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Find personal insights from practitioners and researchers about their experiences with education research, including their successes and challenges. Comments or questions? Contact us at crue-info@udel.edu.
The views expressed by authors on the Research4Schools blog do not represent the views of the Center on Research Use in Education Rethinking Research 4 Schools (R4S) or its funder, the Institute for Education Sciences (IES).
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Walking the Talk: Turning Research Findings into Virtual Workshops for Educators
As a result of surveying educators about using research, CRUE has organized workshops to address educators’ barriers to finding and evaluating useful research.Continue reading Walking the Talk: Turning our Research Findings into Free, Practice-Centered Virtual Workshops →
Fiona Hollands, of Teachers College, Columbia University and Dena Dossett, of Jefferson County Public Schools (KY), assess research used to support school requests for budget allocations. They make suggestions on using appropriate research in support of requests. Continue reading Use of Evidence to Inform School and District Budget Decisions →
How to Read a Research Paper: The R3I Method
R3I is an efficient strategy for practitioners to locate the pertinent information in a research article described by Carrie Conaway of Harvard Graduate School of EducationContinue reading How to Read a Research Paper: The R3I Method →
Learning how to put Equity in the Driver’s Seat
To spur future research to address the specific equity goals of schools and districts, Digital Promise set out to define and test Equity in the Driver’s Seat, a collaborative process for developing practice-driven, equity-centered R&D agendas. Continue reading Learning How to Put Equity in the Driver’s Seat →
Evidence-Based Answers To Questions Now
This moment is rich with opportunities for using data and evidence to be transformative to address equity issues in education. Read for ideas of where to search for evidence-based materials and a request for researchers to make their work easily searchable and accessible. Continue reading Evidence-Based Answers to Questions Now →
Identifying Research-based Edtech with Product Certifications
Through a research process that drew on the expertise of cross-sector stakeholders, Digital Promise developed the Research-Based Design Product Certification. Continue reading Identifying Research-based Edtech with Product Certifications →
The Oxford Impact (OI) initiative is Oxford University Press’ (OUP) response to the demand for evidence. OI has helped OUP move towards building a decision-making tool used for rigorous evaluations of OUP’s educational resources, services and materials: The Oxford Impact Framework. Read about OUP’s perspective on their role in providing evidence on the impact of the materials OUP publishes. Continue reading How Oxford University Press is engaging with contemporary educational research through the ‘Oxford Impact’ initiative →
Maximising the benefits of Professional Learning Networks: finding ways to achieve research-informed practice at scale
Professor Chris Brown, Jane Flood, and Stephen MacGregor write about Professional Learning Networks and examine how to maximize the impact of PLNs so that all teachers and students benefit. This blog focuses on the role Distributed Leadership has. Continue reading Maximising the benefits of Professional Learning Networks: finding ways to achieve research-informed practice at scale →
Here’s a list of where you will find the CRUE team and colleagues from NCRPP at AERA 2019 in Toronto Friday, April 5-Tuesday, April 9. Continue reading See CRUE at AERA 2019 →