PLACE’s own Arts Director, Dr. Yorel Lashley, was profiled on the January 1st episode of Wisconsin Life on Wisconsin Public Television. In the feature, Dr. Lashley spoke of his journey to learn African Drumming and …
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Practitioners, Students, and Professors Come Together to Discuss College Readiness
Students, families, and educators are all concerned with how to best prepare students for the transition from high school to college. This topic was on the minds of all who attended PLACE’s Fall College Symposia …
Our New Brand FAQ
Why did we change from EOP to PLACE? You may have heard of the office of Education Outreach and Partnerships (EOP), which was home to some of the School of Education’s signature K12 learning experiences …
Reading Books and Discussing Gender Equity
“Students must have a safe place, which includes a trusting relationship with their teacher, to discuss gender equity.”
Facilitating 4th Grade Peer Feedback on Mathematics
“Students have shown a better understanding of the complexities of feedback and its intention to help them improve as they move forward.”
Connecting Student Thinking to Content through Number Talks
“I realized that Number Talks can be very beneficial to my math classroom. They don’t take a lot of time and don’t need to be done every day, but the learning that comes from them …
Developing Student Capacity for Mathematical Feedback
I am a third grade general education teacher who took part in a 2-year K-8 Math Certificate cohort through the University of Madison, Wisconsin, which included developing, conducting, and presenting an action research project. Here …