Category: Press Release
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The 74: Teacher Professional Development Is In a Rut. Better Research Can Help.
RPPL’s efforts to move the education research field beyond a “thumbs up or thumbs down” approach to program evaluation is featured in The74. Vice Chair Sarah Johnson writes it is vital that we better understand how ineffective our current research model is and that we get real about how we’re going to address it.
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TeachThought: What Makes Professional Development Effective?
Sarah Johnson, CEO of The Teaching Lab and RPPL Vice Chair, joined The TeachThought Podcast to discuss the RPPL’s work, the ways in which teacher professional learning is being implemented well (and how it is lacking), as well as the tension between truth, evidence, and research.
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THE Journal: To Accelerate Student Learning, We Must First Understand How to Improve Teaching
In a column published in THE Journal, RPPL Vice Chair Sarah Johnson argues that before we can accelerate student learning, we must first understand how to improve teaching. Johnson writes that only by thoroughly researching and understanding what works in teacher development — and why — will the field be able to create the kind…
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National Partnership to Generate New Knowledge on Teacher Learning for Equitable Student Outcomes
Today, the Research Partnership for Professional Learning (RPPL) launches a learning agenda and call to action to transform professional learning (PL) research and practice.
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K-12 Education Organizations and Leaders Invite Incoming ED Secretary to Prioritize Teacher Learning
In January 2021, RPPL members wrote to Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona about the importance of teacher learning. We highlighted six recommended actions and invited partnership with the Biden administration to address educational equity through professional learning.