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Our expert researchers, evaluators, and veteran educators synthesize information gleaned from our research and blend it with best practices gathered from schools and districts around the world to bring you insightful and practical ideas that support changing the odds of success for you and your students. By aligning practice with research, we mix professional wisdom with real world experience to bring you unexpectedly insightful and uncommonly practical ideas that offer ways to build student resiliency, close achievement gaps, implement retention strategies, prioritize improvement initiatives, build staff motivation, and interpret data and understand its impact.

Jul 18
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McREL’s Flexible Evaluation Approach Supports Innovative School Design Project

By Blog, Leadership Coaching, Program evaluation

The Trinity School Design Network (TSDN) project, a multiyear cohort-based principal fellowship program, is an example of the importance of flexibility, adaptability, and perseverance. In five years, the project—supported by McREL’s research and program evaluation team—survived a global pandemic, major personnel changes, funding cutbacks, and revised goals, and successfully supported a group of principals who have grown as leaders and become agents of positive change for their schools.

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May 23
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Prepare now to help your new teachers flourish

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As graduation bells ring in U.S. schools and classes race toward the school year’s end, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate all the educators who inspire their students, families, and colleagues every day. We’re grateful for the amazing work you do and are honored for the opportunities to work alongside you.

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Jan 03
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Student engagement: 5 brain-based tips for re-engaging reluctant learners

By Blog, Engaging Classrooms, Research Insights, Teaching

In our work with schools across the U.S. and around the world, we often hear teachers say that more of their students than ever appear to be chronically disengaged from learning. Their bodies come to class, but their hearts and minds seem to be somewhere else. Perhaps it’s lingering effects of online learning during the pandemic, or the distractions of smartphones. Whatever it is, what can we do to win them back? Through our analysis of hundreds of research studies, we’ve come up with five things teachers can do to increase student engagement with their learning.

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Aug 14
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Using an “interest inventory” to engage students in learning

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In Building a Curious School, author Bryan Goodwin notes that students have greater well-being, goal orientation, and motivation when they have a passion worthy of pursuit that makes their lives meaningful. However, for many students, telling them to find their life’s passion can feel overwhelming. They may not feel like they know what they’re really passionate about yet.

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