Dr. Graue, a former Kindergarten teacher, chairs the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches courses in research methods and early childhood policy and is a fellow of the American Educational Research Association. Dr. Graue is known for her work on readiness for school and home-school relations. She studies PreK professional development for developmentally and culturally responsive early math and is engaged in a comparative study of PreK policy enactment in New Jersey and Wisconsin.