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Statewide Texas Network Launching to Make Education Research Matter
Oct. 17, 2023
Network receives $1.4M start-up investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to bridge education research, practice and policy. For decades, research universities and think tanks have conducted countless studies that offer promising solutions to some of our most persistent problems in education. While these studies are routinely…
Meadows Center Researchers Complete Large-Scale Study with More Than 200 Teachers Across Texas
May. 15, 2023
Researchers from The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk studied the effects of a professional development model to help teachers implement reading comprehension and vocabulary practices to fourth graders.
UT Austin’s Institute for Public School Initiatives Awarded Grant to Improve the Educational Outcomes for Students in Texas
Nov. 11, 2022
The Department of Education has awarded a $33.9 million dollar grant to The University of Texas at Austin through the Institute for Public School Initiatives (IPSI). The seven-year award ($4.8 million, first year) will support the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness…