When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education

Each year, teachers, administrators, and parents face a barrage of new education software, games, workbooks, and professional development programs purporting to be "based on the latest research." While some of these products are rooted in solid science, the research behind many others is grossly exaggerated. This new book, written by a top thought leader, helps everyday teachers, administrators, and family memberswho don’t have years of statistics courses under their beltsseparate the wheat from the chaff and determine which new educational approaches are scientifically supported and worth adopting.

In this insightful book, thought leader and bestselling author Dan Willingham offers an easy, reliable way to discern which programs are scientifically supported and which are the equivalent of "educational snake oil."