Our Research
We are a diverse, varied group with a shared burning desire to make a significant difference to children's education, and we are not too proud to "stand on the shoulders of giants"!
In fact, it is essential that our tools, our software, our data, and our entire frameworks are grounded in deep research, are based on rigorous peer-reviewed academic studies, and are clearly the results of properly-applied scientific method.
Our work is deep, wide, and far-reaching in building the tools, the data, the analytics, and the improvement frameworks that enable teachers, entire schools, and whole communities to create environments where children can "do well". Consequently, the base upon which we build is incredibly rich and varied—and spans teaching methods, psychology, clinemetrics, strategy, software design, and change management.
The value that we add as an organization is to synthesize the huge body of knowledge that already exists into a set of practical tools, and our aim is to remain transparent about the academic work on which our tools are based.
The list of citations for the academic work we have synthesized is long and we strive to keep it up to date in the section below. In addition to the cited references, much of our groundwork originates from highly-credible organizations—including UNICEF, the US National Institute of Health (NIH), UNESCO, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the United Nations Children Fund, Save the Children, the World Health Organization, the American Medicine Association, and the European Union.
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