News & Presentations
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UW–Madison, MMSD Partner to Put Mental Health Staff in Schools
This article was written by Scott Girard and originally appeared in The Cap Times. Students in the Madison Metropolitan School District will have more mental…
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UW–Madison policy report on LGBTQ+ students’ well-being and inclusive practices honored by American Educational Research Association
A policy report from UW–Madison researchers that examined the efficacy of a Wisconsin school district’s programs for supporting LGBTQ+ students has been honored by the…
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Why Student Absences Aren’t the Real Problem in America’s ‘Attendance Crisis’ — Jaymes Pyne, Elizabeth Vaade and Eric Grodsky
This article, written by Jaymes Pyne, Elizabeth Vaade, and Eric Grodsky, originally appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal. Nationally, one in six children miss 15…
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Why Student Absences Aren’t the Real Problem in America’s ‘Attendance Crisis’
This article originally appeared in The Conversation. Nationally, one in six children miss 15 or more days of school in a year and are considered chronically…
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New Research Looks at Student Sense of belonging in Madison Middle Schools
This article was originally written by Scott Girard for The Cap Times. New research from the Madison Education Partnership explores the relationship between middle school…
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Information as a Transition Practice
In the final phase of our project, Collaborating around the Transition to Kindergarten, funded by the Spencer Foundation, we set out to learn about current information-sharing practices…
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Madison School District Should Improve Communication Between 4K, Kindergarten Teachers, Report Finds
This article was originally written for The Cap Times by Scott Girard. Better communication between 4-year-old kindergarten teachers and their 5-year-old kindergarten counterparts in the…
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UW Researchers Partner with Madison School District to Sharpen 4K Teaching
‘Mathematize Your CLASS’ Offers Free, Customized Training to Strengthen Engagement Strategies Around Math The Madison Education Partnership (MEP) will release a report by the end of October detailing…
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So You Want to Do Research in a School District? — Panel Discussion
Want to get tips and tricks for doing research in a school district? University-district partnerships provide critical infrastructure for doing locally relevant and innovative research,…
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Report: Perfect Attendance Would Have ‘Very Modest’ Effect on Madison Middle School Achievement Gap
This article was originally written by Logan Wroge for the Wisconsin State Journal. A study released Wednesday looking at Madison middle school attendance and absenteeism…
