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Usable Knowledge News

March 2009

Summer reading and summer not: Fighting the summer reading slump
	HGSE Assistant Professor James Kim offers reading intervention strategies that districts can use to keep students from falling behind over the summer.

From lipstick to learning: Research goes to school To narrow the gap between research and practice in education, HGSE Professor Kurt Fischer is leading an effort to build schools that join the work of researchers and practitioners.

Beginning in the brain: Pioneering the field of educational neuroscience

Bruno della Chiesa, visiting lecturer at HGSE, provides insight on the field of educational neuroscience and why it is important to the future of learning. He and his colleagues worked on several research initiatives, which led to the publication of the book Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science.

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