Education

How Can We Shift School Culture?

Creating lasting, sustainable culture change in districts, schools, and classrooms can be more effective when leaders take a multilevel, community-based approach. Partnering with a school district in Oregon, SPARQ and collaborators studied the impact of a leadership-focused, train-the-trainer intervention to support student achievement and success. Read more about the research. 

Does Timing Influence Student Discipline?

Researchers and practitioners often rely on static, end-of-year discipline rates to develop interventions. Partnering with a school district, SPARQ and collaborators found that disciplinary incidents in fact fluctuate throughout the school year. As such, taking a dynamic view of student discipline can help us better support teachers and students. Read more about the research and watch a video that charts the course of student discipline over the year through sound.

Can Higher Ed Build Communication Skills?

Colleges and universities have typically been thought of as educational spaces that help students develop skills for successful careers. As technology and artificial intelligence (AI) become more prevalent, interpersonal and intergroup communication skills are increasingly valuable in the workplace. Using a large, multi-campus dataset, SPARQ is examining how undergraduate courses can help students develop critical communication skills for the workplace and beyond.

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