NNERPP Newsletter 7(18): CTE | teachers | absence policies | school climate

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#1 | GEORGIA POLICY LABS
“Career and Technical Education Alignment Across Five States”
By Celeste K. Carruthers, Shaun Dougherty, Thomas Goldring, Daniel Kreisman, Roddy Theobald, Carly Urban, and Jesús Villero

#2 | HOUSTON EDUCATION RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
“Achieving Equity in Access to Qualified Teachers in HISD”
By Tori Thomas and Gabriela Sánchez-Soto

“Campus Teacher Characteristics and Outcomes for Black and Hispanic Students”
By Tori Thomas and Gabriela Sánchez-Soto

“The Availability of Black and Hispanic Teachers in HISD Schools Shapes Black and Hispanic Students’ Academic and Behavioral Outcomes”
By Tori Thomas and Gabriela Sánchez-Soto

#3 | OFFICE FOR EDUCATION POLICY
“Analyzing Arkansas’s Course Credit and Unexcused Absence Policy”
By Sarah Morris, Sarah McKenzie, and Miranda Vernon
See full report here

#4 | REL MID-ATLANTIC
“Changes in School Climate During COVID-19 in a Sample of Pennsylvania Schools”
By Whitney Kozakowski, Katlyn Lee Milless, Sonia Alves, and Michelle Bennett

SUBNETWORKS CORNER | upcoming meetings

September 12, 2023: Youth Subnetwork
September 18, 2023: California Subnetwork (launch)
September 26, 2023: Early Childhood Education Subnetwork

NNERPP Subnetworks are specialized learning communities organized by topic or role.

INTERESTED IN JOINING? Check out subnetwork descriptions here and indicate your interest in joining! Please note that most NNERPP Subnetworks are only open to current NNERPP members.

INVITATION: SHARE ABOUT YOUR UPCOMING CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS!
Hey, NNERPP! Are you presenting at a conference and would like to share that with the NNERPP community? Let us know where you’ll be presenting and we’ll share it in an upcoming newsletter to make it easier for NNERPP colleagues to find and learn from each other at the various conferences we all attend. Please submit upcoming presentations HERE whenever you’d like to share them with the larger NNERPP community!

>> EARLY CHILDHOOD RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOR CHICAGO (EC-REACH) AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: Director of Community-Engaged Research
>> EDUCATION NORTHWEST: Senior Researcher - Applied Research & Equitable Evaluation (Youth, Family, & Community)
>> METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM: Research and Evaluation Associate
>> RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING: Director of Equitable Research-Practice Partnerships
>> THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Data Liaison

“Summer Wrap-Up for the 2023 Summer Fellows”
By Jordan Mathews

“‘I Have Been Pushed Outside of my Comfort Zone and Have Grown as a Result’: Teacher Professional Learning and Innovation During the Pandemic”
By Rossella Santagata, Adriana Villavicencio, Christopher M. Wegemer, Lora Cawelti, and Brandy Gatlin‑Nash

“Finding the Low Tech, High Impact Solution to Computational Thinking Instruction”
By Traci Tackett, Markayla Stevens, and Mary Dotson

DID YOU KNOW?

The following funding application deadlines are coming up:
--Applications for William T. Grant Foundation’s Institutional Challenge Grant are due Wednesday, September 13, at 3 PM ET

--Full proposals for Spencer Foundation’s Vision Grants are due Thursday, September 14, at 12 noon CT

EVENTS

We are taking a brief pause on our monthly virtual brown bag series while we finalize a few different offerings that are in the works. Please stay tuned for more information coming soon!

In the meantime, you can find recordings of all previous webinars on our Virtual Brown Bag website. (Find access details in your inbox, members only.)

NNERPP aims to develop and support RPPs in education in order to improve the connection between research, policy, and practice.

NNERPP is made possible by the generous funding support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and The Wallace Foundation.

For more information about NNERPP, please visit our website: nnerpp.rice.edu

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