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…creating more community-building opportunities for scholars, and building additional community partnerships to support housing, mental health, transportation, and childcare needs. content-module View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…
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…schools. The article warns that the concentration of ELLs in underperforming schools results in low expectations and poor academic achievement. content-module View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…
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…community, university, advocacy and business sectors; together, they generated a five-year Blueprint to guide school improvement in grades 6-12. In this report, RFA presents a detailed overview of the planning…
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…closures. It advocates for research in a broader set of circumstances, examining closures by school type, quality, reason for closure, and geography. By expanding research efforts, the report aims to…
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This article provides an explanation of terms related to English language learners. This article provides an explanation of terms related to English language learners. content-module 2 View the Publication Download…
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Through a study of public school reform in Philadelphia, Research for Action (RFA) has focused on youth roles in civic engagement. Two local youth organizations at three high schools have…
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…administrators in appraisal best practices; the tenure system is unrelated to teacher effectiveness; the termination process is burdensome and problematic; and in general the systems are antiquated and not designed…
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…a growing body of research on civic capacity and community organizing for education reform, which examines the work of groups across sectors to identify a shared agenda and mobilize the…
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the development and dissemination of high-quality instructional and formative assessment tools to support teachers’ incorporation of the Common Core State Standards…
