UPDATE: Kindergarten Reading Program Effects Falter in 1st Grade
A federal follow-up study of a successful kindergarten reading intervention finds its benefits do not hold over time. Read Full Post >
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December 19, 2011
November 15, 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 21, 2011
New Members, Leader for National Board for Education Sciences
There may at last be some stability in sight for the advisory board for the Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Education Department's research agency. Read Full Post >
October 04, 2011
Obama to Nominate New Members for Education Research Advisory Board
President Obama plans to nominate two board members for the National Board for Education Sciences, but the advisory group for the Education Department's research arm will still be down five members at its meeting next week. Read Full Post >
June 15, 2011
Your Twitter Source in Fake Education Research News
What Works Clearinghouse has its own "official fake Twitter feed," but no official real Twitter feed yet. Read Full Post >
April 07, 2011
Ed. Dept. Proposes New Student Data Privacy Rules
In a continuing push to clarify student data privacy rules for researchers and education officials alike, the Education Department today named its first chief privacy officer and proposed several changes to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Read Full Post >
March 29, 2011
What Works Clearinghouse Creates Nuanced Search Tools
The Institute of Education Sciences is overhauling the What Works Clearinghouse site, including new search tools for education research. Read Full Post >
March 28, 2011
Research Labs Still Waiting For Contract News
With no certainty yet on funding or contracts for the nation's regional educational labs, the Institute of Education Sciences is busy tying up as many loose ends as possible. Read Full Post >
March 28, 2011
National Board Seeks Research Frugality for IES
The National Board for Education Sciences is looking for ways to design future research in ways that will make it easier to glean useful information from well-designed studies that showed no or negative effects. Read Full Post >
February 22, 2011
House CR Passage Signals Bumpy Road for Regional Education Labs
Advocates of the regional education laboratories are hitting the Senate this week, hoping to save the labs after the House approved eliminating their funding early Sunday. Read Full Post >
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