Envisioning an Evidence-Based Education Ecosystem: A LEARN Network Panel Series – July 8 through August 26, 2025
The LEARN Network hosted summer conversation series with education leaders to discuss a vision for an evidence-based education ecosystem.
ASCD Annual Conference: June 29-July 2, 2025
Members of the Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) team presented at the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development’s (ASCD) 2025 Annual Conference.
Learn more here!
Bringing Educational Innovations to Market: June 26, 2025 at 3pm ET
This free, interactive workshop guided researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs through developing an effective go-to-market strategy specifically designed for education markets. Using the LEARN Network’s proven frameworks, attendees learned a step-by-step approach to building a go-to-market strategy and plan that helps get the right message to the right people, at the right time, across the right channels.
Learn more here!
LEARN to Scale Virtual Workshop: May 1, 2025 at 3pm ET
On May 1st, the LEARN Network’s team of research, development, and marketing experts held an introductory virtual session sharing a systematic approach for bringing research to market. Attendees explored potential scaling pathways for educational innovations and accessed a broad range of free tools and resources designed for education researchers and developers.
Watch a recording of the workshop and explore key takeaways here!
56th Annual Illinois Reading Council Conference: March 13-14, 2025
On March 14 from 3:30 to 4:30pm ET, Billie Day, Elise Strongin, Sophie Weich from the LEARN Network product team Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) presented “Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies in Elementary School to Strengthen Reading Performance in an Era of Challenging Standards” at the 56th Annual IRC Conference.
Learn more here!
LEARN How Evidence Informs School and District Procurement Practices: June 24, 2024
On June 24 from 10-11am MDT, LEARN Network researchers Jessica Mislevy, Ela Joshi, Erin Smith and Keena Walters shared their work and discussed how schools and districts procure ed-tech products, how evidence is used in these decisions, and ways to help educators find products aligned with students’ needs and contexts.
Learn more about their presentation here!
Scaling Evidence-Based Products and Programs Within Districts: May 28, 2024
On May 28 from 3-4:30pm ET, the LEARN Network joined the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and a panel of researchers and practitioners for a discussion of the process of adopting, adapting, and scaling evidence-based products or programs within a district to best serve students and teachers. Panelists from SRI Education, the AIM Institute for Learning and Research, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) and the Dinuba Unified School District answered questions and shared insights and resources from their work with and within districts.
Watch the panel discussion and explore key takeaways here!
Designing and Scaling for Educational Impact in Rural Communities: April 8, 2024
On April 8, from 2 – 3:30 p.m. ET, The LEARN Network hosted a conversation with scholars and practitioners who understand the unique considerations required when scaling evidence-based products in and across rural communities. Panelists discussed the considerations rural educators make when selecting educational products, the unique challenges rural schools face in accessing evidence-based products, how product developers can design for rural contexts, success stories, and more!
Watch the panel discussion, download a transcript, and explore key takeaways here.
Getting All Students Up to Speed Using Evidence-Based Supplemental Reading Programs: February 6, 2024
On February 6, from 3-4:30 p.m. ET, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading and the LEARN Network hosted a conversation with leaders from the three literacy-focused LEARN Network product teams and practitioners who are using these supplemental reading programs. Panelists discussed how these programs support both decoding and comprehension skills, peer interactions, and best practices for selecting and implementing supplemental reading programs.
Watch the panel discussion and explore key takeaways here.
ED Games Expo: September 21, 2023
The Institute of Education Sciences’ ED Games Expo returned to the REACH at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on September 20 and 21 with a new series of IES-funded educational innovations. The event consisted of demos of exciting new EdTech games and programs, sessions to learn more about the latest in the evolving field of EdTech, and building connections with developers and collaborators. The Expo had something for a broad audience including students, parents, researchers, and educators.
The LEARN Network hosted a panel on scaling educational products during the IES Innovation Day. This panel featured speakers who have successfully scaled educational innovations and who bring different perspectives about transitioning products to the market.
Check out the Blog on scaling strategies and the key takeaways from the panel here. Keep a look out for more detailed video conversations with our panelists that are dropping this spring!
LEARN Network Launch Event: January 19, 2023
Watch the video of our virtual launch for the new Leveraging Evidence to Accelerate Recovery Nationwide (LEARN) Network!
The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students at all levels of education is still emerging. The recent release of the 2022 NAEP Long Term Trends report shows what many educators and researchers feared: significant education progress was lost because of the pandemic. View the virtual launch to:
- Hear about what IES is doing to address COVID-19 Learning Loss
- Learn from Network team members about scaling educational innovations