The SRI Homeroom

By the middle grades, students are expected to transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn." For adolescent students who read significantly below grade level, this shift can life-changing. Today we discuss an effective, research-based intervention being used to connect with older students and accelerate the development of skills like fluency, decoding, reading stamina, and comprehension in the middle grades. Host Kori Hamilton Biagas sits down with Margaret Troyer and Kala Jones from the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP Institute) to discuss STARI, the Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention. Troyer and Jones share how STARI has been implemented into classrooms and how it is working to reduce gaps and improve outcomes for struggling students.Find a blog and a transcript for this episode here. Learn more about STARI and download STARI's curriculum materials here. Margaret Troyer is the director of Literacy Research and Development at the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP Institute).Kala Jones is the Literacy Specialist at the the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP Institute).Learn more about SERP here. Connect with SRI Education through our Twitter page, our YouTube page, and our LinkedIn page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the classroom to the workplace, lifelong learners face a complex set of challenges. In an increasingly tech-centered world, how can educators engage adult students and provide them with the practical and soft skills necessary to succeed in school and throughout their careers? SRI Senior Research Social Scientist Louise Yarnall joins host Kori Hamilton Biagas to discuss the innovative, research-backed strategies being used to promote learning and skill development in postsecondary classrooms across the U.S. Yarnall shares recent findings from the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative, which has partnered with broad-access colleges and universities to test interventions and supports focused on student engagement, motivation, self-regulated learning skills, and more. She also discusses her own experience as a lifelong learner, and how educators can leverage research and technology to support diverse student populations in any classroom setting. Learn more about the Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative here.Subscribe to The SRI Homeroom on your favorite podcast app, or find our entire catalog of episodes and transcripts on our website. Louise Yarnall serves as Senior Research Social Scientist with SRI Education. Learn more about her and her work on her SRI webpage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meaningful educational improvement is driven by people: the teachers, administrators, families, students, communities, and other stakeholders who share a desire for better, more equitable outcomes. How can we more effectively engage people – and value their lived experiences – in our decision-making processes?Vanessa Coleman, co-director of SRI's Center for Education Research and Innovation, joins host Kori Hamilton Biagas to discuss the importance of engaging hearts and minds in educational improvement efforts, and how we can bring a more holistic, human-centered perspective to design, development, and evaluation.Discover more tools and strategies for promoting learning growth on The LEARN Network’s webpage. Vanessa Coleman is Co-Director of the Center for Education Research and Innovation at SRI. Learn more about Vanessa and her work on her SRI Education webpage. For episode transcripts, visit the SRI Education News website.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For more than a decade, educators have used Targeted Reading Instruction (TRI) to help students build valuable foundational literacy skills in the classroom. Now, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have developed a tool that can help educators leverage TRI and provide comprehensive support to K-5 readers in both virtual and face-to-face settings.  Researchers Mary Bratsch-Hines and Heather Aiken join host Kori Hamilton Biagas to discuss the new TRI-Reading App, which provides evidence-based reading instruction and helps accelerate the reading process for students in elementary school. They discuss the App’s development, its impacts on students, and its potential applications for educators and learners across the country.   Learn more about Targeted Reading Instruction on the TRI website.   Learn more about the Reading App on the University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning’s website.   Mary Bratsch-Hines is the Senior Manager for Research and Evaluation at the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning. Learn more about her work and connect with her through her university webpage.   Heather Aiken is the Intervention Director for Targeted Reading Instruction and a Research Investigator at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at UNC Chapel Hill. Learn more about her work and connect with her through her university webpage.   Kori Hamilton Biagas serves as Communications Program Manager with SRI Education. Learn more about Kori's work and connect with her through her SRI Education webpage.  Connect with SRI Education through our Twitter page, our YouTube page, and our LinkedIn page.  For episode transcripts, visit The SRI Education News website or email us at thesrihomeroom@gmail.com  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can we make education research more impactful? How can experts and stakeholder groups work together to reduce barriers and optimize outcomes for students and families across the U.S.?Host Kori Hamilton Biagas joins Todd Grindal, Co-Director of the Center for Learning and Development with SRI Education, to discuss some of the most pressing challenges facing today's educators, researchers, policymakers, and parents, and the innovative work being done to meet those challenges head-on. Learn more about today's topics with the links below:A report on early childhood suspension and expulsionThe DaSy Center webpageAn article about culturally responsive curriculaA study measuring student collaboration with the use of artificial intelligenceTodd Grindal is Co-Director of the Center for Learning and Development with SRI Education and a lecturer at Harvard University. Learn more about Todd's work and connect with him through his SRI Education webpage. Kori Hamilton Biagas serves as Communications Program Manager with SRI Education. Learn more about Kori's work and connect with her through her SRI Education webpage. Connect with SRI Education through our Twitter page, our YouTube page, and our LinkedIn page. For episode transcripts, visit The SRI Education News website or email us at thesrihomeroom@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.