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Using a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to Develop an Adaptive K-2 Literacy Intervention with Personalized Print Texts and App-Based Digital Activities

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This study shows that a SMART-designed, adaptive K–2 literacy intervention can improve reading outcomes—especially for nonresponders—when personalized print texts and apps are paired with targeted parent text-message supports.

School Differences in Social–Emotional Learning Gains: Findings From the First Large-Scale Panel Survey of Students

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This large-scale study finds that schools play a measurable yet modest role in shaping students’ social-emotional learning gains, emphasizing the importance of both school practices and external factors in SEL development.

Using a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to Develop an Adaptive K-2 Literacy Intervention with Personalized Print Texts and App-Based Digital Activities

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This study shows that using topic-connected, rigorous texts and pairing digital gamification with family text reminders can enhance young students’ summer reading engagement and achievement.

7 Tips for Building Trust

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It’s no secret that implementing new initiatives in schools can be challenging. And it’s our own fault. We’ve spent decades watching the latest new things come in and out of classrooms with little (if any) impact. And the increase in tech in schools has...

Cory Booker and Charter Schools: Before the New York Times Essay, What the Senator Has Said — and What Research Has Shown — About His Education Track Record in Newark

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CEPR's research on Newark's education reforms is cited in The 74's article on Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker's stance on charter schools. A First Study on Newark Reforms: In the fall of 2017, David Cantor reported on the first quantitative...

Bringing Mindfulness into the Classroom

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Findings from the Boston Charter Research Collaborative, a partnership between CEPR, MIT, and Transforming Education, are cited in this MultiBrief article on the impact of using mindfulness in classrooms. Earlier this year, the Harvard Graduate School of...

Got Data?

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How partnerships make it easier for doc students to get much-needed data for research One of the hallmarks of student research, especially for doctoral students, is having good data to back up findings. But getting your hands on that data, especially when...

New Research Centers to Focus on Rural Schools, High School Writing

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Education Dive writes about the announcement of the National Center on Rural Education Research Networks. Many rural districts — and school leaders in rural areas — are finding that they can accomplish more by partnering with neighboring districts and...

Harvard Receives $10 Million Grant for Rural Education Research

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This Harvard Crimson article highlights the launch of the National Center on Rural Education Research Networks. The Harvard Graduate School of Education received a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund national research on rural...

Local News Outlets Highlight NCRERN District Partnerships

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Local news outlets highlight the announcement of the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks district partners in New York and Ohio. Links to these articles are included below: Lyndonville CSD to join Harvard center on rural education Black...