Research, Trainings and Publications

 

Research and Policy Briefs

New Wine, New Wineskins: Rethinking and Redesigning Utah’s Education Systems for the AI Era - January 2026

Guardrails for the Future: Navigating AI's Risks in K-12 Education with Confidence & Care - November 2025

Teacher Collaboration: Impact on Student Learning and School Effectiveness - A Policy and Research Brief - August 2025

Personalized and Powerful: How AI Can Transform Student Learning in Utah Classrooms - August 2025

Building Smarter Classrooms to Achieve Higher Student Learning: Empowering Utah Teachers with AI Support - June 2025

SB173 Teacher Merit Award: Developing Reliable & Valid Assessments for Student Growth in State Non-Assessed Subjects - A Policy and Research Brief - April 2025

Utah Teacher Merit Awards - A Policy and Research Brief - August 2024

Improving Teacher Preparation Pathways - A Policy and Research Brief – January 2024

Science of Reading (SOR) - A Policy and Research Brief – March 2023

Personalized Competency-Based Learning: A Policy and Research Brief - November 2022

Waking Rip Van Winkle - A Proposal to Redesign the Education Workforce - November 2021

Training

Getting at the Why of Student Behavior

At times, school-age students display behaviors that impair their learning and learning of others. WHY? This video begins to identify the reasons WHY students engage in these behaviors and also how to address them. Unfortunately, the early minutes of the session were not recorded. To learn more about Utah State University's Center for the School of the Future's Behavior Support Consultation and Training (BSCT) service, email David Forbush.

Reading Research, Practices and Implementation

 

Publications