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Teacher Evaluations: Your Thoughts?
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

A report by the non-partisan Brookings Institute says that teacher evaluations...

Home News: Congratulations, Stephanie!
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Our very own Stephanie Sasse is a co-author of a...

Drifting Away: The Cognitive Benefits—and Perils—of Mind-Wandering
Kevin Kent
Kevin Kent

You’re in the middle of a meeting or driving to...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This article from The Chronicle of Higher Education explains many reasons...

Research Morsel: Gender Differences in Math (Again)
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

The journal Intelligence recently published an interesting study  analyzing gender...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

This video, from TedEd, helpfully outlines many of the reasons...

LaTB Stories #1: Alex W.
Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

My name is Alex Wonnell, aka Wonz.  I work in...

Tech in the Classroom: Is Virtual Reality Likely to Help Learning?
Kevin Kent
Kevin Kent

Educators have long hoped that that technology holds great promise...

Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson

Every wonder what it's like to plan a Big Room presentation...

Click Here: The Technology of Retrieval Practice in the Classroom
Scott MacClintic
Scott MacClintic

Back in the dark ages, when I was just cutting...

Parent-Child Interactions: Forming Beliefs About Intelligence
Austin Matte
Austin Matte

It is common knowledge that parents play a vital role...

Can Our Evolutionary Past Help Shape Our Classrooms’ Future?
Ashle Bailey-Gilreath
Ashle Bailey-Gilreath

Humans are genetically adapted for learning. The transmission of information,...

The World’s Obsession With Plastic May Damage Developing Brains
Rina Deshpande
Rina Deshpande

It’s easy to look at the past and guffaw at...

Counting What Counts: Reframing Education Evaluation by Yong Zhao
Rebecca Gotlieb
Rebecca Gotlieb

In our quest to assess and compare educational outcomes of...

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