Education & learning publications
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Using Technology to Personalize Learning in K–12 Schools
Educators are looking to personalized learning approaches to move beyond one-size-fits-all schooling to new approaches that address both persistent and emerging educational challenges, such as achievement gaps and student disengagement.
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Postsecondary Education-Focused Transition Planning Experiences of English Learners With Disabilities
This study examined postschool expectations, transition planning experiences, and supports of a nationally representative sample of English learners with disabilities, based on secondary analysis of the National Longitudinal Transition Study…
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Support Receipt: Effect on Postsecondary Success of Students With Learning Disabilities
Using propensity methods, this study examined the effect of disability-specific and universally available support receipt on the college perseverance and completion of students with LD.
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Study of the Engage New England initiative cross-site learning brief 1
This brief is designed to benefit all three cohorts of ENE grantees as they plan and build their schools and to highlight key elements of planning for innovative school models.
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Integrating urban schools: Roadblocks and challenges with the use of magnet schools
This study utilized data from a large urban district with more than 100 magnet schools to assess integration from magnet schools in a modern context.
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Seeing Is Believing: Peer Video Coaching as Professional Development Done With Me and for Me
After the conclusion of the course, participants were contacted and presented with a summary of four benefits of the peer video review process, as identified in a recent professional article.
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Participant Experiences and Financial Impacts: Findings from Year 2 of Achieving the Dream’s OER Degree Initiative
This report presents findings from Achieving the Dream’s Open Education Resources (OER) Degree Initiative, which helps colleges reduce the financial burden on students and improve curriculum and pedagogy by developing…
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Pursuing the Vision of CS for All: Views from the Front Lines
Headlines in the popular press characterize computer science education initiatives as strictly top-down private sector efforts to get public schools to prepare their future workforce.
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Supporting Spanish–English Bilingual Language Development Among Latinx Dual Language Learners in early learning settings
The present mixed methods study examined the role of instructional and contextual factors in promoting English and Spanish language development among Latinx preschoolers.
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Development of a biodosimeter for radiation triage using novel blood protein biomarker panels in humans and non-human primates
We are developing a rapid screening method to assess whether an individual received an absorbed dose of ≥2 Gy based on the analysis of a specific panel of blood proteins in…
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A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Attending an Inclusive STEM high school: The case for using two comparison groups
Inclusive STEM high schools (ISHSs) combine rich STEM course offerings and experiences with an explicit mission to serve students from under-represented groups accepted on the basis of interest rather than…
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Increasing science literacy in early childhood: The connection between home and school. American Educator. American Federation of Teachers
Turning everyday activities such as baking into scientific activities is more than just fun: it is important for our children’s futures