Phillip Herman

We know that a variety of factors, in and out of schools, influence student achievement, and we know that our education systems consistently serve some students less well than others...

As the REL Pacific administrator since 2012, our focus has been on building the capacity of stakeholders in the region to use research, data, and evidence for educational improvement. But the Pacific region differs considerably from other regions within the REL network, from the urban multiracial, multilingual, multicultural mix of Honolulu, to the U.S. Territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), to the Freely Associated States (the Federa...

As part of REL Pacific's work during the 2017-2022 contract cycle, we've partnered with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a leading proponent of using improvement science methods in education, to support the work of the REL Pacific Partnerships. The Carnegie Foundation defines improvement science as an iterative "focused learning journey," in which stakeholders use specific tools and processes to address critical problems of practice. There are six core principles of i...

As the director of REL Pacific at McREL International, and on behalf of all REL Pacific staff, Id like to personally express our appreciation for the opportunity to continue to serve the Pacific region during the 2017-2022 Regional Educational Laboratory contract cycle, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. We're excited about the opportunity to build on the work we've done together during the 2012-2017 contract cycle, and to continue to support ou...