Madison Education Partnership
Missing school matters, but not for the reasons you might think. A new report from the Madison Education Partnership finds that rather than causing students to do poorly in school, unexcused absences may be signals of significant challenges in students’ lives. To respond, the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is working to understand and act on those …
The Madison Education Partnership held a successful Second Annual Research Symposium: Partnering for Progress on April 25, 2019, at the Spark Building. The symposium, free and open to the public, focused on the research on MMSD early learning and elementary to middle school attendance. MEP Research Symposium 2019 Program (PDF) We had three excellent champions of …
Research conducted through the Madison Education Partnership (MEP) speaks directly to the drive to increase equity and close opportunity gaps in Madison public schools. At its second annual symposium on April 25, MEP will share insights on questions related to early learning, and elementary and middle school student absences. All members of the Madison Metropolitan …
This article was written by Paula Arce-Trigatti for the NNERPP Extra. Introduction to “Research Insights” As a Network of research-practice partnerships, we view serving as connectors to be one of our primary roles here at NNERPP. To that end, we are excited to present “Research Insights,” a new series bringing together related studies from NNERPP …
This article was originally written by Eric Grodsky for Education Week. As for many districts around the country, attendance is a high priority for the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD). With MMSD already invested in work to increase attendance and having added attendance as part of its accountability metrics, the Madison Education Partnership set out to better understand how …
This post is by Beth Vaade, Madison Education Partnership (@MEP_WCER) Co-Director and Madison Metropolitan School District (@MMSDschools) Innovation Project Manager. Today’s post is the practitioner perspective on Monday’s post: How Much Does Missing School Matter for Young Children? Exploring The Problem of Practice Through Research Student attendance has long been an issue on the forefront of school leaders’ and researchers’ …
In this episode of the Poverty Research and Policy Podcast, Beth Vaade of the Madison Metropolitan School District, Kerry Lawton of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and Eric Grodsky, a professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, discuss their experiences developing and working in research-practice partnerships in education. View …
This article, written by Christina Vercelletto, originally appeared in K–12 Dive. Dive Brief: Dive Insight: The concept of home visits is more often associated with the birth to age 3 set than K-12. But interest in the potential benefits for school-age kids is on the rise. A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that students …
This article was originally written by Steven Elbow for The Cap Times. This summer, about 100 Madison families with kids entering kindergarten will get home visits from teachers in an experimental effort to build relationships. Beth Vaade, a program evaluation specialist with the Madison School District and co-director of the Madison Education Partnership, said the …
A joint research practice partnership between UW–Madison and the Madison Metropolitan School District has received a $400,000 federal grant for a two-year study to assess and improve instruction in the district’s 4-year-old kindergarten program. Teaching is to be enhanced with the design and piloting of a made-to-order professional development program built around the needs of the district’s …