Paper
Research to Practice: The Future of the Regional Educational Labs
January 2010, Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst
The federal government has historically placed substantial responsibility for translational research in the hands of the Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs). Grover "Russ" Whitehurst argues that there are three possibilities for the type of activity that the RELs can most usefully carry out within the practical limits of their funding and their broad missions of regional assistance.