…based describes these challenges and identifies lessons from the PLA initiative that will hopefully inform future parent involvement efforts. content-module 2 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…

This report series, produced through the Education Organizing Indicators Project, presents a methodology for documenting the contribution of community organizing to school reform. The Project stemmed from the perceived need…

…Examines how these programs, funded by PNC Bank through the Children Achieving Challenge, address the literacy needs of children and adults in the surrounding communities. Two major research questions are…

A report to the Please Touch Museum on the Science All Around Us Project, funded by the National Science Foundation. This project combines specially designed kits with teacher training to…

…efforts to improve their schools. The essay reports on a participatory research project conducted during the mid-1990s that involved students, parents, and educators at the Academy for the Middle Years…

…the 67 students who were examined, and how it catalyzed change among teachers and counselors and within schools. The report examines case studies of how the Gratz Connection framework affected…

…the outcomes at the different school levels. This was a joint project with the Consortium for Policy Research in Education content-module View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…

Examines the process of decentralization during the 1996-97 school year across the Philadelphia School District as part of the Children Achieving Challenge. Principal research questions include: 1) How is Children…