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Exploring Teachers’ Collective and Individual Adaptations to an Evidence-Based Summer Literacy Program
(2016-10-17)
While the field of educational research has produced an enormous amount of literature relevant for improving teaching and, ultimately, student achievement, the field has been less successful at producing deep and lasting ...
Teachers Learning: Engagement, Identity, and Agency in Powerful Professional Development
(2016-10-13)
Professional development (PD) is seen by a broad cross-section of stakeholders — teachers, principals, policymakers — as essential for instructional improvement and student learning. And yet, despite deep investments of ...
Fidelity Versus Flexibility: Effects and Moderators of Program Management Structures on Teacher and Student Outcomes in a Cluster-Randomized Trial
(2016-05-13)
The questions of how to improve educational practice at scale, and what role scientific investigation can or should play in that endeavor, have been central to the enterprise of education research since its beginning (Dewey, ...
Developing Teaming Capacity of District-Level Teacher Leaders in Service of System Coherence
(2015-05-04)
In recent years, school districts have paid increased attention to closing opportunity and achievement gaps while raising performance standards for all students. Historically, teaching has been characterized as professionally ...
Applying Lean Methodologies to the Development of an Entrepreneurial Venture in Education
(2015-05-04)
“The only thing that matters is getting to product/market fit.” - Marc Andreessen
Many educational products have flooded the American K-12 market in recent years, launched by startups and established educational institutions ...
Learning for Adaptation: Building Teacher Career Pathways at DSST Public Schools
(2015-05-04)
The past five years have witnessed unprecedented changes in teacher evaluation systems, as states and districts have responded to federal incentives under the 2009 Race to the Top grant competition. Across the country, ...
Invasive Technologies: How Administrators, Teachers, and Students Negotiate the Use of Students’ Mobile Technologies in the Classroom
(2016-05-13)
The rise in popularity of mobile technologies, particularly with respect to youth, has created new challenges and opportunities for districts, schools, and classrooms. As more students come to own these devices they have ...
Teach Gwinnett: A Case Study
(2014-10-22)
Attempting to drive change through federal policy is a complicated business. On the one hand, legislation that is too prescriptive may result in unintended consequences. On the other hand, federal policy lacking substance ...
Focusing on People: How Coherent Development Practices Can Improve Teacher Retention at DSST Public Schools
(2016-05-03)
In the current education reform climate, retaining high-quality teachers is a critical aspect of maintaining successful school systems. Charter schools in particular tend to employ a human capital model that recruits young ...
Recruiting and Hiring Teachers in Six Successful, High-Poverty, Urban Schools
(2015-05-15)
Good teaching matters, especially for students growing up in poverty. But, effective teaching does not alone depend on the contributions of talented and skilled individuals. Rather, promising pedagogues are far more ...