Articles and Opinions
| A New Model for Education Research | 11:47 AM, Dec 10 2007 |
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Somewhere amidst piles of student achievement data and scores of new reform efforts, knowledge that will transform teaching and learning is waiting to be known. But discoveries, whether in the stars or in our schools, are not enough. Discoveries must be relevant to today’s problems in education and must be the product of rigorous research.
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| Bridging the Research-Practice Gap | 11:28 AM, Nov 15 2007 |
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The field of education suffers from a disconnect between research and practice— one that prevents the development of a knowledge base that contributes to steady educational improvement.
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| Nurturing Untapped Talent in Mathematics and Science | 7:05 PM, Nov 05 2007 |
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By Penelope L. Peterson
In 1999, the superintendents of the two Evanston school districts approached Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy with a problem. Although the district was largely African-American and Hispanic, students of color were underrepresented in its advanced high school mathematics and science classes. Together, we worked on how to address this “achievement gap” in courses serving as a key pipeline to elite universities like ours—especially important given America’s increasing shortage of talent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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| Assessment from the Ground Up | 7:05 PM, Nov 05 2007 |
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Is it possible to design and use assessment systems that are fair to students, useful to teachers, and meet the accountability demands of policymakers?
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| Exemplary Teachers for High-Poverty Urban Schools | 7:05 PM, Nov 05 2007 |
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| Calculating Education's Value | 7:05 PM, Nov 05 2007 |
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Two questions come up again and again in discussions of how to improve America's schools - particularly for disadvantaged children. Which interventions really work? Can we afford them? Now powerful new research led by Teachers College education economist Henry Levin shows that strategies already proven to boost high school graduation rates can save U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars per year. Read More |
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