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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Drill, Karen; Miller, Shazia; Behrstock-Sherratt, Ellen – American Institutes for Research, 2012
Based on two studies that we conducted in the Chicago metropolitan area in 2009 and 2010, we found that teachers do, in fact, use research, although they tend to seek it out under very specific conditions and circumstances. Namely, teachers tend to look for research in response to an immediate, pressing concern, such as how to best teach fractions…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
Clifford, Matthew; Behrstock-Sherratt, Ellen; Fetters, Jenni – American Institutes for Research, 2012
Public education is a cornerstone of democracy, a prerequisite for economic recovery, and a key lever in achieving national commitment to equal opportunity for all. Although the nearly 90,000 public school principals constitute a relatively small percentage of the public education sector, their work can have a "ripple effect" on the 3.4 million…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Research, Leadership Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Coggshall, Jane G.; Behrstock-Sherratt, Ellen; Drill, Karen – American Institutes for Research, 2011
Generation Y public school teachers--those born between 1977 and 1995-- who have been serving students for nearly a decade now, represent an increasingly large proportion of the teaching workforce, and, with concerted support, promise to help bring needed transformation to schools that too often remain stuck in an earlier age. Members of this…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Generational Differences, Economic Factors, Teacher Role