The research paper Evertson and her team wrote on their observations of complex classrooms was one of 10 nationally commissioned last year by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Education, Research and Improvement's Blue Ribbon Schools Program. The database for the program is one of the most extensive in the nation on what teachers do to manage and organize their classrooms effectively. The program, coordinated by Alene Harris, research assistant professor of education, has reached more than 10,000 teachers across the country. The next step in her research, Evertson said, is to learn how teachers accommodate technology into their teaching. I'm really very interested in looking at how teachers manage to incorporate technology in their classrooms.
Technology is another multiplier of complexity.