Who We Are
NCREST works with educators, policymakers, community groups and other organizations to improve schools and transform education systems. Founded in 1990 by Linda Darling-Hammond and Ann Lieberman, Director Thomas Hatch leads NCREST’s current efforts help all those engaged in education to reimagine, create, and sustain more powerful and equitable learning environments. NCREST is affiliated with the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers College, Columbia University.
What We Do
NCREST carries out research and development projects that address the fundamental changes in learning, teaching, curriculum, assessment, parent and community engagement, and administration that comprehensive school improvement demands. As part of the work, NCREST produces a wide range of publications and images of practice that can be used to fuel educational reform efforts and support professional learning. NCREST also shares news and research on educational change around the world via International Education News.
Featured Publication
“New possibilities for schooling are most likely to take off when their goals, capacity demands, and values fit the common needs, existing capabilities, and prevailing conditions in the schools and communities where they’re supposed to work” — Thomas Hatch
Read more in “ We will now resume our regular programming” from the Journal of Educational Change and The Education We Need for a Future We Can’t Predict.
Featured Projects
The Latest from International Education News
What's new, what's good, and what's effective in education around the world
Remedying Educational Inequities to Build a Just Future: Lead the Change Interview with Lauren Yoshizawa
In this month’s Lead the Change (LtC) interview, Lauren Yoshizawa shares her insights on how research can remedy educational inequality and contribute to a more just future in education. Drawing from her work at the intersection of school improvement efforts … Continue reading
Banning Cell Phones Around the World? Scanning the Back-to-School Headlines for 2024-25 (Part 3)
Today, we roundup some of the many headlines that discuss the banning of cellphones as students head back to school in many parts of the world. Part 1 of this year’s Back-to-School scan provided an overview of some of the … Continue reading
Supplies, Shortages, and Other Disruptions? Scanning the Back-to-School Headlines for 2024-25 (Part 2)
What’s in the education news as the school year begins in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere? This week, in part 2 of IEN’s annual back-to-school scan, we share the headlines from across the US and around the world that … Continue reading
Politics, Policies, and Polarization: Scanning the 2024-25 Back-To-School Headlines in the US (Part 1)
As students in many parts of the northern hemisphere start a new school year, IEN begins our annual scan of the back-to-school headlines. This year, with the surge of interest in the presidential election since Kamala Harris became the democratic … Continue reading
IEN on Vacation
We’re off until the beginning of September, but will be back with new posts scanning the back to school and election related news as well as interviews and reflections on what’s happening in schools in Finland, China, and other parts … Continue reading