You’ve Been Told It’s Research-Based. But Is It Really? What teachers should ask when someone says “research shows this works.”

*New Post on Substack*
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🧠 Can the science of learning improve equity?

Nidhi and I represented Canada at researchED Scandinavia. Check out my episode with Nidhi and Jim Hewitt on how evidence-informed teaching helps all students succeed!

👉 Listen: youtu.be/vMWbZtSPb5o

#ScienceOfLearning #Equity

Women's pain is real!
The medical system hasn't always treated it that way.

Dr. Daniel Buchman shares how gender, race, and stigma shape chronic pain treatment: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/critically-sp...

#painmanagement #medicalbias @danielbuchman.bsky.social

Stage in auditorium with screen showing presentation for transient information effect.

Taking our seats for @nsachdeva.bsky.social talking about the transient information effect: why great explanations don't always stick. #rEDScand26 #rEDHan #rEDScan26

ResearchED Calgary May 9
Details here:

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Almost finished writing a new book with the most amazing woman (@nsachdeva.bsky.social) on becoming an expert teacher.

Why Must Schools Be Ugly? We used to build grand cathedrals of learning. Today’s schools look like warehouses or worse.

Why Are Schools So Ugly?
Interesting way of looking at schools that I never considered. Thanks @rpondiscio.bsky.social for opening my eyes to this view.
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Why do I need to know this? Why foundational knowledge matters

Why do I need to know this?
Great blog by @nsachdeva.bsky.social and @jim-hewitt.bsky.social
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Sending babies to nursery completely reshapes their microbiomes Socializing at a young age helps to develop greater diversity in children’s microbiota, according to an analysis of baby-to-baby transmission of gut bacteria.

Sending babies to nursery (daycare, for Americans) completely changes their microbiome www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Curios of the week #149 Everything you need to know about education right now

NEW CURIOS Free section discusses maths, Ontario and @nsachdeva.bsky.social

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Great opinion piece in the Globe & Mail by Nidhi Sachdeva "For years, math instruction has leaned heavily toward inquiry-first or discovery-based approaches, often w/o sufficient explicit instruction..but students can't reason about ideas they haven't learned"
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The Monthly Dispatch - What's New in Learning Science - January 2026 Why do students use study strategies they know don't work? Plus new studies on retrieval practice, pre-questions, adaptive learning, habit-driven studying, and classroom attention

Every month I do a round-up of important studies to know in the science of learning. Sign up for regular updates: carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-monthl...

The science of learning is not the same as “back to basics” How teachers can move past educational pendulum swings to a more evidence-informed future.

Great blog by @nsachdeva.bsky.social and @jim-hewitt.bsky.social on how the science of learning isn’t the same as “back to basics” (which has rather different connotations in the UK due to John Major!). I thought of a couple of other practices that would differ…

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🎙️ New episode with Anita Archer is out now!
Check out my conversation with one of the world’s leading experts on explicit instruction––what is it, why it works & how to use it effectively.
Available in video on Youtube & Spotify; audio on all podcast platforms. Link 👉 youtu.be/EE5wvi-xQTM?...

JUMP Math Founder, Dr. John Mighton will be a featured speaker at this event, discussing evidence-based strategies to support deeper math learning!

Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect with other educators who follow the science of learning!

#ResearchED
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Depth Processing Model - How Learning Happens YouTube video by Nidhi Sachdeva

Really a gold-star microlearning video by @nsachdeva.bsky.social. If you want a quick overview of what depth of processing entails and how to make use of it, then look no further. #edusky
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When Teacher Training Feels Like a Sales Pitch (and How to Push Back) How to recognize the subtle tactics that steer your thinking.

When Teacher Training Feels Like a Sales Pitch (and How to Push Back)
What an incredibly good post by @nsachdeva.bsky.social and Jim Hewitt
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When Teacher Training Feels Like a Sales Pitch (and How to Push Back) How to recognize the subtle tactics that steer your thinking.

In contrast to the 'fool's gold' that's often dished up as teacher training, @nsachdeva.bsky.social and Jim Hewitt offer us pure gold for sifting through the advertorials.
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When Teacher Training Feels Like a Sales Pitch (and How to Push Back) How to recognize the subtle tactics that steer your thinking.

🔥New Post🔥
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He will be discussing the research behind the science of learning, the key factors driving the decline of student engagement and motivation, and the lack of positive results being yielded from 'progressive' math teaching methods.

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🔥 New Chalk & Talk episode! I had a fantastic conversation with Benjamin Solomon about the petition to retract the New York Math Briefs and how reading and MATH need the SAME evidence-based teaching. Link to episode below!

✅️Know better so you can do better!

👍🏽Science of Learning can inform educators better as they navigate the complex and dynamic environment of a classroom.

❓️Isn't that a good thing? 🤷‍♂️

👉🏽Why is is so hard to convince folks about this? If we know better, we can do better!

Hi Amy, saw you speak at ATD25, it was such a wonderful talk. Thank you!

So true!

Drs. Sachdeva and Hewitt in front of a slide about cognitive load theory.

Drs. Sachdeva and Hewitt in front of a slide about implications of cognitive load theory.

Drs. @nsachdeva.bsky.social & Jim Hewitt share about classic studies in Education, starting w/ working memory & cognitive load theory @ #RedTO25. I was just discussing this w/ @numcog.bsky.social over lunch. I wish all teachers learned about this in their BEd training! It changed my teaching so much

#rEDTO25 schedule is out.

Sneak Peak: Our researchED Canada Toronto program (June 6-7/25) is now in preparation. Great cover featuring our star attractions, Dylan Wiliam and Jamie Metsala, and lead sponsors, Steplab, JUMP Math and Spirit of Math. It's easy to reserve tickets on Eventbrite! See you in TO!