCER and Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis) is quoted in a story about growing momentum for alternate teacher pay systems.
Education Week, September 27, 2007
http://www.edweek.org/search.html?qs=allan+odden
Diana Hess discusses how teaching controversial issues like 9/11 can put pressure on teachers to give different emphases to issues like civil liberties vs. patriotism.
Denver Post, September 11, 2007
http://test.denverpost.com/ci_6856814
Professor Allan Odden (WCER and Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis) comments on Chicago becoming the nation's largest school district to offer teachers performance-based pay.
Chicago Sun Times, September 4, 2007
http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/540795,CST-NWS-backtoskul04.article
Professor Allan Odden (WCER and Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis) and Lawrence Picus (University of Southern California in Los Angeles) write in Education Week that "Simply finding enough money to adequately fund a state’s schools does not solve the school finance problem. An equally difficult challenge is structuring a school finance system to support these evidence-based resource allocation strategies."
Education Week, August 15, 2007
http://www.edweek.org/search.html?qs=allan+odden
Geoffrey Borman's (WCERand Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis) study of summer learning loss is cited in the context of the growing popularity of summer programs in public schools.
Lower Hudson Online, August 10, 2007
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/NEWS08/708100313/1024/NEWS08
WISCAPE emeritus affiliate Jacob Stampen discusses the rise of block voting in the Wisconsin State Legislature as one reason for public policy lull.
WisOpinion.com, August 7, 2007
http://wisopinion.com/index.iml?mdl=article.mdl&article=9333
Assistant Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab (Department of Educational Policy Studies) discusses the cost of college tuition and how first-generation college students cope.
Wisconsin State Journal, August 5, 2007
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/index.php?ntid=204284&ntpid=1
WCER researcher Susan Millar discusses science and engineering education and the challenges of scaling up reform programs.
Chronicle of Higher Education, August 3, 2007
http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i48/48a01601.htm
WCER's Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) is called the "principal effort" in the nationwide attempt to train the next generation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics faculty members to use new teaching methods including student-centered teaching.
Chronicle of Higher Education, August 3, 2007
http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i48/48a01601.htm
WISC-TV editorial director Neil Heinen applauds graduates of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute, and recognizes the efforts of community leaders, such as Professor Gloria Ladson-Billings (Department of Curriculum and Instruction), for the institute’s success.
WISC-TV, Madison, August 2, 2007 (Scroll down to the August 2 entry)
http://www.c3ktogo.com/news-video/?section=4
Kathleen Horning, director of the Children’s Cooperative Book Center (CCBC), comments on children’s books with a political slant on a recent CNN segment, “Political Bedtime Stories.”
The Paula Zahn Show, July 31, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2007/07/31/rowlands.bedtime.story.cnn
Jocelyn Milner and Clare Huhn's WISCAPE Policy Brief The Impact of Cost-Containment Proposals Associated with the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act attracted national attention in Inside Higher Ed.
Inside Higher Ed, July 19, 2007
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/07/19/costs
David Woods's Transana project is reviewed by Jill-Hurst Wall of Syracuse University and Hurst Associates, Ltd. Woods is an associate researcher at WCER.
Digitization 101, July 19 2007
http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2007/07/transana-for-analyzing-digital-video-or.html
Norman Webb's 'depth of knowledge' framework is discussed in the context of the Mississippi Department of Education. Webb is a senior research scientist at WCER.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, July 19, 2007
http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=247050&pub=1&div=News
Timothy Boals, WCER associate scientist, says English Language Learners need a curriculum that goes far beyond teaching pronunciation and grammar to make their content classes more comprehensible.
Education Week, July 18, 2007
http://www.edweek.org/search.html?qs=boals
Geoffrey Borman (professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis) discusses the value of keeping students' minds engaged through the summer and recommends giving students activities to reinforce the lessons they learned during the regular school year.
Wisconsin State Journal, July 14, 2007
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/index.php?ntid=201375
UW-Madison's PEOPLE program, housed in the School of Education, is praised in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial emphasizing the benefits of a relationship forged between public education and the private sector.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 3, 2007
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=627526
School of Education Dean Julie Underwood and Gloria Ladson-Billings, the Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, discuss the challenges of returning in-demand professors and researchers.
Wisconsin State Journal, July 1, 2007
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2007/07/01/0707010225.php
School of Education Dean Julie Underwood says that the No Child Left Behind Act is failing when it comes to providing the constructive feedback necessary to help schools improve.
Wisconsin State Journal, June 29
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/column/other/index.php?ntid=199403&ntpid=1
Associate Professor David Williamson Shaffer (Department of Educational Psychology) and colleagues in the learning sciences area provide a summer experience for middle school students that mixes virtual and real worlds of urban planning.
Capital Times (Madison), June 26
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2007/06/26/0706260193.php
Radio program host Joy Cardin and Professor Allan Odden (Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis) discuss how states are experimenting with merit pay for teachers and giving bonuses for raising student achievement and for reaching other goals.
Wisconsin Public Radio, June 20
http://wpr.org/webcasting/audioarchives_display.cfm?Code=jca
The Families and Schools Together (FAST) program, developed by Dr. Lynn McDonald (Wisconsin Center for Education Research) is the cover story for the current issue of the American School Board Journal, June 2007.
http://www.asbj.com/current/coverstory.html
A study by Professor Allan Odden (Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis) and colleague Lawrence Picus finds that Wyoming schools devote a significant portion of their money to raising teacher salaries rather than hiring more educators.
Education Week, June 20
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/06/20/43wyoming_web.h26.html
Willie Ney, director of the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, discusses a workshop for teachers and community leaders on using hip-hop in the classroom.
Capital Times, June 16
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2007/06/16/0706160323.php
Professor Beth Graue (Department of Curriculum and Insturction) is among early childhood experts on school readiness interviewed on the radio program, The State of Things.
WUNC radio, Chapel Hill, NC, June 13
http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot0613a.mp3/view
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