Leslie Hawley

The National Center for Research on Rural Education (R2Ed) conducted a focused program of research on teacher professional development to improve instruction and support student achievement in reading and science in rural schools. The center also engaged in two related sets of studies: the first explored potential moderating effects of the rural context on early school success and the second investigated statistical and methodological solutions to the unique challenges posed by conducting re...

The primary goal of this training program was to prepared researchers to conduct investigations that evaluate approaches designed to support student learning and achievement via the reduction of social and behavioral problems.