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The 2026 Awards for Mentoring Undergraduates recognize outstanding contributions to student growth from the classroom to the lab.
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Building Research Leaders: A New Model for Empowering Undergraduates to Strengthen Research Teams
At the Center for Research on Complex Thinking (CRCT) in UW–Madison's School of Education, undergraduates routinely perform at a graduate-student level and help train faculty and researchers from around the world.
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David Shaffer elected to the National Academy of Education
The National Academy of Education has elected 19 distinguished education scholars and leaders to its membership, recognizing their significant contributions to education research and policy.
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Wisconsin social studies teachers face restrictions, complaints for teaching elections
Jeremy Stoddard talks with Wisconsin Public Radio, says support from school leadership makes for better civics education.
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Andrew Ruis wins Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research
Ruis was honored for work supporting CRCT research efforts and for his own scholarship in learning sciences, quantitative ethnography, history, and policy.
learn moreHow to support children in developing sociocritical AI literacies
Vanderbilt professor Arastoopour Irgens explores how to design AI learning activities with and for elementary- and middle-school aged children that integrate social, ethical, and ideological dimensions. Findings show that engaging young students in recognizing, critiquing, reimagining, and building AI technologies facilitates the development of sociocritical AI literacies.
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Andrew Ruis provided expertise for an exhibit on school lunches at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia
Ruis, an expert on school meal history and policy, helped exhibit designers capture key moments in the development of the longest running public health program for children in the United States.
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CRCT's Jeremy Stoddard receives the Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award
Jeremy Stoddard received the Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award for his article, “How and Why Teachers Taught About the 2020 U.S. Election: An Analysis of Survey Responses from 12 States.”
learn moreBrendan Eagan and Andrew Ruis work with Uruguay leaders to improve country’s innovative ed-tech work
Officials at Ceibal in Uruguay are working with CRCT researchers to assess and improve the way the country delivers online services to teachers and students in schools nationwide.
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Yuanru Tan receives International Summer Research or Residency Award
The award supported travel that fueled international collaboration on cutting-edge learning analytics research and development.
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