Action research reflection

This week we were able to listen to a principal, director of research, and a superintendent about research in school settings.  What I learned from the three leaders is that whatever our research is in education, it will increase student performance.  They also mentioned that our research has to be on a topic we are interested in and want to know more about and be able to apply it in our learning.  The superitendent from Pasadena ISD made very good points about research.  He mentioned that our research has to be practical to our environment where we are at and be interested and focused on the outcome and that students will benefit from the practical research.  They all mentioned that if we want to know more about something to research other districts that have are experiencing the same issues and share similar demographics and academic needs and see what they have done so that we can apply it to our campus.