There is no question that there is an "art" to teaching. And we all know that underlying good teaching practice is the "science" that speaks to which instructional strategies are most effective to deliver specific content to students in different settings and at different points in their educational careers. Teachers have a profound influence on student learning, and their ability to access information and support about research-based (or promising) instructional strategies, management techniques or curriculum design can have an enormous impact upon their students' success.
One valuable resource for parent and educators is the U.S. Department of Education Regional Educational Laboratory Program. The "Lab Program" was designed to help educators, policy makers, and communities improve schools and help all students attain their full potential. One way they do this is by ensuring that information about exemplary and promising programs, as well as other important lessons about school reform developed or learned in one site, can be appropriately applied elsewhere.
REL Midwest at Learning Point Associates States Served: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin National Leadership Area: Educational Technology
Northeast and Islands Laboratory at Brown University (LAB) States Served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands National Leadership Area: Teaching Diverse Students
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL) States Served: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, Hawaii, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau National Leadership Area: Area of Curriculum and Instruction Related to Reading and Language Mastery
WestEd States Served: Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah National Leadership Area: Assessment of Educational Achievement
When you read a research article, you're likely to run across descriptions of how the researchers analyzed the data they collected and terms about statistical methods that are unfamiliar. In order to understand these research reports, you may need to expand your research 'lingo'. Visit Making Sense of Statistics in Research.
Sheldon H. Horowitz, Ed.D. is the Director of LD Resources & Essential Information at the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
Special education teacher and learning disability expert Meg Randall discusses a teaching technique she uses to better serve her students, including those with LD, in the classroom. More >
Background and Purpose
Research conducted in the 1980s and more recently has suggested that children with learning disabilities (LD) have difficulties with reading comprehension that are the result of broadly based language problems and not limited to simple difficulties with word ... More >
On a daily basis, teachers face multiple challenges in the classroom. One of those challenges is teaching a group of students with varying abilities so that everyone can learn grade-level skills and content. This means that while teaching to the group, you have to keep in mind the nee... More >
Teaching students with the learning disability dyslexia is challenging, especially in a classroom of heterogeneous learners. Here are strategies both general education and special education teachers can use.
8 Ways to Enhance Interactive Instruction
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Reading Problems Do Not Just Go Away
During the past few years, there has been a significant effort, both within schools and throughout the community at large, to draw attention to the critical importance (and benefit) of effective reading instruction, especially for students in th... More >
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There is no question that there is an "art" to teaching. And we all know that underlying good teaching practice is the "science" that speaks to which instructional strategies are most effective to deliver specific content to students in different settings and at different points in their educational careers. Teachers have a profound influence on student learning, and their ability to access information and support about research-based (or promising) instructional strategies, management techniques or curriculum design can have an enormous impact upon their students' success. 
