Education Dept. OKs New Comprehensive Centers for Districts
The Education Department has awarded new contracts to the nation's comprehensive technical assistance centers. Read Full Post >
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October 01, 2012
July 18, 2012
New Teacher Placement, Retention Can Exacerbate Achievement Gaps
Novice teachers disproportionately get assigned lower-performing students, and districts often do not work to retain the most effective newcomers, according to new analyses by Harvard University's Strategic Data Project. Read Full Post >
June 04, 2012
Brain Education Spurs Teachers' Research
Mind, brain, and education science is helping teachers conduct their own research on how their students think and how they can better engage them in learning. Read Full Post >
April 19, 2012
Federal Head Start Study to Be Extended
Federal researchers studying the effectiveness of Head Start's social and emotional instruction have asked for more time to follow up with children and parents in the program. Read Full Post >
November 14, 2011
UPDATED: House to Discuss Education Research Reauthorization
A House education subcommittee will hold its first hearing on reauthorizing federal education research law on Wednesday. Read Full Post >
October 06, 2011
Experts: Recovery Law Leading to More Data Reporting
Education and other programs are generating and reporting unprecedented amounts of data, but federal agencies are only just beginning to build the processes needed to ensure those data are timely and accurate enough to use for measuring program performance, experts say. Read Full Post >
October 04, 2011
What Works Clearinghouse Gets a Facelift, Joins Facebook
The What Works Clearinghouse is launching a new Web site and Facebook page, to help practitioners access its research. Read Full Post >
September 29, 2011
Study Finds Successful Extended-Time Schools Strategize Learning
Schools that successfully extend learning time to improve student achievement change their practice in eight critical ways, according to a new study by the National Center on Time and Learning. Read Full Post >
September 19, 2011
Resource Highlights Data-Driven Decision Making
Education Week resource highlights research and trends in data-driven decision making. Read Full Post >
August 05, 2011
Districts Confused By School Turnaround Data Researchers
Federal school improvement grants are generating a potential goldmine for researchers, with hundreds of schools producing in-depth data about their students, teachers, and the ways they are trying to improve. Yet some officials worry that some researchers are taking the wrong approach to getting that data. Read Full Post >
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