McREL’s Senior Consultant Vicki
Urquhart agrees that school leaders need to get tough on
writing, but cautions that they need solid guidance in research-based
strategies that work in the classroom rather than a mandated “quick-fix.”
Summarizing 30 years of research on education,
McREL's CEO Tim Waters concludes in an opinion article that
effective school and teacher practices can indeed help to
close the achievement gap.
A new
report from McREL examines the degree
to which standards that 40 states have adopted for administrator
preparation and licensure are aligned with McREL’s
research on effective school leadership.
Tracie Troha reports on McREL’s field-based comparison
study in four Selma schools of new classroom workbooks and
teaching tools developed by the Harcourt Achieve publishing
company.
Argus Leader reporter Brenda Wade Schmidt describes how three years after South Dakota officials identified it as a school in need of improvement, Alcester-Hudson Elementary has, with help from McREL consultants, dramatically boosted student achievement.
Education Week reporter Alan Richard tapped
McREL’s rural education expertise in his article on
rural school leaders’ efforts to shore up their dwindling
enrollments by creatively marketing themselves to parents.
Monett Middle School was selected to be
a part of a McREL research study examining the impact of
the McREL Technology Initiative program on teacher practices
and student achievement.
A
team of seven faculty members from the Custer County elementary
school has been chosen to participate in McREL’s Elementary
Science Leadership Institute.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Cecelia
Goodnow interviewed McREL senior science consultant Anne
Tweed, president-elect of the National Science Teachers’ Association,
about a new trend in K-12 science classrooms: using owl pellets
as a cheaper and more human alternative to dissection.
McREL announced today that Danielle Fulton of Joes and Holly Sewell of Louisville have been selected as two of the most promising scientific leaders among Colorado’s 2004 high school graduates.
After working with McREL consultants to design lesson plans that better incorporate computers into their daily classroom activities, Smoky Valley High School in Lindsborg, Kan. purchased laptops for its 300-plus students, who report that having their own computers makes it easier for them to do their homework.
Reporter Barbara Hollingsworth references McREL’s 2003 synthesis of research on out-of-school-time (OST) programs in an article about budget woes forcing the closure of summer school programs in Topeka Public Schools.
The Education Commission of the States (ECS) and McREL have launched a new online tool to help policymakers, education leaders, reporters and others better understand and evaluate education research.
Times-News staff writer Sam Shawver cites
findings from McREL’s 2003 synthesis of research on
out-of-school-time (OST) programs in his coverage of Allegany
County Schools being awarded a 21st Century Community Learning
Centers grant to provide after-school programs in three of
its schools.
