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Mentors sought for science-minded middle schoolers
UW-Madison’s Adult Role Models in Science (ARMS) is seeking campus volunteers to help Madison area middle school students learn about careers in science, how science works and why it is important in their daily lives.
Study to probe how concussion affects young athletes’ academic performance
Researchers from the School of Nursing and School of Medicine and Public Health are launching a pilot study aimed at teasing out the academic effects of concussions on younger athletes. “There is a substantial gap in our knowledge about what is going on with concussion at the high school level and younger,” explains researcher Traci Snedden.
Familiar faces of teaching and learning create cross-campus collaborative
Familiar faces from across campus are coming together to provide new opportunities to support teaching and learning under an administrative structure that will deepen partnerships and collaboration between established programs.
UW-Madison’s PEOPLE program attracts record number of diverse students to campus
The 92 students, along with 170 high school scholars completing the pre-college preparation program, will be honored for their accomplishments at a banquet at noon on Friday, July 29, at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton.
Read On Wisconsin sponsors school visits by author Jacqueline Briggs Martin
The statewide, online literacy program is aimed at pre-K through high school students, promoting high-quality books throughout the year.
Crystal growing contest gives middle, high school students a peek inside UW–Madison chemistry department
Hundreds of middle and high school students from across Wisconsin enjoyed some hands-on chemistry experience this spring through a crystal-growing contest organized by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Chemistry Department.
Wisconsin Energy Institute adds spark to Crawford County classroom
Lisa Andresen is teaching science for the first time this year with the help of two WEI educator institutes she attended.
Experience is the best teacher in creating a better STEM faculty
The Delta Program has helped to prepare hundreds of UW–Madison graduate students for faculty positions in STEM fields.
Hess, McAvoy to receive Outstanding Book Award
The American Educational Research Association is recognizing the School of Education's Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy for “The Political Classroom: Evidence and Ethics in Democratic Education.”
UW–Madison program brings Great World Texts into Wisconsin high schools
The Great World Texts program, sponsored by the Center for the Humanities, had more than 50 Wisconsin high school teachers participate last year.
UW-Madison awarded $360,501 Career Ready Internship Grant from Great Lakes
The grant is anticipated to support 205 new paid internships during the 2015-2018 academic years.
Experienced evaluators to help educational organizations in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Center for Education Research, part of UW–Madison’s School of Education, has created the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative.
Re-‘making’ the world of education: A learning revolution
Bringing the maker movement into the education conversation has the potential to transform how we understand ‘what counts’ as learning, says Erica Halverson.
Connecting with Milwaukee students, educators
Chancellor Rebecca Blank and School of Education Dean Diana Hess visited with youngsters at a Boys and Girls Club in Milwaukee and discussed new opportunities for partnerships with area education leaders including the Milwaukee school superintendent.
$2.1 million grant will help gifted, low-income middle school students
The funding will make it possible to improve curriculum and educational programs for approximately 800 academically advanced 6th- and 7th-grade students in Wisconsin.
New website helps educators teach about American Indian nations
Twelve American Indian nations call Wisconsin home. Each has its own customs, its own identity, its own story.
Boundless Together, Part 2
A new commercial for UW–Madison will premiere this weekend during the Badger football game. Learn more about the people and projects highlighted in the spot.
REACH program to make large lecture courses more interactive
Large introductory lecture-based courses are a staple at most universities. But many of those classes at UW–Madison will be transformed into much more student-centered experiences over the next few years, thanks to a new project called REACH.