In 2012, the William T. Grant Foundation launched a learning community aimed at strengthening research-practice partnerships in education. The idea was simple: convene a small group of researchers and urban school districts working in long-term institutional collaborations. To date, the Foundation, along with the learning community partnerships, the Forum for Youth Investment, and others, have produced a range of practical resources related to partnerships not only in education, but in mental health and child welfare.
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Research–Practice Partnerships in Education Outcomes, Dynamics, and Open Questions
Policymakers, funders, and researchers today view research–practice partnerships (RPPs) as a promising approach for expanding the role of research in improving educational practice. Although studies in other fields provide evidence of the potential for RPPs, studies in education are few. This article provides a review of available evidence of the outcomes and dynamics of RPPs in education and related fields. It then outlines a research agenda for the study of RPPs that can guide funders’ investments and help developing partnerships succeed
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Use of Research Evidence: Building Two-Way Streets
In this video, produced by the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, Vivian Tseng challenges the traditional paradigm of moving from “research to practice.” She suggests that researchers and evaluators need to think differently about the ways that research is acquired and used, and she describes steps they can take to close the gaps between research and practice.
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Research-Practice-Policy Partnerships for Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Child Welfare and Child Mental Health
Describing the structure and operations of partnerships, and the potential challenges to making them work, Palinkas and colleagues present three models of successful partnerships in the child welfare and mental health systems. Case studies for each model provide rich examples of the common elements and central themes that characterize the value of partnerships as a strategy for delivering high quality services in high demand settings.
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Research-Practice Partnerships Microsite
Outlining fundamental topics from structuring a partnership to funding and staffing, the site is the culminating project of the Foundation’s learning community of research–practice partnerships, which was convened twice annually from 2012–2014. This community includes partnerships from across the nation.
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Forging Common Ground: Fostering the Conditions for Evidence Use
Vivian Tseng shares lessons she and colleagues have learned about ways to connect research, policy, and practice—and, ultimately, to forge common ground. This essay discusses the importance of creating conditions for the productive integration of evidence, paving two-way streets for learning, and building relationships and trust.
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Research-Practice Partnerships at the District Level: A New Strategy for Leveraging Research for Educational Improvement
Coburn, Penuel, and Geil define research-practice partnerships, identify the major types of partnerships that operate at the district level, describe challenges partnerships face and strategies for addressing these challenges. The authors draw on a review of existing research and interviews with participants in research-practice partnerships across the country.
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Partnerships: Shifting the Dynamics Between Research and Practice
Vivian Tseng discusses the Foundation's learning community of research-practice partnerships, writing, "Successful partnerships enable researchers to develop stronger knowledge of practitioners’ challenges, their contexts, and the opportunities and limitations for using research. And they allow practitioners to develop greater trust of the research and deeper investment in its production and use."
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Improving the Connections Between Research and Practice
The prevailing research-to-practice model suggests a one-way street of moving research to practice. To strengthen research-practice connections, however, we need to build a two-way street with reciprocal exchanges.
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