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…studies using culturally responsive, participatory, and equitable methods to address complex challenges facing school systems and communities. Guided by community engagement and anti-racist frameworks they collaborated closely with partners and…
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…class analysis to identify “profiles” of school disciplinary approaches, coupled with event history analysis to examine student outcomes in context; 3) Case studies to examine contextual themes in depth. The…
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89 The advent of the Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS) made statewide analysis of teacher turnover possible for the first time. Using this database, RFA examined teacher retention and turnover…
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…and families: Putting research into action… For communities and subjects we research: Building on our history and legacy of participatory action research, with investment from the Barra Foundation, we developed…
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…experts on this topic. This approach aligns very closely with RFA’s focus on conducting community-informed research to help produce meaningful, actionable findings that empower community members to drive change. Our…
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RFA and the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) conducted a five-year multi-method evaluation of Children Achieving, Philadelphia’s systemic school reform effort from 1995-2000. The program, one of the…
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…practice at the school, district, and state levels. At RFA, she is co-Project Director for an EIR-funded evaluation of a restorative practices program in the School District of Philadelphia and…
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…element with especially far-reaching implications: allowing higher education institutions to authorize new charter schools. In its latest Policy Note, Research for Action examines how this provision of Senate Bill 1085…
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Need in Deed (NID), a Philadelphia-based organization, prepares and supports teachers as they integrate service-learning into their classroom practice. RFA conducted a one-year outcomes evaluation to determine the ways in…
