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Evidence Matters | An Examination of Standardized Testing in the United States – Are We Passing the Test? Part I
March 27, 2025 For many, springtime may signal the beginning of warmer weather and longer days. If you live and work in the world of education, however, springtime usually signals a very different thing: the...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Arts Integration: It’s Smart Business
December 18, 2024 In our last post, we highlighted the promising research behind the practice of arts integration. At a time when leaders are continually looking for new and innovative ways to improve educational outcomes...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Teaching and Learning: It’s an Art
October 31, 2024 As we discussed in our last post, the path to better, more meaningful learning doesn’t always require more time or more money, but rather can simply involve an approach that is different....
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Civic Education: Creating Both Readers and Leaders
October 9, 2024 In our last post, we highlighted not only the need for more in-depth civic education opportunities for our students, but also how in doing so, we might develop students who not only...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Civic Education: Two Birds, One Stone
September 24, 2024 If you asked any classroom teacher or other education leader in your district what their primary focus has been the last few years, chances are the most common refrain you’d hear would...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Teacher Professional Development: The Future
July 31, 2024 In our previous two posts, we have examined the impact of professional development on both teacher satisfaction and teacher effectiveness, and we have looked at what research tells us are the essential...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Professional Development: What Works
July 9, 2024 As we noted in our previous post, research has shown that professional development for educators is important for not only teachers’ continued professional growth, but also for teachers’ job satisfaction. However, not...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Professional Development: Teachers As Students
July 8, 2024 Education—like many other professions—is ever changing. In the medical field, doctors are continually required to keep up with the newest developments in treatments available to their patients. In the legal profession, attorneys...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Teacher Retention: It takes a Village
April 9, 2024 As we discussed in our previous two posts, collective teacher efficacy—or the belief among teachers in a school that they can positively influence student outcomes—is an important tool when it comes to...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Teacher Retention: A Team Effort
February 22, 2024 In our last post, we highlighted the importance of self-efficacy among teachers and how it might be one weapon among many against the ever-growing teacher shortage. Indeed, several studies have suggested a...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Teacher Retention: The Power of Belief
January 29, 2024 In our most recent series, we examined the numbers underlying the national teacher shortage. While most can agree that this shortage is something that needs to be addressed, there has historically been...
Continue ReadingEvidence Matters | Coming Up Short: Reframing the Teaching Profession
November 30, 2023 In the first two posts of our Coming Up Short series, we focused on understanding the numbers behind the teacher shortage, as well as the “why” behind those numbers. In our final...
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