Reimagining Federal Education Research with Amber Northern

Amber Northern, Senior VP for Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Senior Advisor at the Department of Education, joins us to discuss her recent paper Reimagining the Institute of Education Sciences. In this episode, she shares which strategic shifts would make IES more relevant, responsive, and useful to educators on the ground. Key themes include closing the gap between research and practice, accelerating the research cycle, making better use of data already being collected, and rethinking how evidence reaches practitioners. Read Amber Northern's full report - Reimagining the Institute of Education Sciences Curious to learn more or want to get in touch? Reach out to us at rockymountain-research.org