The authors conducted a comprehensive review of research to identify the impact of
coaching on changes in preservice and in-service teachers' implementation of evidence …

This research synthesis examines how teacher effectiveness is currently measured. By
evaluating the research on teacher effectiveness and the different instruments used to …

The federal mandate for use of evidence-based practice in schools focuses attention on the
frequently discussed research-to-practice gap in education. The current study examined the …

This article presents an informed definition of sustainability and an associated planning
model for sustaining innovations (pertinent to both infrastructure and interventions) within …

The term family-centered early intervention refers to both a philosophy of care and a set of
practices. Both have been used to guide research, training, and service delivery for well over …

Teaching Deaf Learners: Psychological and Developmental Foundations explores how deaf
students (children and adolescents) learn and the conditions that support their reaching their …

In special education, professional collaboration is viewed as a powerful tool for helping
teachers serve students with disabilities. An underlying assumption is that general educators …

Researchers have investigated the relationship between the classroom environment,
student behavior, and academic engagement (Hood-Smith & Leffingwell, 1983; Visser …

Focus groups with teachers of students with learning disabilities (n= 30) and teachers of
students with emotional/behavior disorders (n= 19) were conducted to examine the the …

In this topical issue of The Journal of Special Education, leading scholars in special
education reviewed the literature and investigated whether special education is, indeed …