…empirical research on LEFs and to develop tools that LEFs themselves can use in the process of self assessment. content-module 4 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…

…K-8 schools, examines new teachers’ assessments of these supports and summarizes their dominant impressions as first-year teachers in Philadelphia. content-module 2 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…

…that illustrate the potential in the intersection of home and school numeracy practices, hold promise as powerful professional development. content-module 3 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…

…the work community organizing groups do to improve community capacity. Particularly, the chapter contributes to the ‘new citizen’ discourse on the role of parents and community members in public schools….

This report was prepared for the Philadelphia Cultural Benchmark Project, a collaborative project between Research for Action, Audience Insight LLC, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Social Impacts of the Arts…

A graphic representation of the AYP process. A graphic representation of the AYP process. content-module 2 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…

…first-year teachers. At the end of the 2003-04 school year, researchers from Research for Action and from the district’s Office of Research and Evaluation conducted eight one-hour focus groups with…

…year of the initative’s implementation. These reflections come from a number of one-hour focus groups with the New Teacher Coaches done in June 2004. content-module 2 View the Publication Download…