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Research Starters Topics in Education
Officially titled, "What are the topics used in Research Starters - Education?" this site from EBSCO can provide ideas for broad topics, which can then be further narrowed. The topics are grouped into specialty areas, such as Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Alternative Education, Education Theory, etc.
ASCD (Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development) Website's Resources Page
Use the Resources page as a springboard to exploring broad areas of research interest in education. Clicking on the featured posts may provide useful background and overview-level information helpful in getting started.
AERA (American Educational Research Association) Website's Trending Research Topics page
A helpful site for identifying areas of current and high-interest research in education, clicking on the topic links will provide further suggestions for narrowing and also links to recent (peer-reviewed) journal articles published by the AERA.

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