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Connecting Research / Policy / Practice

Awarded Grants

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Leveraging School Finance Research to Increase Education Equity and Opportunity for All Students

Through this grant, Robert Kim hopes to deepen his knowledge of research on education finance and gain hands on experience with the mechanics of the research process.
Robert Kim
Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey
2017 – 2019
$200,000
Grant

State Education Agencies (SEAs) Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice in School Improvement Plans

This grant will enable the CCSSO to support its members, top officials, and staff from every state education agency (SEA) in implementing the evidence-based provisions for school improvement of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Carrie Phillips
Council Of Chief State School Officers
2016 – 2017
$25,000
Grant

Rapid Response Fund

This grant will support the creation of a Rapid Response Fund (RRF) to build the capacity and knowledge of teachers and school staff to support vulnerable youth.
Kent McGuire
Southern Education Foundation
2016 – 2017
$50,000
Grant

The Harvard Grant Study Documentary

This grant will provide continued support for the production of a documentary that chronicles the last years of the participants of the Grant Study of Adult Development.
Jeremy Cohan
New York Foundation For The Arts (for Artmakers)
2016 – 2017
$25,000
Grant

Social and Emotional Learning

The Center for American Progress (CAP) will promote the use of research on social and emotional learning to inform educational policy and reduce inequality in student achievement
Ulrich Boser
Center For American Progress
2016 – 2018
$250,000

Articles & More

Blog Post

Strengthening Research Use through Technical Assistance

I have spent my career working with the researcher and practitioner (and policymaker) communities. The frustration expressed by each of these communities about the other is palpable. Practitioners complain that researchers are unrealistic in their expectations of what it takes ...
Jennifer Brooks
Strengthening Research Use through Technical Assistance
Blog Post

Researchers as Navigators: Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice

When knowledge developers are better attuned to the needs of practice and policy, the use of research evidence may thrive, and our efforts as researchers can be more valuable to those who work every day improve youth outcomes
Bryan Samuels
Researchers as Navigators: Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice
Tools

Guides for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement

The Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) has developed State Education Agency and Local Education Agency Guides for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement which will be required under the Every Student Succeeds Act. These Guides were made possible with ...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Guides for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement
Blog Post

Creating Partnerships: Learning New Ways to Connect

Building an RPP is hard work. They are complex organisms, with structures, processes, and roles that evolve as partnerships mature and adapt. However they form, we have observed five elements that seem to come together in successful partnerships.
John Easton
,
Lauren Supplee
,
and Vivian Tseng
Creating Partnerships: Learning New Ways to Connect
Blog Post

Leveraging RPPs to Address Racial Inequality in Urban School Districts

While RPPs have been defined in the literature as having five characteristics, the authors suggest that RPPS in urban school districts may benefit from a sixth feature: mechanisms for recognizing systemic racism.
Angela Calabrese Barton
 and Bronwyn Bevan
Leveraging RPPs to Address Racial Inequality in Urban School Districts

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