Coursework: ITP Seminar

Seminars are held weekly on Fridays in the Educational Sciences Building in Rm. 259, unless noted otherwise

While this is a required course for ITP fellows, members of the university and wider community are welcome to attend.

September 29, 2023
  • ITP Seminar: Eric Grodsky, Beth Vaade, Bri Monahan

    September 29, 2023  12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    259 Ed Sci | 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USA

    Eric Grodsky, Professor, Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison
    Beth Vaade, Executive Director of Research and Innovation, MMSD
    Bri Monahan, Director of Research, MMSD

    Why (and How) to Work with a Research Practice Partnership

    Grodsky, Vaade, and Monahan will talk about what and why research practice partnerships (RPPs) in education are. They will introduce the Madison Education Partnership as an example of research practice partnerships and discuss a bit about the work they do together- and with other researchers, practitioners, and school leaders at UW and in the Madison Metropolitan School District. They will then open it up for discussion. The intent of this session is to be informal, informative, and engaging,

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October 6, 2023
  • ITP Seminar: Dr. Jared Knowles, Civilytics

    October 6, 2023  12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    259 Ed Sci | 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USA

    Jared Knowles
     
    Abstract: Dr. Jared Knowles, founder and president of Civilytics Consulting, will share lessons learned about using applied social science skills and knowledge in partnership with community organizations, governments, journalists, and other researchers. Civilytics has provided its clients and partners with an array of services over the past 7 years ranging from research and evaluation services, to data pipeline and streamlined reporting services, to literature reviews and evidence reviews, to thorough reviews of public documents and fact-checking public officials. In that time the company has been engaged in public debates about the validity of data, the accuracy of scientific research, and the value of different types of evidence in making policy decisions. Dr. Knowles will share his perspective on what parts of social science skills, training, and evidence are useful in this context, and what some of the resistance and barriers are to the application of social science to community decisions and public policy.

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October 13, 2023
  • ITP Seminar: Dr. Ben Fisher, UW-Madison

    October 13, 2023  12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    259 Ed Sci | 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USA

    Ben Fisher, Assoc Professor, Civil Society & Communication Studies, UW-Madison
     
    Abstract: The use of sworn police officers in schools—often called school resource officers (SROs) has become commonplace in U.S. schools. One of the major criticisms of the use of SROs is that they subject students to more and harsher punishment than they would experience otherwise. One reason this may occur is that SROs view a wide range of student behaviors as under their purview as law enforcement agents. However, research has not examined how SROs create boundaries around the role of law enforcement in the school setting. In this study, we investigate how SROs define what counts as law enforcement, what behaviors are actionable, and why they choose to mobilize their law enforcement capabilities. We find that SROs construct definitional boundaries around law enforcement through a theoretical concept that we call the safety logic—where school safety is believed to be constantly under threat from students gone awry. In turn, this safety logic leads officers to construct a fluid and expansive definition of law enforcement that envelops a wide range of (non)criminal student behaviors that they perceive as threatening to school safety.

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October 20, 2023
  • ITP Seminar: No ITP Seminar Meeting

    October 20, 2023  12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

    Midwest Sociology of Education meeting

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October 27, 2023
  • ITP Seminar: Dr. Eric Grodsky

    October 27, 2023  12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    259 Ed Sci | 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USA

    Dr. Eric Grodsky, Professor, Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, UW-Madison

    The Long Arm of Education: Cognitive Health and Midlife

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November 3, 2023
  • ITP Seminar: Individual Development Plan Workshop

    November 3, 2023  12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    259 Ed Sci | 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USA

    Staff, Office of Professional Development and Communications, Graduate School

    An interactive workshop to help assess professional development needs, identify and set SMART goals, and craft development plans.

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November 10, 2023
  • ITP Seminar: Dr. Matt Hirshberg

    November 10, 2023  12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    259 Ed Sci | 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USA

    Matt Hirshberg, Center for Healthy Minds, UW-Madison
     
    Abstract: Recent educational policy reforms at the student level have focused on increasing academic achievement, inadvertently de-emphasizing more holistic notions of student development. Recent educational policy reforms aimed at teachers have emphasized recruiting more selective candidates, despite limited evidence that common metrics of candidate selectivity are associated with improved teacher outcomes. In this talk, I’ll make the case that promoting well-being in schools, at both the student and the teacher/educator level, is good educational policy that can help address multiple challenges facing educational systems.

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November 17, 2023
  • ITP Seminar: Dr. Marissa Thompson, Columbia

    November 17, 2023  12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
    259 Ed Sci | 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USA

    Marissa Thompson, Asst Professor, Sociology, Columbia Univ

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November 24, 2023
  • ITP Seminar: No ITP Seminar Meeting

    November 24, 2023  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

    Thanksgiving break

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