WCER
  • Directory
  • MyWCER
WCER
WCER
  • ABOUT US
    • Overview
    • History
    • Directory
    • Funders
    • Contact Us
    • Service Units
  • RESEARCH
    • Overview
    • New Grants
    • Projects
    • Project Leaders
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Overview
    • Books and Chapters
    • Journal Articles
    • Working Papers
    • Other Publications
  • GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
  • RESOURCES
    • Overview
    • For Researchers
    • For Campus
    • For Educators
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Funders
    • For Community
    • For Media
    • For Employees
  • EVENTS
    • Overview
    • Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series
    • Carl A. Grant
    • Other Series
    • Poster Fair
    • Special Events
  • NEWS
    • Newsroom
    • News from WCER
    • Media Mentions
    • Videos
    • Newsletter
  • WORK WITH US
    • Employment Opportunities
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
Multicultural Student Achievement Network 25th Annual Student Conference Addresses “Leaving Our Legacy”

Multicultural Student Achievement Network 25th Annual Student Conference Addresses “Leaving Our Legacy”


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.


Read More >

‘Black Males in Engineering’ project tackles shortage of Black men in STEM

‘Black Males in Engineering’ project tackles shortage of Black men in STEM


A new multimedia resource developed by WCER researcher Brian Burt aims to draw more Black men into the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields using research-backed methods to support Black boys and men in STEM from primary school through doctoral studies and in home settings.


READ MORE >

U.S. scholars learn “new ways of imagining” research data in summer institute on campus

U.S. scholars learn “new ways of imagining” research data in summer institute on campus


WCER's Epistemic Analytics lab shared tools and techniques with 29 attendees from across the country in an intensive, four-day program around quantitative ethnography, a methodology without peer in pulling human insights from big data.


READ MORE >

MLRC to host online, monthly Speakers Series featuring new research starting Aug. 1

MLRC to host online, monthly Speakers Series featuring new research starting Aug. 1


The Multilingual Learning Research Center's Speaker Series will highlight research about the teaching and learning of multilingual learners. The series starts with WestEd's Haiwen Chu on "Multilingual Learners Co-Constructing Proofs and Representations: Linking Language and Logic."


READ MORE >

WCER researchers work with top officials in Uruguay to improve that country’s innovative ed technology center

WCER researchers work with top officials in Uruguay to improve that country’s innovative ed technology center


Brendan Eagan and Andrew Ruis traveled to the South American nation to provide training on tools developed in the Epistemic Analytics lab of the Center for Research on Complex Thinking. The tools can pull rich new meaning about culture and human behavior from big data generated by pioneering programs like Uruguay's one-laptop-per-child program.



READ MORE >

  • SERVICES FOR:
    • Researchers
    • Campus
    • Educators
    • Grad Students
    • Funders
    • Community
    • Media
    • Employees

EVENTS
CALENDAR

Nov 22, noon-1:30 p.m. Central Time

ITP | Understanding the ‘Package Deal’: Disentangling Parents’ Intertwined Preferences for Schools and Neighborhoods
Elly Field, Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University

Dec 5, 1-2 p.m. CST

MLRC Speaker Series | Multilingualism For All? U.S. World Language Policies And Implications For Multilingual Learners
Megan Montee, Associate Research Professor, Georgetown University


WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panel discussions and other events throughout the academic year.

You can view video recordings of these lecture series on our website:

  • Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture Series
    This series enhances awareness of minority scholars and promotes their work in education research.

  • Wisconsin Ideas in Education Series
    This interdisciplinary speaker series features leading scholars from around the world who visit campus to share and discuss their work.

  • Other Lecture Videos

Or, you can browse all our videos here!

NEWS

Multicultural Student Achievement Network 25th Annual Student Conference Addresses “Leaving Our Legacy”

Nov 13

WIDA is partner in Accessible Pathways Project awarded $3.9 million to advance research on multilingual learners with disabilities

WIDA Communications, Sep 23

UW–Madison’s Burt launches Black Males in Engineering project aimed at combating shortage of Black men in STEM

School of Education Communications, Sep 19

Former DNR comms lead joins WCER as director of communications & marketing

WCER Communications, Aug 30

Welcome Back Session for WCER Project Manager Community of Practice

WCER Communications, Aug 22

U.S. scholars learn “new ways of imagining” research data in summer institute on campus

WCER Communications, Aug 14

PUBLICATIONS

WCER Working Paper: A Mixed Method Analysis of Student Service Member/Veteran Engagement With University Military-Focused Student Services

Ross J. Benbow and You-Geon Lee, September 2024

"The Reading Journey of Zion—A Case Study of Race in the Context of Special Education," Shawn Anthony Robinson, Kenneth J. Neat, Urban Education, October 2024

"Utilizing mentorship education to promote a culturally responsive research training environment in the biomedical sciences," Sarah Suiter, Angela Byars-Winston, Fatima Sancheznieto, Christine Pfund, Linda Sealy, PLoS ONE, August 2024

“Establishing Policy Is Just Step One of Twenty”: How Educational Policy Protections, District Practices, & Leadership Matter to Trans PK–12 School Workers," Mollie T. McQuillan, Lee Iskander, Mario I. S Suárez, Harper B. Keenan, Teachers College Record, August 2024

WCER Working Paper: STEM Pushout and Redirection of HMoob American College Students at a Predominantly White Institution

Bailey B. Smolarek, Matthew Wolfgram, Chundou Her, Lena Lee, Stacey J. Lee, Geboli Long, Payeng Moua, Kong Pheng Pha, Ariana Thao, Mai See Thao, Mai Neng Vang, Susan Vang, Chee Meng Xiong, Choua Xiong, Edward Xiong, Odyssey Xiong, Pa Kou Xiong, Ying Yang Youa Xiong, Kayeng Yang, Lisa Yang, Mai Chong Yang, Scy Yang, and Steven Yang, July 2024

NEW GRANTS

Malachy Bishop was awarded $1,299,999 from the US Department of Education for "The Career Horizons Project (CHP): A 21st Century Workforce Initiative for Mississippians with Disabilities Accompanied by or Resulting from Long-COVID Syndrome" through Sept. 30, 2029. (11072024)

Allison Lombardi was awarded $242,185 from the National Science Foundation for "DIS-MANTLE: Disability In STEM: Measuring Ableism Not in Teaching and Learning Environments" through July 31, 2027. (11052024)

Tim Tansey was awarded $9,999,998 from the U.S. Department of Education for "An integrated, technology-enhanced approach to building capacity for job retention among persons with disabilities in competitive integrated employment" through Sept. 30, 2029. (10222024)

FUNDERS
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
New York City Department of Education Spencer Foundation Westat National Science Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Madison Metropolitan School District Chicago Public Schools Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
Lumina Foundation for Education National Institutes of Health Milwaukee Public Schools
Hillsborough County Public Schools The Wallace Foundation William T. Grant Foundation
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County The Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation Tulsa Public Schools
PROJECTS
ALL PROJECT SITES
Contact Us

Wisconsin Center for Education Research
School of Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison
1025 West Johnson Street, Suite 785
Madison, Wisconsin 53706

  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
  • RESOURCES
  • WORK WITH US
  • GIVING
  • MyWCER

Feedback, questions or accessibility issues? Contact Us!

UW-Madison Logo

School of Education

Copyright ©2024 Board of Regents of the
University of Wisconsin System