The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced funding of new educational initiatives 19 November 2009. The initiatives focus on creating intensive partnerships with school systems and developing means for measuring effectiveness in teaching. In “An...

According to a report from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER), a study examining the benefits of providing pre-kindergarten programs in New Mexico (US) revealed that there were significant and important benefits for children....

Recently I got a note from a colleague whom I trust for his (it’s a guy) adherence to evidence-based therapy and methods of teaching. He wondered whether it was sensible to devote valuable research funds and time to evaluating interventions that...

It’s gratifying to know that Teach Effectively has been referred to by other sources on the Internet. Of course, it’s nice to be aggregated by sources such as CVille Blogs, but it is even more encouraging to find references by sites that are addressing...

I only occasionally read the Ed Week team blog by Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch, Bridging Differences, but I was avidly gobbling up the content and comments of one recent post. Why? Well, the much admired Mary Damer had waded into the fray and was...