Education & learning publications
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The local control funding formula: Staking out the ground for early learning
The authority and flexibility the LCFF gives districts creates a potential opening for expanding preschool offerings for the California’s three- and four-year-olds.
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Establishing a Coherent PreK–3 Literacy Program
Schools participating in The McKnight Foundation’s Education and Learning (E&L) Program identified program coherence as an essential ingredient for establishing PreK–3 pathways that support proficient third grade readers.
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Foster Youth and Early Implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula: Not Yet Making the Grade
The LCFF calls out foster youth as a distinct sub-population of underserved students to whom added attention must be paid to improve their educational outcomes.
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Hugging and Bridging: What It Is and Why You Should Be Doing It
Pedagogies such as ‘bridging’, ‘hugging’, and ‘preparation for future learning’ (PFL) have shown promise in the context of education research in STEM domains at the secondary level.
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Scaling a Technology-Based Innovation: Windows on the Evolution of Mathematics Teachers’ Practices
This paper reports research on effects on teachers’ classroom practices resulting from their engagement in sustained professional development and classroom teaching of a resource that embeds carefully designed dynamic technology…
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California College and University Collaborations: Facilitators, Challenges, and Impact on Student Mental Health
Reports on an evaluation of student mental health collaboration activities among California higher education systems, community agencies, and county mental health.
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Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards
To support adoption and implementation, states are now joining together to form the NGSS Network. The Network held the first NGSS Annual Leadership Meeting for State Teams and National Partners…
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California K–12 and Community Collaborations: Facilitators, Challenges, and Impact on Student Mental Health
Reports on an evaluation of student mental health collaboration activities among California K–12 school districts, counties, and regions.
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Accessing Services for Youth with Emotional Disturbances (ED) in and After High School
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study–2 to examine the rates at which youth with emotional disturbances received services during and up to 8 years after high…
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Reading and Math Achievement Profiles and Longitudinal Growth Trajectories of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study examined the reading and math achievement profiles and longitudinal growth trajectories of a nationally representative sample of children ages 6 through 9 with an autism spectrum disorder.
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Authentic Student Work Samples Support Formative Assessment in Middle School
Examination of how Assessment Work Sample Method (AWSM) professional development (PD) impacts teacher practice of mathematics formative assessment.
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Evidence for Effective Uses of Dynamic Visualisations in Science Curriculum Materials
We review research to clarify the impacts of dynamic visualisations and to identify instructional scaffolds that mediate their success.