For several years, following the release of the RHSU EduScholar Public In铿倁ence Rankings, 91直播 Opinion has published a related series of essays that explore a pressing issue relevant to public scholarship. This year, it was clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has posed serious challenges to our nation鈥檚 schools.
There鈥檚 no question that educators are doing everything they can to help students manage during these extraordinarily difficult circumstances. But what has made their work鈥攁nd the work of policymakers鈥攅ven more challenging is the absence of research to guide it. What happens when we enter new territory that cries out for evidence-based guidance, but there is none or very little? The essays in this collection explore this very question.
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Opinion
Education Researchers Need to Step Up
We're in the middle of a pandemic. Education researchers need more support to do their work.
Policy & Politics
Opinion
Why Do So Many Ed. Researchers Ignore Politics?
Yes, you can study politics without being a partisan hack. And to understand education, you must, writes a Brookings Institution senior fellow.
Families & the Community
Opinion
Three Urgent Questions the Pandemic Raises for Researchers
The American education system certainly didn鈥檛 win in 2020. The question is, will it learn?
School & District Management
Opinion
A Road Map for Education Research in a Crisis
Here are five basic principles for a responsible and timely research agenda during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Policy & Politics
Opinion
The Most Influential Education Researchers (in Charts)
Where do they teach? Are they in red states or blue states? And how often were they cited on the topic of COVID-19? Check out the analysis.