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Learning Science

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Some findings in education research are unusually robust: retrieval practice and spacing work, prior knowledge is the best predictor of new learning, and matching instruction to a student’s preferred “learning style” does not improve outcomes despite how intuitive it sounds.

These articles cover what the evidence supports and where popular practice has drifted from it — personalization done meaningfully, differentiation that is sustainable, and the social and emotional development that academic outcomes quietly depend on.