Oxford Research Encyclopedias Education This link opens in a new windowThe Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education provides thorough and balanced syntheses of what is known, what is disputed, and what is in progress in education research. The syntheses offer gateways to new domains of inquiry, providing provocative ideas and incisive critiques as well as addressing the broad controversies that mark education. The ORE of Education aims to be the singular resource for access to all that is known and all that is being thought in and about education.