The 10 Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) work in partnership to conduct applied research and training with a mission of supporting a more evidence-based education system. Learn more about REL Midwest.
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Kindergarten: Where Play and Learning Can Meet
Join REL Midwest for a screening of a documentary about the advantages associated with a play-based approach in kindergarten.
Making It: Latino Students’ Pathways to College
Watch REL Midwest’s documentary about challenges Latino students face when preparing for and entering college and supports to encourage their success.
Conducting Relevant Research through Networked Improvement Communities
This webinar recording addresses how researchers and practitioners can form networked improvement communities (NICs) to study high-priority questions about education practice.
Developing a sustainable training plan to help kindergarten teachers understand and support students’ development REL Midwest and the Illinois State Board of Education are building on the success of their KIDS Data Use workshops with new train-the-trainer workshops in October and November 2018.
Sharing strategies to increase research-based educational practices Explore how REL Midwest is partnering with practitioners to help states, districts, and schools use research to inform practice.
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.
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.
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WORKS IN PROGRESS
Learn more about the research projects currently underway.
ASK A REL
Ask A REL is a collaborative reference desk service provided by the 10 RELs and functions much in the same way as a technical reference library.
Featured Video
Watch REL Midwest’s documentary about the unique challenges facing rural communities in Minnesota as students explore and prepare for careers and use the viewing guide as a starting point for discussion.
