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From Vision to Action: Introducing the State Education R&D Playbook
Today, we’re releasing the State Education R&D Playbook, an interactive resource developed by the Alliance for Learning Innovation, Education Reimagined, and Transcend, that builds on our brief Seizing the Opportunity for State Education R&D: Findings and Recommendations for Action. Informed by 100+ stakeholders across more than 20 states, it offers…

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…

UK Teachers Are Tapping Brain Science. Greg Toppo Asked, Why Don’t We?
Why are British classrooms pushing ahead with American learning science while most U.S. schools make little use of the research? That’s the question veteran education journalist Greg Toppo set out to explore in his widely discussed article for The 74, ‘Cognitive Science,’ All the Rage in British Schools, Fails to…

Why Talent And Resources Are The Backbone Of Education R&D
The Supreme Court in mid-July cleared the path for the Trump Administration to implement a significant restructuring of the U.S. Department of Education that will, by some estimates, cause the elimination of nearly 1,400 federal education staff. This includes roughly 90% of the professionals at the Institute of Education Sciences…

Congressional Briefing: A New Blueprint for Education Research and Innovation
On June 25, the Alliance for Learning Innovation (ALI) convened nearly 150 attendees including policymakers, non-profit leaders, media, and researchers on Capitol Hill to discuss the importance of federal education research and development (R&D). The event served as the official release of ALI’s Blueprint for the Future of the Federal…













