SHIFT TO FAMILY EFFECTS ON MATH & SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT

Penn State research has discovered that the Heyneman-Loxley Effect, which relates the effects of individual schools to a student's achievement, has largely vanished in the last three decades. Now, family effects are dominant.

RESEARCH ON COUNTERTRANSFERENCE CAN BENEFIT BOTH TEACHERS AND THERAPISTS

Understanding one's own feelings and wounds can help teachers better their relationships with their students, just as therapists benefit from countering the transference of their feelings to their patients, according to research by Jeff Hayes.

DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH PROVIDES A NEW MODEL FOR EXPERIMENTATION

Penn State researchers argue that traditional methods of experimentation in schools do not always provide the most meaningful results.

IN TOUGH TIMES, A COMPANY SHOULD PRESERVE TRAINING BUDGET

Internationally-known workforce education and development researcher William Rothwell notes that, in a struggling economy, training is one activity a good company should continue to fund.

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