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Dr. Ruth Neild to Join Research for Action
Research for Action (RFA) is pleased and proud to announce that Dr. Ruth Curran Neild will be joining the organization to serve as Director of its Philadelphia Education Research Consortium…
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Allegheny County Students in Foster Care
…foster care at lower than expected rates, the disparities are smaller than in other Pennsylvania school districts. content-module https://www.researchforaction.org/publications/allegheny-county-students-in-foster-care/ 3 View the Publication Download the Publication View the Publication https://www.researchforaction.org/our-work/our-publications/acer-fostercare/…
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State and Local College Promise Programs: Examining Policy and Practice
1 Statewide College Promise programs are becoming increasingly common as college costs and student debt rise. Yet to date there has been little to no systematic research that closely examines…
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Where Do We Go Next? Youth Insights on the High School Experience During a Year of Historic Upheaval
…Recommendation 4: Saturate young people’s environments with caring adult relationships. Read the full report to learn more. content-module https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/02/11/how-an-evidence-based-program-from-bangladesh-could-scale-to-end-extreme-poverty/ 281 7 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…
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Creative Initiatives, Compromised Interventions: Assessing the Impact of a College Preparatory Program in One Large Urban District
…developing students’ college awareness and supporting students during their college search and application process. However, GEAR UP did not achieve its goal of preparing students academically for college. This handout…
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Children’s Literacy Initiative’s Blueprint for Early Learning: Evaluation Report
…conditions. CLI’s interest in an intervention has grown with mounting pressure to better prepare young children for formal schooling, while dealing with the pay and preparation constraints of the early…
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Updating Pennsylvania’s Special Education Funding Formula
…more common in PA schools. In this report, the Education Law Center-PA (ELC) and Research for Action (RFA) examine Pennsylvania’s Special Education Funding formula and find that it does not…
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Kate Callahan
…Marshall College She/Her 3 https://twitter.com/mkatecallahan https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-callahan-124394a0/ A fun fact about me… I have 9 siblings, 5 children, and 16 nieces and nephews. Can’t stop listening to… Brandi Carlile If I…
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PA Keystone Exams: Analysis of 2013-14 Publicly-Available Data
…accountability. This research brief provides education stakeholders with accurate, comprehensive analysis to inform the growing debate about Keystone Exams. content-module 4 View the Publication Download the Publication Visit Original Source…