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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

07/29 04:31 pm | Census: College Students Can Skew Poverty Statistics | A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau finds that large groups of college students living off campus can significantly weight the poverty and demographic characteristics of ...

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01/16 08:15 am | Sputnik Moves to New Orbit! | If you've enjoyed reading Sputnik as much as I've enjoyed writing it, I'm sure you'll equally enjoy reading and reacting to my blog at Huffington Post. Farewell Sputnik!

EdTech Researcher Blog

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

Special Collection

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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The Professional Development Directory features courses and resources for teachers on:
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Researchers say children's play is becoming more creative—even as the time to do it shrinks.
June 26, 2012 - Education Week
A pair of new studies question whether exercises aimed at strengthening working memory can boost brainpower in other ways.
June 12, 2012 - Education Week
Even though quizzing themselves may be the most effective study strategy, students are least likely to choose it.
June 5, 2012 - Education Week
Formal training in brain biology could help dispel some of the 'neuro-myths' that permeate the field, scholars say.
June 4, 2012 - Education Week
Discovering the brain's power to change may be neuroscience's biggest—and most promising—contribution to education.
June 4, 2012 - Education Week
Nearly six decades after Brown v. Board of Education, attention is focusing on a handful of charter schools that were specifically created to be racially and socioeconomically diverse alternatives to the regular public schools in their neighborhoods.
June 1, 2012 | Updated: January 30, 2013 - Education Week
A study estimates that states could save as much as $927 million or spend as much as $8.3 billion, depending on which approach they use.
May 30, 2012 | Updated: June 6, 2012 - Education Week
A group of Chicago researchers say that students' performance in 9th grade is better than language proficiency for targeting which English-learners are likely to graduate on time—and who needs more help.
May 30, 2012 - Education Week
The latest annual statistical compendium from the U.S. Department of Education shows that high school students are missing fewer days of school, taking more rigorous courses, and signing up more often for sports activities.
May 24, 2012 - Education Week
Academic outcomes improve for quiet students when there's less pressure to speak up, according to experts.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week

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