E-Learning: Tips and Trends

whitePaper | June 23, 2021

Effective principals have a positive influence on student learning outcomes, as McREL’s analysis has previously found. In this new paper, we review these connections and describe updates to our Balanced Leadership for Student Learning™ professional learning program that help principals have even more impact on student success.

whitePaper | September 16, 2022

Spoken language* underpins literacy development and vocabulary acquisition. It is central to learning across the curriculum, including in maths.

whitePaper | January 10, 2023

Addressing the Vital Connection Between Physical Comfort and Student Engagement in Today’s TechnologyEnhanced Schools

whitePaper | January 4, 2023

By building Circle U., the seven partner universities – soon nine – have agreed to combine their expertise, experience and knowledge to play a central role in Europe and beyond. As stated in the mission statement of our alliance, by 2025, Circle U. will be an inclusive, research-intensive and interdisciplinary European university that will develop new competencies, new ideas and new solutions for keeping Europe and our planet healthy, peaceful, democratic and prosperous

whitePaper | September 21, 2022

Before teachers can leverage the benefits of engagement, they need to know what it is, where it comes from, and why it’s so hard to maintain as students age. Here we review the evidence, present McREL’s definition of student engagement, and provide strategies to assess and improve students’ engagement with academics and the entire school community.

whitePaper | June 7, 2022

In January, 1997, after serving for 19 years as President of the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), I began a new assignment as Director of Education for the Pew Charitable Trusts—a Philadelphia-based national foundation that makes grants in six major program areas. My immediate predecessor had focused the Education Program’s $35 million annual budget largely on K-12 issues.