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AERAs Ten Most Read Studies for 2014

February 26, 2015

Each year the American Educational Research Association (AERA) publishes its 10 most-read articles. Seven of the studies hold special interest for the design of education systems. This year’s list includes these papers of special interest: Read More…

 


 

Balfire Offers Free Reviews Of Educational Apps

January 30, 2015

Balefire, a web site that reviews educational apps is transitioning to a free model so that interested teachers and parents can access all reviews free of charge. The free model will launch the first week of February. Read More…

 


 

Final Seeds

January 15, 2015

Seeds, Bricks, and Sand: Stages of School-Reform Readiness

An opinion piece by Robert Slavin, Director of the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, examines issues of school turnaround. In this article Slavin offers a metaphor for three types of school readiness for reform, seeds, bricks, and sand. He describes seed schools as those Read More…

 


 

New ESEA waiver guidance

December 1, 2014

An article titled, New ESEA waiver guidance will sink schools where all boats are rising, questions the wisdom of new NCLB waiver guidelines. The author, Michael Petrilli, challenges the recent changes that would make it more Read More…

 


 

Savage Controversies August 2014

August 7, 2014

The Evidence-based Practices Special Interest Group (SIG) August 2014 newsletter, “Savage Controversies” has arrived. The SIG, a special interest group of the Association for Behavior Read More…

 


 

2013 Wing Research Grant Results

July 8, 2014

The Impact of Behavior Skill Training and Coaching on Implementation of Practices

The results of last year’s Wing Institute’s 2013 research grant are now available on our web site. Mary Sawyer submitted the selected study that examines the Read More…

 


 

Graduate Research Grant 2013 RFP

May 14, 2013

The Wing Institute is launching a new initiative to provide funding for graduate students who are interested in doing research in the area of evidence-based education. Read More…