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Harvard Receives $10 Million Grant for Rural Education Research
This Harvard Crimson article highlights the launch of the National Center on Rural Education Research Networks. The Harvard Graduate School of Education received a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund national research on rural...

IES Funds Rural Education, Secondary Writing Research
The Journal discusses how the National Center on Rural Education Research Networks will work with 60 rural districts to help build capacity for rural districts to use their own data. Research in rural education and secondary writing is getting a grant...

New research centers to focus on rural schools, high school writing
Education Dive writes about the announcement of the National Center on Rural Education Research Networks. Many rural districts — and school leaders in rural areas — are finding that they can accomplish more by partnering with neighboring districts and...

Cornell partners in center to tackle rural schools’ challenges
The Cornell Chronicle highlights the National Center on Rural Education Research Networks which will utilize the Proving Ground approach in rural districts. Schools are often the civic heart of communities, particularly in rural areas, and can be a...

Dear Data. I Need You. Faster.
Harvard Ed Magazine highlights Proving Ground's emphasis on short cycle research. As more and more districts of all sizes started collecting data to evaluate what programs and interventions were working for their students and which weren’t, it became...

Proving Ground to expand capacity to rural education
The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University has been awarded a $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education to launch the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks...

City Schools Partner with Harvard University
South Side News shares Proving Ground's work with Syracuse City School District to pilot attendance interventions. ... Over the past year, SCSD collaborated with an initiative at Harvard University called Proving Ground to develop a set of research-based...

How Do We Know If Ed Tech Even Works?
CEPR Faculty Director Thomas Kane co-authored the following Education Week op-ed, explaining the importance of rigorously evaluating ed tech before scaling up. In April, the newest National Assessment of Educational Progress scores once again showed...

District turns to Harvard to crack chronic absenteeism in schools
Proving Ground's collaboration with Palm Beach County Schools to improve student attendance is featured in the following article by the Palm Beach Post. This year, the district is one of eight across the country that have sought the help of Harvard...