Putting Research into Action
The Regional Educational Laboratory Central translates research to practice with policymakers and practitioners in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Please join us on Oct. 23 for a webinar presenting actionable strategies to increase family engagement. The discussion will emphasize how digital tools and social media can be used for communication that informs development and dissemination of state or district improvement initiatives. Register now.
Five Regional Educational Laboratories will join together on Oct. 12 to discuss their research and tools that address some of the most pressing concerns in rural education at the National Rural Education Association’s annual convention. Find out more in this REL Central blog post.
The Nebraska Department of Education has partnered with REL Central to develop a theory of action to inform a statewide framework of support for Nebraska schools in need of improvement. Find out how in this blog.
Five Regional Educational Laboratories will discuss their research and tools that address some of the most pressing concerns in rural education at the National Rural Education Association’s annual convention. Find out more in this REL Central blog post.
The Nebraska Department of Education has partnered with REL Central to develop a theory of action to inform a statewide framework of support for Nebraska schools in need of improvement. Find out how in this blog. Discover more about the work in this blog.
REL Central is partnering with education agencies across the central region to provide training, coaching, and technical support that helps them build capacity to use education research to improve student outcomes. Learn more in this blog post from REL Central.
Former REL Central Governing Board Chair Abby Javurek shares Governing Board members’ perspectives on the value of REL Central to states within our seven-state region.
Learn more about the research projects currently underway. More on our Works in Progress.
Ask A REL is a collaborative reference desk service provided by the ten Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) and functions much in the same way as a technical reference library.
This report presents studies of turnaround partner interventions, which suggest that student achievement is more likely to improve when specific factors, such as use of data to guide instruction, are in place.
This video summarizes a report that identified 25 studies presenting state interventions in chronically low-performing schools and focusing on student outcomes.
Learn about the use of questioning strategies to improve mathematics outcomes in the middle grades in this archived webinar.
