This article summarizes findings and recommendations about how to apply research on teaching and learning to classroom practice presented in "How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice." Section 1 examines existing links between learning research and education practice. Section 2 highlights the ways that people learn, noting three findings that have implications for education practice: students come to the classroom with preconceptions about how the world works; to develop competence in an area of inquiry, students must master information in such a way that allows for the transformation of a set of facts into usable knowledge; and strategies can be taught that allow students to monitor their understanding and progress in problem solving. Section 3 discusses classroom environments that promote learning, advocating that schools embody four interrelated characteristics: maintain a learner-centered environment; pay attention to what is taught, why it is taught, and what competence or mastery looks like in order to provide a knowledge-centered classroom environment; conduct ongoing formative assessments designed to make students' thinking visible to both teachers and students; and pay attention to the context in which learning occurs. (Contains 18 references.) (SM)