Statistic Of The Day: The Importance Of Teacher Diversity
Study: Having Just One Black Teacher Can Up Black Students’ Chances of Going to...
Read More
Category: research studies
“Fixed-Fights,” Self-Efficacy & Student Motivation
In my nineteen year community organizing career prior to becoming a public school teacher, one...
Read More
Another Study Finds What Every ELL Teacher Knows – Having Students Draw Pictures Helps Them Learn Vocabulary
Previous studies have reinforced what teachers of English Language Learners know –...
Read More
New Report Says Corporal Punishment Doesn’t Work
It’s always a big mind-boggling to me when I share a new resource on corporal punishment...
Read More
The “Kindness Contagion” & The Classroom
I’ve been sharing different lessons I’m using in my classes to help students...
Read More
New Study Shows That Researchers Don’t Always Think Through How Their Studies Can Be Misused
Resources, Learning, and Policy: The Relative Effects of Social and Financial Capital on Student...
Read More
New Study Suggests That A Teacher’s Impact On Student Behavior More Important Than Test Scores
I’ve published a number of posts about the fascinating past research by Kirabo Jackson (you...
Read More
New Report From The UChicago Consortium Is The Best Synopsis Of Useful Education Research That I’ve Seen In A Long Time
The UChicago Consortium On School Research is commonly viewed as the “gold standard”...
Read More
The Best Resources For Learning About ADHD
A new study has come out suggesting that teaching students about self-regulation and giving them...
Read More
Using “Common Planning Time” Effectively In Schools
Many schools, including the one where I teach, provide a “common planning time”...
Read More
New Research Reinforces What We Knew: Being Held Back A Grade Doesn’t Help Kids
Lots of research has shown that grade retention doesn’t work (see The Best Resources...
Read More
National Academies Publishes Massive Tome On “How People Learn”
How People Learn II from the National Academies is a follow-up to…How People Learn and is...
Read More
