Who We Are
NCREST works with educators, policymakers, community groups and other organizations to improve schools and transform education systems. Founded in 1990 by Linda Darling-Hammond and Ann Lieberman, Director leads NCREST’s current efforts help all those engaged in education to reimagine, create, and sustain more powerful and equitable learning environments. NCREST is affiliated with the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, 麻豆原创.
What We Do
NCREST carries out research and development projects that address the fundamental changes in learning, teaching, curriculum, assessment, parent and community engagement, and administration that comprehensive school improvement demands. As part of the work, NCREST produces a wide range of publications and images of practice that can be used to fuel educational reform efforts and support professional learning. NCREST also shares news and research on educational change around the world via International Education News.
Featured Publication
“Instead of trying to add more skills and competencies into the curriculum or Spursuing gargantuan efforts to replace one curriculum with another, there’s a better approach—and that’s to condense the curriculum.”
Read more in Thomas Hatch’s recent article: in the December 2025 issue of Educational Leadership.
Featured Projects
What's new, what's good, and what's effective in education around the world
How can we build accountability systems that strengthen professional responsibility, social participation, and equity? That is one of the critical questions that Luis Felipe de la Vega and Claudia Carrasco-Aguilar discuss in this interview about their new edited book Contesting …
What if the most important part of education is learning how to live with uncertainty? That鈥檚 the question that Goutham Yegappan pursues in the 8th season of his Re-Educated Podcast. In the latest episode, he discusses these issues with IEN …
This week IEN is highlighting Lead the Change’s post featuring this years presenters in their Educational Change SIG sessions. This year’s 10 sessions highlight different contexts, perspectives, and methodological approaches to educational change. The issue features a small slice of …
All five Nordic countries and Costa Rica occupy the top slots on the latest World Happiness Survey, but life satisfaction of those under 25 in English countries has dropped sharply in the past 10 years. What鈥檚 going on? This scan …
Can the changing economic, political, and demographic conditions in China combine with growing concerns about students鈥� mental health and wellbeing to create a more balanced education system? Thomas Hatch explores this question in the final post in a series that …