EdSurge Research
We collaborate with organizations to investigate and make sense of complex educational and edtech issues so that practitioners can build community, experiment with new practices and make informed decisions to improve teaching and learning.
Education in the Face of Unprecedented Challenges
Report | Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeEdSurge Research documents how educators are leveraging research in their practice to help all learners thrive. We do so in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic—an event that has brought greater urgency to this work and that has created a new reality of school.
A Look Into the Work Lives of Early Childhood Education Professionals
Series | Imaginable Futures, a venture of The Omidyar GroupEdSurge has been exploring the work lives of early childhood professionals, unpacking their pathways to professional learning, how they engage with families and the opportunities they have for increased compensation.
Mainstreaming Making: Helping Teachers and Administrators Embrace Making
Toolkit | Autodesk EducationEdSurge Research has been examining key challenges and opportunities for K-12 educators engaged in making. We offer a practical toolkit for non-classroom educators who want to build support for making practices, concepts and activities in their school among classroom teachers and administrators.
In the Driver’s Seat: Online Professional Learning Design Features in Action
Report | Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeEdSurge and The Learning Accelerator teamed up to dive deep into online professional learning. We examined how research-backed drivers enable educators to learn content, shift mindset and effectively improve practice. We present how platforms bring these drivers to life.
Preparing for Impact: What's Changing Edtech Investment
Interactive | NewSchools Venture FundU.S. K-12 edtech funding dropped from $548M to $333M in three years. This interactive site synthesizes our findings to help edtech investors and entrepreneurs understand where money has been flowing, what factors have been driving shifts in the market and how investment might change in the near future.
Stories of Change: Educators Shift Practices to Reach All Learners
Report | Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeEdSurge Research has been visiting schools, convening educators and sharing stories about how school communities are shifting practices to meet the needs of all learners, the obstacles they’ve faced and how they’re measuring success.
Crowdfunding in K-12: Developing a Vision That Informs Policy
Report & Toolkit | Chiefs for ChangeEdSurge Research has been digging into how crowdfunding works in K-12. We’ve developed a set of resources to help decision-makers deepen their understanding of crowdfunding in schools, distinguish between platforms and set a vision for how to support crowdfunding in their district.
Measuring Up: How Community Colleges Define, Measure and Support Student Success
Guide & Report | Macmillan LearningCommunity colleges are a lever for upward mobility, but their achievements are less obvious when looking at national graduation rates. We explore whether completion should be the barometer of success for community college students.
Up Close & Personal: Chronicling Learning Practices Across the Nation
Report & Interactive | Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationEdSurge spent years listening to ways educators make learning personal for students. This interactive site compiles our findings to help practitioners discover how educators across the U.S. implement personalized learning.
What Does It Take to Make Interoperability Work in K-12 Education?
Report & Guide | InnovateEDUThe EdSurge Research team spent six months investigating what it takes to make interoperability work in K-12 education, digging into how companies, schools and districts are trying to connect the data pipes.
Crossing the Finish Line: Vetting Tools that Support Student Success
Report | Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationChanges in demographics and funding have spurred colleges to seek strategies that see students thrive and graduate on time. This research helps higher ed decision-makers evaluate the tools that support student success.
How Teachers Are Learning: Professional Development Remix
Report & Guide | Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPersonalized learning isn’t just for students—it’s for teachers too. With a new era of personalized professional development upon us, we set out to capture changes in the learning cycle and tools designed to support it.
From Pre-Fab to Personalized: How Districts Are Retooling Professional Development
Report & Guide | Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationFollowing our first investigation into how professional development tools are changing, this research digs into how schools and districts are making PD personal for teachers and what it takes to make the shift.
Bridging the Chasm: Defining Student Success Beyond Traditional Academics
Guide | NGLC, an intiative of EDUCAUSESome schools are embracing broader definitions of success, venturing beyond traditional academic measures—but breaking tradition isn’t easy. This research unpacks the change process for redefining student success.
The Complex World of School Redesign: The Building Blocks and Builders
Report & Guide | Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationSchools around the country are redesigning their teaching models to make learning more engaging and personal. EdSurge investigated how schools are changing and what support they need along the way.
Shedding Light on the Adaptive Black Box: Adaptive Learning Close Up
Report | PearsonAdaptive learning is a complex term, and over the course of six months, we set out to demystify it. Our research resulted in a report, a framework and a market map of adaptive tools.
The State of Edtech 2016
Report | AT&T AspireThis year long project shares the story of how the edtech ecosystem is evolving and the impact it has on the way we learn. It aims to give educators, entrepreneurs and investors a glimpse into each other's perspectives.
We have also engaged in private research efforts to better understand the intergrated learning system landscape, the match between technology and competency-based learning, models that bridge education and career skills and the role of teacher networks.
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