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…common, clearly defined pay scale with higher staff salaries; year-round benefits packages for all programs; and more impactful professional development opportunities. Research shows that process quality in early childhood education…
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A 2013 Wallace-commissioned report pointed to 10 principles that small, high-quality, arts-focused youth organizations appear to share. Four years later, RFA’s investigation into Wallace’s Youth Arts Initiative showed that the…
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content-module 2 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source In this report, Research for Action presents findings and associated recommendations from the first-year evaluation of Philadelphia’s Community Schools…
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…and Universal Companies); two university partners (Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania) and the School District’s Office of Restructured Schools. The chart provides information for each about: number, location…
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…of multiple indicators, this PACER brief from Research for Action revisits past research about Pennsylvania’s current summative rating, the SPP. content-module 2 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original…
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…of certificates in the current OBF policy landscape–and a roadmap for how to better capture this complexity in research. Outcomes-based funding (OBF) has become an increasingly common tool for states…
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…A fact sheet from the report Once and For All: Placing a Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Philadelphia Classroom. content-module 1 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…
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…District of Philadelphia’s late hiring timeline contributes to its high number of teacher vacancies, despite large applicant pools each year. content-module View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…
