Recent Publications by Morgan Riffer
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Making A Difference: Year Two Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative – Executive Summary
The Executive Summary to the Making a Difference: Year Two Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative. This report examines the implementation of the second year of three for the Pennsylvania High School Coaching…
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Contracting Out Schools: The First Year of the Philadelphia Diverse Provider Model
This research brief reports on the first year of Philadelphia’s diverse provider model. The findings are based on analysis of interviews with 20 principals in schools operated under the diverse provider model and with 10…
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The ‘Original 86:’ Tracking Changes to ”Original 86′ Philadelphia Public Schools Initially Targeted for Intervention Following the 2001 State Takeover
This document outlines some of the numerous changes that have occurred in these ‘Original 86’ schools, including changes in their providers, their grade configurations, leadership turnover, and the amount of additional per-pupil funding directed to…
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Time to Engage? Civic Participation in Philadelphia’s School Reform
Philadelphia is at the forefront of a national trend towards privatization in education, making school reform in Philadelphia a topic of national and local consequence. The Philadelphia school district has created a new governance model,…
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Making A Difference: Year Two Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative
This report examines the implementation of the second year of three for the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative (PAHSCI). Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, this initiative focuses on literacy and math coaches providing support to…
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Philadelphia Story: Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in a Privatizing System
Following the 2001 state takeover of the School District of Philadelphia, a new governance structure was established and an ambitious set of reforms went into effect, generating renewed public confidence in the district. Despite this,…
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Teachers and Students Learning through Service: A Report on Need in Deed’s Developing Work with Teachers
Research for Action (RFA) conducted an evaluation of Need in Deed (NID)’s work with teachers during the 2006-07 school year. The mixed method evaluation aimed to learn more about the impact of the NID’s work…
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Links to Learning and Sustainability: Year Three Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative
Research for Action’s third and final report completes a three-year evaluation study of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative (PAHSCI). This report presents lessons from the PAHSCI model of school-based instructional coaching and mentoring as…