A grassroots teacher-led movement that has taken hold in the United Kingdom is spreading around the world and last weekend landed in North America. Its message for schools: Stop using students as guinea pigs for unproven teaching methods.
Dubbed ResearchED, the movement was founded in 2013 to counter fads and “pseudo-science” that some say have come to dominate education in recent decades. The movement calls for education practices based on solid research.
Supporters of the movement say education policy is dominated by biased groups with vested interests. The results are kids being coddled, left without the skills they need to face the world, and ill-prepared for the hard realities ahead.
Teachers want to re-empower themselves.
