Op-eds & Policy Briefs

Opening Up Science—to Skeptics
Hunter Gehlbach Hunter Gehlbach

Opening Up Science—to Skeptics

Given the present historical moment’s critical need for science, we wondered: What if scientists allowed skeptics in the general public to look under the hood at how their studies were conducted?

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We Must Raise the Bar for Evidence in Education
Hunter Gehlbach Hunter Gehlbach

We Must Raise the Bar for Evidence in Education

Educational policymakers and practitioners need to understand how study designs and research practices influence the reproducibility and credibility of a study’s findings. This is easier said than done, but there are a couple of initial indicators that suggest a research finding is “real” and worth implementing.

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Weaning Educational Research Off Of Steroids</a>
Hunter Gehlbach Hunter Gehlbach

Weaning Educational Research Off Of Steroids

Hunter and Carly invite readers to wade into the weeds (only a little!), to see what research “on steroids” looks like and why it matters. By doing so, we hope to reveal possibilities for how educational practitioners and policymakers can collaborate with researchers to correct the problem and avoid making practice and policy decisions based on flawed research.

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