Updated: 6:15 PM CDT May 6, 2021 WDSU Digital Team William Tate IV was named as the next president of LSU on Thursday, LSU said. When he begins his term in July, he will becomes the first Black president of a university in the Southeastern Conference. Now the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at University of South Carolina, Tate also holds the USC Education Foundation Distinguished Professorship. Tate earned his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a past president of the American Educational Research Association and was elected to the National Academy of Education.Tate will take the helm of the university as it deals with a public reckoning over the mishandling of sexual assault and violence allegations on campus. LSU law professor Tom Galligan has served as the university s president on an interim basis since January 2020. The last person to serve in the permanent role was F. King Alexander, who was president fr
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In recent decades, metacognitive strategy instruction has captured the attention of researchers as a pivotal evidence-informed learning strategy. Some 20 years ago, Bransford first reviewed the scientific literature and concluded that a metacognitive approach to instruction can help people better learn. Today, large-scale studies of metacognitive strategies no longer focus on their immediate effects these appear clear but rather on their long-term effects, which are just beginning to emerge as substantial and sustainable. Metacognitive strategy instruction works, but like most learning strategies, we must clearly understand how it works in order to understand where, when, and with whom it works best.
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Robert Slavin, global authority on education research and evidence-based school reform, dies at 70
He is remembered for the lives he changed through his Success for All Foundation and his dedication to meaningful education reform in America By Andrew Myers / Published April 26, 2021
Robert E. Slavin, a noted education researcher, the first-ever Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Research and Reform in Education, died Saturday, April 24, of a heart attack. He was 70.
Slavin was a preeminent researcher at the School of Education and a globally recognized figure in the field. His personal mantra was a continual emphasis on evidence-based research as the driver of school reforms across the country a phrase he often simplified as what works in education. Slavin was among a handful of education experts known by name worldwide. He was sought out regularly to testi
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