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The latest news about education research including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Students in a music class use iPads to play a code-based scavenger hunt meant to teach them about the history of jazz at Clark Creek Elementary School STEM Academy in the Cherokee County, Ga., school system. District leaders there see benefits in the research larger companies can provide about their educational products.
—David Walter Banks for Education Week

Schools Vet Ed. Companies' Research With a Critical Eye

Educators are trying to make smart decisions about what learning products they use based on limited, and sometimes questionable, research about those products. (April 22, 2013)

Inside School Research Blog

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07/28 09:50 pm | The Nature of the Future in Education | A review of Marina Gorbis's The Nature of the Future.

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Quality Counts 2012
The 16th edition of Education Week's annual report looks at America's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high-performing countries.

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Even with changes to evaluation systems, only subtle differences emerge between the best and the weakest teachers—as well as all those in the middle.
February 5, 2013 - Education Week
A survey finds that states have little to go on when it comes to evaluating the job school principals are doing.
February 4, 2013 - Education Week
In Washington state, an array of state agencies and organizations combine efforts to ensure young children overcome difficulties and develop the skills they need for school success.
January 29, 2013 - Education Week
The federal agency hopes to build on the Investing in Innovation, or i3, program in its push to make evidence and research more important in awarding competitive grants.
January 29, 2013 - Education Week
Studies find student achievement doesn't suffer even when teachers take advantage of early-retirement incentives.
January 23, 2013 - Education Week
New research suggests that female teachers' comfort with math particularly affects their female students.
January 15, 2013 - Education Week
Moving out of a poor neighborhood by itself doesn't boost children's achievement, says new research.
January 15, 2013 - Education Week
Most of Head Start's academic benefits are fleeting, according to the latest findings from the national Head Start study.
January 8, 2013 - Education Week
A National Science Foundation program is attempting to create a space within the agency devoted to supporting research on advanced learning technologies.
January 3, 2013 - Education Week
Educators Tout IB's Links to Common Core
International Baccalaureate educators say their program offers a base for designing curriculum units that align with the new Common Core State Standards in mathematics and English/language arts.
December 21, 2012 | Updated: January 10, 2013 - Education Week

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