Tag Education
Go Big Read selects ‘A Tale for the Time Being’ for its 5th year
May 1, 2013“A Tale for the Time Being,” a new novel from critically acclaimed and best-selling author Ruth Ozeki, is the selection for the fifth year of Go Big Read, UW–Madison’s common-reading program.
Ed Talks Wisconsin an effort to start constructive dialogue about public education
March 7, 2013Interested in public education and becoming more informed about the range of often contentious topics that are grabbing the headlines?
Classroom give-and-take launches into Twittersphere
March 5, 2013You can toss away that paper; Twitter just became your study guide.
UW-Madison to expand distance learning with Massive Open Online Courses
February 20, 2013The University of Wisconsin–Madison announced today that it will offer four pilot courses as part of a new delivery system in higher education known as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
Lead exposure lowers fourth graders’ test scores
January 8, 2013Lead exposure is related to lower test scores among Wisconsin fourth graders, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Five Questions with Kevin Niemi
October 4, 2012Inside UW recently asked Kevin Niemi about the current status of K-12 science education.
Talks address access, affordability in higher education
February 7, 2012In his Academy Evening talks titled "Keeping College Accessible: Charting a New Course for Higher Education," University of Arizona professor Gary Rhoades will provide a seasoned, national perspective on the key factors affecting college affordability, social stratification, and educational quality.
La Follette School to host conference on school accountability
July 25, 2011The La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will host a half-day conference to set the stage for Gov. Scott Walker's attempts to establish clear, plentiful and sophisticated information for judging the quality of almost every school in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services hires executive director
June 23, 2011The Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services (WCEPS) has tapped Matt Messinger as the organization's first executive director.
Under proposed budget, most school districts would get less state aid, have to reduce property taxes
May 23, 2011Despite a majority of Wisconsin school districts losing substantial amounts of state aid, most districts will be forced to reduce school property taxes under Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget, unless voters agree to raise revenue limits, a new University of Wisconsin–Madison study finds.
Milwaukee vouchers boost students’ chance of graduating, enrolling in college, researchers find
March 30, 2011Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Arkansas have found that a school voucher program in Milwaukee increases the likelihood of a student graduating from high school and enrolling in college.
Study results to show effect of school choice on graduation, college enrollment
March 29, 2011Reports on the fourth-year evaluation of school choice in Milwaukee will be released at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Wednesday, March 30.
Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services launched
March 28, 2011To meet a growing demand to bring education research and development to the general public, friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison have established the Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services (WCEPS).
Study shows need for teacher training in personal finance
June 8, 2010While 89 percent of K-12 teachers agree that students should either take a financial education course or pass a competency test for personal finance before graduating from high school, relatively few teachers believe they are adequately prepared to teach such topics, according to a study by two University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers.
It’s a small world (for small people) after all
May 10, 2010Lab-coated and goggled, Troy Dassler's 15 third graders are itching to power up their digital optical microscopes.
Ongoing evaluation of Milwaukee Choice Program finds students achieving on same level as peers
April 7, 2010Students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program scored at similar levels as their peers not participating in the school choice program, according to a study released Wednesday.
Digital revolution is happening outside the classroom
October 6, 2009The way we learn is changing, but schools are having trouble keeping up. While technology dominates daily life and work, it still plays a limited role in public schools filled with students who are increasingly learning outside the classroom with help from cell phones, computers and video games, says Rich Halverson, a professor of educational leadership and policy analysis and co-author of the new book “Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology.”
Sequencing effort to chart ants and their ecosystem
June 26, 2009Nestled within the twisting fungus gardens of leaf-cutter ants exists a complex symbiotic web that has evolved over millions of years. Now, with the help of a major genomic sequencing grant from Roche Applied Science, scientists at UW–Madison will be able to analyze these interactions at the molecular scale.
‘Great Texts’ exposes high-schoolers to literature
March 30, 2009High school students in Wisconsin are digging into great world literature that would bewilder older and more experienced readers: “Don Quixote,” by Miguel de Cervantes, “Dante’s Inferno,” by Dante Alighieri, “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and “The Brothers Karamazov,” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. All the students need is a chance to try and the right guidance from their teachers. Both of these necessities are provided by the Center for the Humanities.
Cinema Day highlights German, Iranian cultures
March 25, 2009On Friday, April 3, Wisconsin high school students and teachers will participate in World Cinema Day, with an educational screening of “Football Under Cover,”, a film that documents the efforts of both the Iranian and German teams to cross cultural and national borders to play the match of a lifetime.