Jason Snipes, Senior Research Scientist and Leader of Applied Research and Research-Based Development for REL West, discusses the benefits of self-affirmation, and how it can interrupt negative stereotypes and improve academic outcomes.
This blog discusses the importance of using data to identify the root causes of chronic absences and describes how one school district is seeing improvement by recognizing its shifting needs and responding with multi-tiered interventions.
Research topics and designs typically reflect funders’ or researchers’ agendas and biases. Rarely is research informed by the voices of the people whose lives our work intends to affect.
In this Q&A, Dr. Saroja Warner, Director of Talent Development and Diversity at WestEd, reflects on the theme of the 2022 SREE Conference, how she and her co-chair made the conference more inclusive, how that affected the tone and tenor of the event, and what needs to be done to ensure that educational effectiveness research fully engages the communities it seeks to support.
These top listens from 2022 examine a wide range of pressing issues facing school communities, including building a positive school climate and addressing disproportionality in special education.
By focusing on social and emotional work, public schools in Connecticut are helping students develop the skills necessary to be successful in school and beyond.