National Association of Curriculum Design
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Pedagogy · Nov 6, 2026
The second edition of Deans for Impact's Science of Learning, released May 2026, incorporates a decade of new cognitive science research and adds practitioner-facing guidance on worked examples, interleaving, and the conditions under which retrieval practice is most effective.
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Market · Nov 5, 2026
Through August 2026, 149 edtech companies changed hands — a multi-year high in deal volume. But valuations have compressed sharply, with buyers extracting steep discounts from companies that can't demonstrate measurable learning outcomes.
Research · Nov 4, 2026
A 2026 peer-reviewed systematic review of reading instruction research for K-5 multilingual learners finds that the SOR evidence base is more limited for this population than for monolingual English speakers — and identifies specific gaps in phonics-first approaches for students whose home language is not English.
Research · Nov 3, 2026
Amplify's October 2026 mCLASS data show no improvement in K-2 early literacy benchmarks from the prior year — raising hard questions about whether the wave of structured literacy legislation is translating into instructional change in classrooms.
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