A-Z List of Free SEDL Publications

Below is a list of SEDL publications available free online. There are additional publications available in the SEDL Store, where SEDL lists the publications available for sale.

There are 343 free resources available to you.

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What Can a Mathematics Teacher Do for the English Language Learner? (2009)
Based on a 2006 professional development session for math and ESL specialists, this online interactive document includes teaching strategies for ELLs at various levels, critical components to include when designing math lessons for ELLs, and a list of relevant resources.

What Do We Mean by "Family and Community Connections with Schools?" (2002)
This strategy brief was produced by SEDL's National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools, part of SEDL's Regional Educational Laboratory contract. The Center links people with research-based information and resources that they can use to effectively connect schools, families, and communities.

What Do We Mean by Family and Community Connections with Schools?: An Interactive Research Brief (2005)
In this interactive research brief, you will learn eight types of family and community connections as well as discover the benefits of family and community connections with schools. You will also discover how to plan strategies for increasing or developing family and community involvement in your school.

What Experience Has Taught Us About Collaboration: Facilitating Mathematics and Science Reform: Lessons Learned (2004)
From 1992 through 2005, the ten Eisenhower Regional Consortia and the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse collaborated with each other and with many state, regional, and national partners to build an effective network for providing valuable, and often unique, services and resources to mathematics and science educators across the nation. This report is one in series of "lessons learned" in facilitating mathematics and science reform that represents the reflective thinking of professionals who have engaged many thousands of clients. It highlights practical knowledge acquired from the systematic use of specific strategies and tools, connecting this knowledge to research.

This Publication is part of the Facilitating Mathematics and Science Reform: Lessons Learned series. Other publications in the series include: What Experience Has Taught Us About Professional Development.

What Experience Has Taught Us About Professional Development: Facilitating Mathematics and Science Reform: Lessons Learned (2005)
From 1992 through 2005, the ten Eisenhower Regional Consortia and the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse collaborated with each other and with many state, regional, and national partners to build an effective network for providing valuable, and often unique, services and resources to mathematics and science educators across the nation. This report is one in series of "lessons learned" in facilitating mathematics and science reform that represents the reflective thinking of professionals who have engaged many thousands of clients. It highlights practical knowledge acquired from the systematic use of specific strategies and tools, connecting this knowledge to research.

This Publication is part of the Facilitating Mathematics and Science Reform: Lessons Learned series. Other publications in the series include: What Experience Has Taught Us About Collaboration.

What Structures Can Help Schools Create Effective Family and Community Involvement That Supports Learning Outside of School?: An Interactive Research Brief (2005)
In this module you will learn research-based strategies that involve families and partner organizations to support learning in a variety of settings other than the classroom. You will also explore a framework for effective family and community involvement that is based on current research.

What's Going on in My Child's School: A Parent's Guide to Good Schools (2000)
This booklet is for parents who want to understand how and why schools are changing their approach. The booklet takes you inside classrooms that are using innovative approaches to learning—with impressive results.

When the Best Is the Enemy of the Good: The Nature of Research Evidence Used in Systematic Reviews and Guidelines (2009)
The Task Force on Systematic Review and Guidelines developed this paper to explore critical issues related to the "gold standard" for research designs, the emergence of systematic reviews, and the implications for evidence-based rehabilitation and clinical practice.

Will our Phones Go Dead? The Changing Role of the Central Office: Issues About Change, Volume 2, Number 4 (1993)
This paper proposes new roles for central office staff, illustrated with examples from three school districts. It explains site-based management, lists nine metaphors used to describe the new administrator's functions, and describes three school districts undergoing transformation from central control to site-based management.

Working Systemically Online Survey (2009)
SEDL offers free access to the Working Systemically online survey, which is a data collection instrument allows a coordinator to set up and deploy a 34-question online survey to gather data from teachers, administrators, and other school stakeholders regarding the working systemically principles (e.g. use of data, communicating priorities, access to materials, professional development, etc.). The results are automatically tallied for the coordinator, and results can be viewed by subgroups customized by the survey coordinator. Sign up for a free survey coordinator account today!