Books:
- What the Academy Taught Us: Improving schools from the bottom up in a top-down transformation era – John Catt Educational, 2019
- Education is Upside Down: Reframing Reform to Focus on the Right Problems – Rowman & Littlefield, 2014
Some Reviews of/Reflections on Education is Upside-Down (Please alert me if I’ve missed any…not many out there, especially from the US. Ahem.):
- Amazon US reviews – not many here, but proud of them all. (Feel free to leave one, okay? They help.) 🙂
- Schools Week (UK)
- Education News (US)
- Filling the Pail blog, Greg Ashman (Australia)
- Whatonomy blog (UK)
- Of Possible Worlds blog (Canada)
- Razor Blade in the Candy Floss blog (UK)
- Not a review, but placement on a list I’m quite proud of: Learning Spy Reading List (David Didau, UK)
- Same as above: ‘Ten Books Every Teacher Should Read’, from Tom Bennett (again, UK) in TES
- Same again, a very nice mention in the great Jo Facer’s Reading All the Books blog, calling EiUD a top read of 2015. (If you visit, check out more of her writing & ideas on instruction. Top. Notch. Oh, and from the UK.)
Articles:
- What it will take to improve evidence-informed decision-making in schools, report for the American Enterprise Institute, 8 Jun 2020
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Adapting Test Design to Make It Work in a Distance Setting, article for Getting Smart, 28 Apr 2020
- How to not blow the continuous school improvement moment, blog post for Fordham Institute’s Flypaper blog. 8 Aug 2019
- Searching for Great High Schools: A review of In Search of Deeper Learning, review for Education Next. Jul 2019
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Building an Evidence-Informed Education-Improvement Movement, guest post about researchED for CenterPoint Education blog. 6 Oct 2018
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True change comes from within, researchED Magazine #2. Sep 2018
- A DIY Approach to Educational Research-Literacy, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 1 Dec 2017
- The High Cost of Bad Implementation Habits, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 29 Nov 2017
- Making Progress on Evidence-Based Education Reform, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 27 Nov 2017
- researchED: Connecting education research and practice, article for Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Flypaper blog. 18 Sep 2017
- Straight Up Conversation: US Organizer Eric Kalenze Explains researchED, interview with Rick Hess for ‘Straight Up’ blog at Education Week. 7 Sep 2017
- The Status of Evidence-Supported Educational Practices, for Nature Partner Journals Science of Learning Community. 27 Jun 2017
- Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory of a Classroom-Up Reform, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 9 Dec 2016
- Will ESSA’s Evidence Requirements Spur Actual ‘Best Practices’? (No.), guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 6 Dec 2016
- Opening Thoughts from a Little ‘r’ Reformer, guest post at Rick Hess Straight Up blog, Education Week. 5 Dec 2016
- I begin all lesson planning by asking myself: is this truly the best? Because that’s what all children deserve, interview with Jo Facer for TES USA. 19 Oct 2016
- How to make education research work for you, TES USA. 23 Sep 2016
- Here’s the Trick to Becoming a Better Teacher on Your Own, Education Post. 22 Sep 2016
- I’ve Lost Faith in Top-Down Training. Time for Teachers to Take Control, TES USA. 7 Sep 2016
- Education research transformed my teaching. Now it can do the same for yours, TES USA. 18 Aug 2016
- Framing Effects in the Classroom – What Can Teachers Learn from Politicians?, guest post at the Learning Scientists blog. 21 Jun 2016
- Review of Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, Teachers College Record. 28 May 2015. ($ – To see free and not revised by Teachers College Record to remove criticism of Teachers College Press, go here.)
- True Grit: How fixing just one problem in our Minnesota school made all the difference, The Hechinger Report. 16 Jan 2015
- Dropout Age: what should it be, how much does it matter, and is there a better way?, Central States Education Group blog. 17 Feb 2012
- What’s the drag on student achievement in STEM?, Central States Education Group blog. 8 Sep 2011
- Minnesota shutdown: How the resolution may affect schools, Central States Education Group blog. 8 Aug 2011
- Hoping TiZA Survives to Teach Some More, St Paul Pioneer Press. 25 Feb 2011.
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