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Reauthorizing the SBIR Program is Important for Economic Competitiveness
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program expired at the end of September due to a disagreement between Senator Ernst (R-IA) and Senator Markey (D-MA), the chair and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. They disagree about the status of “SBIR mills” within the…
Modernizing the Regional Educational Labs (RELs)
The Regional Educational Labs (RELs) were created as part of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Over the six decades since then, their mission and impact have been frequently questioned. Over the years, including in 2025, efforts have emerged to eliminate them stemming from a variety of challenges related…
Power in Partnership: How Colorado’s Rural Collaboratives Open Student Pathways
Success Stories: Evidence-Based Strategies at Work Power in Partnership: How Colorado’s Rural Collaboratives Open Student Pathways See how research-driven design turns ideas into impact. Through stories like Colorado’s Rural Collaboratives—where rural districts are using proven solutions to improve postsecondary and workforce outcomes—we show how education R&D strengthens America’s classrooms. Rural…
The Institute of Education Sciences: 22 Years of Helping States, Districts, and Educators Make Informed Decisions
Recent staffing and budget cuts at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) threaten the nation’s capacity to generate and use high-quality education research—just when states, districts, and educators need it most to confront today’s urgent challenges. IES, the federal science agency within the U.S. Department of Education (ED), suffered the…
Stop Adding Programs. Start Building A School System That Learns.
For decades, U.S. education has cycled through reform after reform, with too little to show for it. A new initiative will promise to boost reading. A grant funds an impactful but short-lived tutoring program. A district adopts the latest technology. Each aims to move the needle. Yet student achievement continues…
School Leaders On Using Evidence And Innovation To Drive Change
As students, teachers, and families settle into a new school year, a cohort of school system leaders are laying out bold visions for student improvement. The newly launched National Education R&D Advisory Committee represents traditional and charter school districts, in rural, suburban, and urban communities across the country. What binds…
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Reauthorizing the SBIR Program is Important for Economic Competitiveness
The Institute of Education Sciences: 22 Years of Helping States, Districts, and Educators Make Informed Decisions
Stop Adding Programs. Start Building A School System That Learns.
School Leaders On Using Evidence And Innovation To Drive Change
Reauthorizing the SBIR Program is Important for Economic Competitiveness
The Institute of Education Sciences: 22 Years of Helping States, Districts, and Educators Make Informed Decisions
Stop Adding Programs. Start Building A School System That Learns.