How can RPPs use culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE) approaches in their work? Education Northwest spotlights the CREE framework and shares a real-world example of using the CREE approach in partnership work.
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PROMISING PRACTICES FOR COLLABORATIVE WRITING IN RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP
How can RPP participants in various roles and from diverse institutional backgrounds collaboratively write a journal article? An account of how researchers, teacher-practitioners, and evaluators merged their varied experiences and a shared vision in a collaborative writing process.
CALL TO ACTION: RESTRUCTURING TRADITIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCES TO PROMOTE DIGNITY-AFFIRMING SPACES
A problematic encounter during a conference poster presentation on disrupting power structures in RPPs inspired this op-ed, which calls for a more critically conscious approach to structuring research conferences.
“WHY AM I ALWAYS BEING RESEARCHED?” AN APPLICATION TO RPPs, PART 2
“Can we effectively partner to get to the full truth if information about research options, methods, inputs, costs, benefits, and risks are not shared?” The NNERPP community applied this and related questions from Chicago Beyond’s guidebook “Why am I always being researched?” to the RPP context and shared thoughts and reflections.
RESEARCH VIGNETTES: A LOOK AT RECENT RPP WORK
We highlight some recent RPP work from NNERPP members by taking you through three short vignettes of studies you might want to know about, bringing you a study each from the West, the South, and the Northeast, selected for their unique viewpoints and contributions.
LUV U BETTER: FACILITATING RACIAL JUSTICE & HEALING THROUGH RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS
Jasahn Larsosa reflects on the challenges and opportunities of RPP work between academic institutions and community organizations, and how such collaborations can promote racial equity and healing.
HOW TO CREATE INCLUSIVE DATA VISUALIZATIONS
Negeen Aghassibake shares how we can be intentional about creating inclusive and transparent data visualizations that do not erase the identities of the people behind the data.
HOW TO HOLD EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS
We share guiding questions and practical tips for holding equity-centered partnership meetings.
“WHY AM I ALWAYS BEING RESEARCHED?” AN APPLICATION TO RPPs, PART 1
We share thoughts and suggestions that emerged during critical conversations with the NNERPP community as we considered together how we can apply insights around seven inequities from Chicago Beyond’s guidebook “Why am I always being researched?”.
WHERE IS EQUITY? REFLECTING ON A NEW APPROACH FOR SETTING EQUITY-CENTERED R&D AGENDAS
Babe Liberman and Viki Young share a collaborative process that supports the creation of practice-driven, equity-centered R&D agendas and offer their own reflections as well as reflections and discussion points from the field.
DIMENSIONS OF EQUITY IN RPPs – A FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE PARTNERSHIP DISCUSSIONS
Stacey Sexton, Jean Ryoo, Lisa Garbrecht, and Renee Fall share a framework that supports partnerships in structuring important conversations about equity challenges faced by RPPs.
ATTENDING TO ISSUES OF EQUITY IN EVALUATING RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES
Erin Henrick, Steven McGee, and Bill Penuel discuss how RPPs can address equity goals prioritized by their partnership using the “5 dimensions of RPP effectiveness” framework and demonstrate how by working towards each dimension of effectiveness, those engaged in partnership work are also inherently working towards equity-focused goals.
