Dr. Bobb Darnell's website with great resources for professional development, presentations, templates and tools, just-in-time, and information for parents.
AERA's quarterly series, Research Points, connects research to education policy. The series was established to help ensure that decision makers have accessible sound and important research on timely education topics: http://www.aera.net/publications/?id=314
This issue explores extended day and extended school year activities.
"Calls for more school instructional time are coming from multiple quarters. Academic standards and frequent assessments have changed the nature — but not the length — of the instructional day. Schools find themselves “robbing Peter to pay Paul,” taking time from the arts, recess, and physical education to give to reading and math, subjects that carry heavy weight in state accountability systems. But does simply increasing the amount of time spent on specific subjects result in more learning?"
Winter 2007, Volume 5 Issue 2 Issue Researcher: David Berliner Issue Reviewers: Patricia Gandara, Barak Rosenshine, and BetsAnn Smith
Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner. Our 160,000 members in 148 countries are professional educators from all levels and subject areas––superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, professors of education, and school board members.
Our nonprofit, nonpartisan membership association provides expert and innovative solutions in professional development, capacity building, and educational leadership essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.
The Center for Comprehensive Reform and Improvement provides multiple research articles, webcasts, and publications relating to topics that are affecting schools today.The mission of the Center is to organize, plan, implement, and sustain improvement.
Most students are visual learners and the use of graphic organizers will assist them in learning and organizing information. This website offers several graphic organizers that can help students summarize.
At Learning Point Associates, we believe all learners deserve the opportunity to reach their full potential.That's why we focus on making the education system work for everyone. We tackle the most problematic issues in education by combining research, evaluation, and hands-on support to influence policy and make a lasting impact.Clients rely on our tested strategies so they can replicate what works and change what doesn't.
The Successful Practices Network is a not-for-profit membership organization designed to share data, experiences, technical assistance, research, and successful practices focused on rigor, relevance and relationships for all students. Members can seek peer and expert advice on school improvement from like-minded schools and education leaders.
Established in 2002, the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is a central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education. An initiative of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, the WWC:
1) Produces user-friendly practice guidesfor educators that address instructional challenges with research-based recommendations for schools and classrooms; 2) Assesses the rigor of research evidence on the effectiveness of interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies), giving educators the tools to make informed decisions; 3) Develops and implements standards for reviewing and synthesizing education research; and
4) Provides a public and easily accessible registry of education evaluation researchers to assist schools, school districts, and program developers with designing and carrying out rigorous evaluations.
Practice guides provide practical recommendations for educators to help them address the everyday challenges they face in their classrooms and schools. Developed by a panel of nationally recognized experts, practice guides consist of actionable recommendations, strategies for overcoming potential roadblocks, and an indication of the strength of evidence supporting each recommendation. IES practice guides are subjected to rigorous external peer review.
