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| The Wing Institute Knowledge Network | | |
The Wing Institute has launched a knowledge network to accelerate communication, collaboration, and cooperation across a wide range of individuals, organizations, professional disciplines, and regions in the promotion of evidence-based education. The goal of the Wing Institute Knowledge Network is to accumulate and disseminate existing knowledge, create new knowledge, and facilitate the effective application of that knowledge to real world settings in the area of evidence-based education.
Why the knowledge network?
The need for increased use of evidence in education decision-making has never been greater. As schools face continuing performance challenges, inadequate resources, and increased federal and state accountability, there is much greater emphasis on making the best possible decisions with the best possible information. This focus is reflected in recent federal laws—No Child Left Behind and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act—which contain numerous references to using “scientifically-based research” in decision-making and “research based” programs.
For an evidence-based education model to have impact, there must be adequate research (quantity and quality), effective dissemination, systematic implementation, and accurate monitoring. A good model for such a system is in health care, which has an intensive system for researching and approving medical interventions. A formal system for evidence-based health care has been in place for many years. Unfortunately, there is no comparable system in place for education. There is simply too little research, no systematic dissemination, and a lack of coordination across existing resources. The Wing Institute Knowledge Network has been designed to help close this gap by providing a structure and resources that act as a catalyst to increasing communication, cooperation, and collaboration among individuals currently engaged in evidence-based research and practice. Its goal is to promote “real-time” evidence-based education using existing knowledge, resources and systems while accelerating the acquisition of new knowledge, resources, and systems.
- accumulate, create and disseminate evidence-based education knowledge across disciplines
- facilitate the effective application of that knowledge to “real world” education settings
- promote new research, program and policy initiatives
- provide an organized “voice” for policy debates
- Information on the latest developments in evidence-based education (e-mail, bulletin board, publications, reports, resource data bases)
- Access to an inter-disciplinary evidence-based “community” for dialogue, assistance, problem solving, feedback, and different perspectives
- Access to resources (organizational support, subscriptions, discounts on publications)*
- Input on the development of new research, program, and policy initiatives
- Structure for contributing information to a developing knowledge base
- Membership in the Wing Knowledge Network Bulletin Board
- the first 50 members of the Knowledge Network will receive a free one-year subscription to the Journal of Evidence-based Practices for Schools
Membership is voluntary. We encourage the following types of participation:
- Contributions of information to the network on evidence-based education (e.g. sources of information, articles, research, publications, resources, etc.)
- Dialogue with the network community on areas of interest via the Knowledge Network Bulletin Board
- Participation in surveys and feedback requests from network members
- Reviewing, critiquing, and participating in GAP analysis
Membership is open to anyone who meets the following criteria:
- Have an active interest in the promotion of evidence-based education.
- Share the knowledge network’s goals and conceptual framework
- Have a willingness to participate in the open exchange of ideas, information, and experience with those in the network
- Have internet capacity (e-mail, internet)
- Complete application
- Agree to be listed on the Knowledge Network membership list (accessible to other members) (Personal/professional information is not shared without prior approval)
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