National Center for Research in Policy and Practice

2018 Feb 05

Online Course: Using Research to Inform Decisions

Mon Feb 5 (All day) to Sun Feb 18 (All day)

Location: 

Online
A two-week online workshop that will guide you in how to find and evaluate pertinent research, with a constant eye toward how such research can be used to inform various school- and district-level decisions. The workshop provides an overview of how practitioners use research and offers several simple tools to help you find the study you need. You will also learn strategies and structures that help foster an environment where research truly informs decision-making.
Learn more and register [Harvard Graduate School of Education website]
2017 Aug 07

Online Course: Using Research to Inform Decisions

Mon Aug 7 (All day) to Sun Aug 20 (All day)

Location: 

Online

Using Research to Inform Decisions will guide you in how to find and evaluate pertinent research, with a constant eye toward how such research can be used to inform various school- and district-level decisions. The workshop provides an overview of how practitioners use research and offers several simple tools to help you find the study you need. You will also learn strategies and structures that help foster an environment where research truly informs decision-making.... Read more about Online Course: Using Research to Inform Decisions

Research to Practice

June 9, 2016

Findings from the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice (NCRPP) survey, and how it can help education leaders and researchers create more of an impact, are discussed in the following HGSE Usable Knowledge blog post.... Read more about Research to Practice

CU-Boulder, Harvard, and Northwestern Launch Center to Study How Educational Leaders Use Research

June 25, 2014

The Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $5 million to the University of Colorado Boulder, the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, and Northwestern University to create a new center that will study how educational leaders—including school district supervisors and principals—use research when making decisions and what can be done to make research findings more useful and relevant for those leaders.... Read more about CU-Boulder, Harvard, and Northwestern Launch Center to Study How Educational Leaders Use Research