Hey, Researchers and Policymakers: Pay Attention to the Questions Teachers Ask
Mike Goldstein recently asked the simple question: “Why aren’t teachers clamoring for published research?”
His answer was hardly simple.
“One reason is that researchers generally examine the wrong dependent variable. Researchers care about next August (when test scores come in, because they can show achievement gains). Teachers care about that, too, but they care more about solving today’s problems….
A second issue is that researchers don’t worry about teacher time. Education researchers often put forward
