Nearly 200 high school students and their chaperones/advisors from across the country were in Madison for the 24th annual MSAN Student Conference, marking the first in-person meeting for the leadership conference since 2019.
The WIDA Annual Conference is always a special time because it’s a conference by teachers, for teachers, but this year, it was extra special. It was the 10th WIDA Annual Conference and WIDA’s 20th birthday. More than 1,300 people joined us in Milwaukee to celebrate.
Education researchers Katie Eklund, Stephen Kilgus, and Andy Garbacz wrote the proposal for a new center to help strengthen the pipeline and training of mental health professionals and increase access to mental health services in high-need schools.
Shalom Curriculum Project, led by WEC's Shahanna McKinney-Baldon and Michal Avera Samuel, is working to ensure that Jewish children of color in pre-school can see themselves in the educational play materials they use to help them learn. To do that, the project will prototype and test a doll, books, and a musical component in participating Jewish homes and schools.
Field Day’s new VR game Waddle introduces players to polar research by letting them embody an adelie penguin, with a focus on engaging rural Latinx youth reached through state libraries.
WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panel discussions and other events throughout the academic year.
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WCER Communications, Dec 5
WCER Communications, Nov 8
WIDA Communications, Oct 27
WCER Communications, Oct 12
WCER Communications, Sep 29
School of Education Communications, Sep 28
Educating for Peace through Countering Violence Strategies in Curriculum and Instruction, Chapter 11: "Decolonizing an English as an Additional Language Curriculum: Addressing Cultural Violence in a Colombian School," Esther Bettney Heidt and C. Castano Rodriguez, Taylor & Francis, November 2023
Wisconsin in the World: Internationalization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chapter 33: "WIDA in the World: Leveraging a Global Network to Serve Multilingual Learners in K-12 Schools," Jon Nordmeyer & Esther Bettney Heidt, Information Age Publishing, August 2023
"From Testing to Teaching: Equity for Multilingual Learners in International Schools," Jon Nordmeyer, Teachers College Record, August 2023
"A Critical Examination of Language Ideologies and Policies in an International School in Colombia," Esther Bettney Heidt, Teachers College Record, August 2023
Bradley Carl and Jenny Seelig, August 2023
Mariana Castro has received a grant of $350,000 from the National Science Foundation for “Preparing Science Teachers to Engage Multilingual Learners in Scientific Argumentation Through Mixed-Reality Simulations” through Dec. 31, 2026. (112423)
James Pustejovsky has been awarded $59,448 from the Institute of Education Sciences, in a subcontract from American Institutes for Research, for “Consequences of Selective Reporting Bias in Education Research (Year 2)” through Aug. 31, 2024. (112123)
Timothy Tansey has received a grant of $150,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services, in a subcontract from Virginia Commonwealth University, for “RRTC - Employment of Persons with ID-DD (Year 5)” through September 29, 2024. (111723)
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