Our monthly listing of announcements from the research and development community. Every item hotlined to the press page. Free dowmload until June 1.   more »

The reason reporters don't understand education research is not so much because education reporters don't take the time to understand - although they don't. It is because education research has not been important to education reporting - in the sense that covering it well has not been important to the sale of newspapers or the field's trade reports.   more »

The first question for the industry is whether this means the end of Edison in Philadelphia... and maybe time to sell off the company for parts and re-brand what's left. If you were a superintendent, would you propose the firm to your board?   more »

If you've got it (scientifically based research), flaunt it. But note as well that the standard of beauty is rising in this market. What's glamorous this year will soon seen quaint. Firms need to look beyond compliance with an evaluation requirement to the role of evaluation in program quality and ongoing development.   more »