Introduction: Education research needs translation? Section 1: What are Communicators Up Against when Translating Education Sciences? Chapter 1: Public Perceptions of Teaching and Learning (Eric Lindland). Chapter 2: Public Perceptions of the Education System, Inequity and Education Reform (Michael Baran). Chapter 3: The State of Media Discourse on Learning and Education Reform (Moira O¿Neil). Section 2: Translating Education Sciences with the Core Story of Education. Chapter 4: What¿s at Stake with Education Reform? Moving Beyond Individualism (Adam Simon). Chapter 5: How Should Education Work? Answering the Who, When and Where Questions (Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor). Chapter 6: What Are We Trying to Improve?: Defining Outcomes, How they Happen and How to Measure them. (Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor).

Chapter 7: What Threatens Educational Outcomes?: Giving the Plot Tension (Michael Baran). Chapter 8: How do We Improve Education and Learning?: Offering Resolution to the Plot by Reframing Reform (Moira O¿Neil). Section 3: Applying the Core Story of Education in the Field. Chapter 9: Putting the Story Together (Julie Sweetland). Chapter 10: Toward Evidence-Based Communication Practice (Susan Bales).