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.
This webinar presents research-based strategies that support early childhood language development and mathematical thinking through posing rich mathematical questions. Learn more about the webinar now.
A new blog post provides an overview of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction's effort to enhance a survey designed to collect input from educators on the needs of schools with large Native American student populations. Learn more about how REL Central supported this effort.
As part of the North Dakota Innovative Schools Research Partnership, Bismarck Public Schools' newest high school, Legacy High School (LHS), is developing a method for collecting information about how LHS students use their scheduled flex time. Through this collaborative partnership, LHS will have an online time log to begin collecting information from their students about flex time use.
For superintendent Dean Dauphinais, including Native voices in the process to enhance North Dakota's Native American Needs Assessment was a good first step. Now Dauphinais hopes the assessment will lead to resources to improve Native students' academic success. Learn more about the resources he is looking for.
North Dakota principal Kara Four Bear believes that community, school, and district support—informed through an enhanced Native American Needs Assessment—could be a recipe for enhanced academic success for Native American students. Find out why in this blog post.
REL Central supported the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction in expanding its Native American Needs Assessment survey to include culturally and occupationally relevant questions and to target a wider range of educators. Discover more about the survey's use and results in this blog post.
As part of the North Dakota Innovative Schools Research Partnership, Bismarck Public Schools' newest high school, Legacy High School (LHS), is developing a method for collecting information about how LHS students use their scheduled flex time. Through this collaborative partnership, LHS will have an online time log to begin collecting information from their students about flex time use.
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 includes studies that examine student achievement outcomes and summarizes the methodology, measures, and findings used in the studies of K–12 online and blended instructional approaches.
This video reviews a REL Central report that summarizes studies of K– 12 online and blended instructional approaches offering differentiated learning options.
Archived webinar: This webinar highlights strategies for promoting productive research partnerships between practitioners and researchers working in rural settings.
