Improving professional learning is less about knowing which program to adopt than about knowing how to align resources and effort. Such was the underlying message when a group of educators, policymakers, and academics came together in January 2017 to prioritize questions for a new research agenda. Convened by the Tennessee Education Research Alliance, these stakeholders spent two days discussing what knowledge gaps most need to be filled for the Tennessee Department of Education to promote more effective professional learning across the state.
