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Educational innovation: Tougher than it looks
- 01-27-2011
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By Sarah D. Sparks/Education Week
Massive federal education competitions like the $650 million Investing in Innovation fund have heightened interest in practical education research, but even the most promising findings to improve student learning faces a long, uncertain path to become something more concrete and usable for the classroom. Unlike fields such as physics or genetics, education science historically has not benefited from a large cadre of engineering and implementation firms ready to test lab results in market context and launch successful programs quickly. To the contrary, experts say the education and business communities often have trouble pulling in the same direction. (more…)
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