Maryanne Wolf, renowned literacy scholar and author of “Proust and the Squid,” joins CPRE Director Jonathan Supovitz to discuss the latest scientific research on reading, learning, and the impact of digital screens.
Learning from Cognitive Psychology: Four Strategies for the Classroom
Renowned cognitive scientist, author, and former K-12 teacher Pooja Agarwal joins CPRE senior researcher Abigail Gray to share four simple, science-backed strategies to improve teaching and learning.
Neuromyths: What We Know About the Learning Brain
Renowned researcher, author, and former teacher Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa joins CPRE Director Jonathan Supovitz to discuss “neuromyths,” those false or misinterpreted facts we continue to believe about the human brain.
What Guides Today’s Pre-K Programs?
As states increasingly call for standards-based Pre-K programs, teachers and administrators often struggle to balance traditional child development practice with external standards and policies.
Analyzing The Gates Foundation’s ‘Intensive Partnerships’ Initiative
The initiative sought to build new, comprehensive systems of teacher evaluation and connect low-income minority students with quality educators, as part of a wider effort to improve student outcomes. Despite years of effort and considerable resources, however, it ultimately fell short.
Rethinking the Research-Practice Connection
The University of Delaware’s Elizabeth Farley-Ripple discusses a new conceptual framework for researchers and practitioners, and its potential to inform new, more collaborative approaches to evidence gathering and classroom implementation.
Sensitivity of Teacher Performance Ratings
The University of Pennsylvania’s Matthew Steinberg discusses how the design of a teacher evaluation system can impact the distribution of teacher performance ratings.
Long-Term Improvement Rates for Teachers
Brown University’s John Papay joins Research Minutes to discuss his recent study, “Productivity returns to experience in the teacher labor market: Methodological challenges and new evidence on long-term career improvement,” published in the Journal of Public Economics.
Turnover Rates of Alternatively Certified Teachers
The University of Florida’s Christopher Redding discusses his research on alternative certification and turnover among new teachers.
Minority Teachers and Student Perception
After having spent time as a middle-school math teacher, Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng was fascinated at how the race of a teacher could impact students’ perceptions, and ultimately, the conversations and culture of the classroom.