Marguerite Huber
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Understanding why teachers leave: Developing a teacher exit survey
REL Midwest is providing coaching to the Ohio Department of Education on developing a teacher exit survey to help districts and schools better understand why teachers leave.
Date published:
Aug 21, 2019
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Closing gaps to support the future workforce
REL Midwest is partnering with the Minnesota Department of Education to support school districts in closing opportunity and learning gaps and preparing students for the workforce.
Date published:
Jul 22, 2019
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Resource roundup: Summer reads from around the RELs
Add these new resources from each of the 10 Regional Educational Laboratories to your summer reading and watch list.
Date published:
Jun 27, 2019
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Focusing on retention to build an effective and stable teaching workforce
The Midwest Alliance to Improve Teacher Preparation is concentrating on retention in the early years of teaching to build an effective and stable teaching workforce in Michigan.
Date published:
May 20, 2019
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REL Midwest public TV screenings provide a deep dive into career preparation in rural communities
Screenings of REL Midwest's public television program, "Ready for the Future: Career Preparation in Rural Communities," enable educators to explore the topic in depth with experts from the field.
Date published:
Mar 20, 2019
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Ask A REL resource roundup
REL Midwest responds to your education research questions through the Ask A REL reference desk. Explore the most recent Ask A RELs on a variety of topics.
Date published:
Feb 14, 2019
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Collaborating on the skills new teachers need to succeed
In Michigan, REL Midwest brought together K-12 educators and staff at educator preparation institutions to discuss shared expectations for new teachers.
Date published:
Jan 17, 2019
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Resource roundup: The transition to kindergarten
Learn more about kindergarten entry assessments and what it means to be school ready with resources from across the REL network.
Date published:
Oct 09, 2018
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Connecting across contexts: Promising practices to support Black students
Learn how REL Midwest's new research review and video on promising practices for supporting Black students are sparking interest across the region.
Date published:
Sep 21, 2018
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Cultivating English learner students' home language reaps benefits for learning English
We highlight the relationship between English learner students' initial Spanish proficiency and English language development in this video, the first in a two-part series.
Date published:
Sep 11, 2018
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AERA annual meeting showcases REL Southwest research
Researchers from the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southwest traveled to New York City in April to present the results of six research studies at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2018 Annual Meeting...
Date published:
Jun 28, 2018
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Supporting the creation of a postsecondary readiness indicator
A group of technical assistance providers, including REL Midwest, offered expertise and resources to help the Iowa Department of Education develop its Every Student Succeeds Act postsecondary readiness indicator.
Date published:
Jun 22, 2018
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Resource roundup: Preparing new teachers
REL Midwest curated a list of teacher preparation resources, including research reports, blogs, webinars, and toolkits.
Date published:
May 18, 2018
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Coordinating early childhood state data
REL Midwest's Early Childhood Education Alliance came together to share and discuss the process of creating an early childhood coordinated state data system.
Date published:
Apr 23, 2018
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Ask A REL resource roundup
Look no further than the Ask A REL reference desk for your education research questions. Check out this compilation of our most recent Ask A REL responses across a variety of topics.
Date published:
Mar 22, 2018
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What predicts early college success in Indiana?
REL Midwest assisted in understanding the early college success of students entering Indiana's public two- and four-year colleges, with a specific focus on students receiving financial aid.
Date published:
Mar 07, 2018
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Developing future-ready students in rural areas
Regional events help inform REL Midwest's work around rural issues, particularly when it comes to ensuring that students graduate ready to enter the workforce.
Date published:
Feb 26, 2018
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Culturally responsive practices bring educators together
REL Midwest and a regional education agency in Wisconsin convened educators to learn more about the research on culturally responsive practices to help schools improve educational outcomes for Black students.
Date published:
Jan 26, 2018
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REL Midwest offers workshops to expand data capacity
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction collects a substantial amount of school data. To help staff effectively use it, REL Midwest is leading a workshop series on best practices for collecting, using, and sharing data.
Date published:
Dec 28, 2017
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A year of work toward closing the achievement gap
The Midwest Achievement Gap Research Alliance has had a busy first year of work, including an environmental scan, a literature review, and an in-person event.
Date published:
Nov 08, 2017
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Collaborating for English learner student success in Cleveland
REL Midwest and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) are collaborating to study the district's Multilingual Multicultural Education Program and its rapidly expanding population of English learner students.
Date published:
Oct 12, 2017
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Education technology and continuous improvement resources and events
A number of high-quality resources related to continuous improvement and education technology are available online. We curated the following resources, including several from REL Midwest.
Date published:
Sep 27, 2017
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Upcoming documentary connects the research on education technology to stories from Iowa
Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest has been working with the Iowa Learning and Technology Networked Improvement Community and Iowa Public Television to produce a short, documentary-style program on the research on technology use in schools, highlighting examples from Iowa schools.
Date published:
Sep 19, 2017
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