What Does "Scientifically-Based Research" Mean in Education?

One of the issues important to the work of the Chicago Teachers' Center as a whole and ADEPT in particular is that our work has to be based in "research." That has meant many things in the past, but according to the Department of Education, it means something quite specific now. They have published tantalizingly little so far about how this will affect funding, but to see what they are discussing now, read this article and the links found in it. We need to make sure that the methods CTC loves to use in the classroom or in schools as a whole take this evolving definition into consideration.
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