How are pre-k teachers doing emotionally and mentally, in particular in light of the added challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic? Paso del Norte Partnership for Education Research shares the why, how, what, and now what of partnership research examining pre-K teacher stress.
Research Insights
SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN SCHOOLS
Supporting mental health in K-12 schools has become increasingly important amidst the unprecedented challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Two NNERPP members share how they are approaching studying this topic and what they have found so far in their respective projects on supporting mental health in schools.
EXAMINING TEACHER RETENTION AND TEACHER EVALUATION WITH NNERPP MEMBERS
Especially in the current environment where the challenges teachers experience on a day-to-day basis are particularly salient and leading to serious retention problems due to burnout and turnover, research on teacher retention and teacher evaluation can inform efforts to support teachers. We examine what four RPPs have found when investigating teacher retention and potential inequities in teacher evaluation.
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.
DEVELOPING VALID MEASURES OF RPP EFFECTIVENESS: AN EVIDENCE-CENTERED DESIGN APPROACH
Caitlin C. Farrell outlines how a collaboration between the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice (NCRPP) and NNERPP is using Evidence-Centered Design to develop measures of RPP effectiveness.
POSTSECONDARY RESEARCH PRIORITIES: AN OVERVIEW OF NNERPP MEMBERS’ WORK IN 2021
We outline what we are seeing in the research produced and published within the network this year with respect to various aspects of college / postsecondary-related research questions.
RESEARCH LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC: WHY UNRESTRICTED FUNDING IS CRITICAL TO RPPs
We hear how three RPPs in NNERPP were able to respond to the needs of their practice-side partners during the pandemic and in the wake of the racial justice movement and examine how these case studies illustrate the need for unrestricted funding sources for RPPs if we hope them to fulfill their potential utility.
SCHOOLING DURING THE PANDEMIC, PART 2: INSIGHTS FROM STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
We continue our examination of research on online learning experiences during the early phase of the pandemic, this time focusing on the experiences of students and families as studied by three research-practice partnerships in NNERPP.
SCHOOLING DURING THE PANDEMIC, PART 1: INSIGHTS FROM TEACHERS
We bring together a collection of studies from NNERPP members to learn more about the wide-ranging challenges experienced by teachers in the early phase of the pandemic as schools shifted from in-person learning to virtual learning at scale.
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.
WHEN STUDENTS EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS: LEARNING FROM 3 RPPs’ WORK
We examine what we know through RPP-conducted research about students experiencing homelessness: Who these students are, what the homelessness experience looks like, what students’ outcomes are, and which school supports and other factors promote positive outcomes.
EXPLORING SCHOOL CLIMATE WITH NNERPP MEMBERS
We take you through a tour of the different ways research-practice partnerships in NNERPP are studying school climate, showcasing the many variations this type of work can take in a partnership setting by featuring work from Cleveland, Redwood City, CA, New York City, Iowa City, Baltimore, and Chicago.
