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6 content-module View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source The Wallace Foundation commissioned Research for Action and McClanahan Associates to study how out-of-school time intermediaries (OSTIs) responded to…
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…also challenged to speed up and simplify its hiring and school placement process and to hire more minority teachers. content-module 3 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…
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…institutional context in which Philadelphia’s Diverse Provider Model has developed and the effects of this context on its evolution. content-module 3 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…
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…How can school and community members get involved in the hiring process for a new superintendent? Policymakers, school district officials, and school and community members hoping to get involved in…
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Research for Action has served as the evaluator for the Philadelphia GEAR UP program since its inception in 1999. This report provides an in-depth look at the GEAR UP goals…
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…commitment to making their high schools better places for all students. This work has culminated in three compelling student-written products intended to support their organizing campaigns for small schools at…
