Downeast Schoolhouse » educational research http://downeastschoolhouse.com Maine education news, link-dense, exclamation-point rich! Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Size Doesn’t Matter? Money Won’t Buy Achievement? http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/10/size-and-money/ http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/10/size-and-money/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:08:03 +0000 admin http://downeastschoolhouse.com/?p=677 There’s a new paper from the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at UM, High School Achievement in Maine: Where You Come From Matters More Than School Size and Expenditures, part of the newest Maine Policy Review.

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Two recent education policy initiatives operate from the premise that higher student achievement at lower public [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/10/size-and-money/feed/ 0 Scientifically test educational theories? http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/09/scientifically-test-educational-theories/ http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/09/scientifically-test-educational-theories/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:00:14 +0000 admin http://downeastschoolhouse.com/?p=494 The Broad Foundation is putting a lot of money, $44 million, actually, into an effort to try to test, in a conclusive way, some educational ideas

…the research is intended to infuse education with the data-driven approach that is common in science and business, Dr. Fryer said. He compared the current methods of educational research to [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/09/scientifically-test-educational-theories/feed/ 0