Research Archives

Using research to inform education practice

September 25, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

School improvement is on every education agenda across the country, but with guidance from a first-of-its kind study, schools and districts can better understand how state education agencies…

District Management

Use multiple news channels to reach ‘on-the-go’ consumers

January 31, 2012March 25, 2010 by By Nora Carr, APR

School officials need to share information via a variety of media platforms in order to reach today’s “on-the-go” news consumers, a new study suggests.

Curriculum

Teachers get a taste of real-world science—with impressive results

February 10, 2010February 9, 2010 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

Giving teachers hands-on science experience not only helps improve student achievement, but also reduces teacher attrition, according to results from a Columbia University study.

Teaching Trends

Microsoft opens its cloud to researchers

February 5, 2010February 5, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Researchers have until March 15 to submit proposals to the National Science Foundation that would grant access to Microsoft’s massive cloud-computing power for three years.

IT Management

Teens’ social media use on the rise, but fewer are blogging

February 5, 2010February 4, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The use of social-networking web sites among young Americans continues to climb—but fewer teens and young adults are blogging now than four years ago, and the number of…

District Management