Facing competing demands in daily operations, decisionmakers in local schools must be able to turn to researchers who can work with them to develop solutions, put them into place, measure their effectiveness, and modify them as needed. SEDL researchers learn what works for whom and under what circumstances, and then help teachers put those lessons into practice so they understand what works in their setting. They work together to test them and then put them into practice in more and more schools or communities. The Conversations Continues As conversations continue about the federal investment in education, it is important to keep in mind the cost-beneficial relationship between research and development activities and training and technical assistance work. At the same time, those research-based assistance programs alert us to new needs from the field and possible new areas of research or development.
New findings raise new questions.
And in that way, the conversation becomes more informed as it continues. All rights reserved.