NNERPP Newsletter: New member, school discipline, social emotional learning, and job opportunities

NNERPP WELCOMES NEW MEMBER

We are excited to welcome our newest member: A Coordinated, Cross-Institutional Career and Technical Education Cybersecurity Pathway! Partners of this CS4All RPP include ETR, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Cabrillo College, and Digital Nest. Welcome to NNERPP!

EDUCATION RESEARCH ALLIANCE FOR NEW ORLEANS EXPLORES SCHOOL DISCIPLINE

In “The Effects of the New Orleans School Reforms on Exclusionary Discipline Practices,” Mónica Hernández examines how the post-Katrina school reforms have affected expulsion and suspension rates in New Orleans.

UCHICAGO CONSORTIUM CONTRIBUTES TO GUIDE ON INTEGRATING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

In “Integrating Social, Emotional and Academic Development: An Action Guide for School Leadership Teams,” Nicole Williams Beechum and Camille Farrington outline concrete, research-based actions school leaders can take to integrate social and emotional learning into academics. This report was produced by The Aspen Institute Education & Society Program.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Help spread the word about these new job opportunities! The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative is hiring two Research Associates (here and here); Madison Metropolitan School District is hiring a Director of Research; and the To&Through Project and the UChicago Consortium are looking for an Associate Director of Data and Research / Senior Research Analyst (Quantitative).

"‘How Much Should I Care?’ Five Questions Policymakers and Practitioners Should Ask When Sizing up Education Research": Jeff Archer outlines helpful questions policymakers and practitioners should consider when making sense of education research.

"Maximizing Research Use in the World We Actually Live In: Relationships, Organizations, and Interpretation": In her AEFP presidential address, Carrie Conaway discusses the realities of how research is used in policy decisions and outlines strategies for increasing the influence of research on policy.

"A Guide to Integrated Student Supports for College and Career Pathways: Lessons from Linked Learning High Schools": This guidebook, edited by Jorge Ruiz de Velasco, offers seven illustrative profiles of California educators and their community partners who are working collaboratively to develop comprehensive student supports for college and career readiness.

"Cultivating Students’ Home Language: The Role of Spanish Proficiency in Learning English" and "Time to Proficiency for English Learner Students": These REL Southwest videos discuss English learner students’ development of English language and academic proficiency and offer practical takeaways for teachers and district and state education leaders.

DID YOU KNOW...?

The 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting takes place April 5 to 9 in Toronto, Canada, and NNERPP and several of our members and friends will be attending! Below we list just a small sampling of sessions where you might meet a fellow NNERPP member:

Conducting Studies of Teacher Mobility and Retention in Partnership With State and Local Education Agencies, Saturday, April 6, 4:10 PM to 6:10 PM

Building Knowledge About Research-Practice Partnerships, Sunday, April 7, 9:55 AM to 11:25 AM

Reenvisioning English Learner Research Using State and District Data, Monday, April 8, 12:20 PM to 1:50 PM

How Do Different Pathways in the Educational Ecosystem Support Productive Evidence Use? Tuesday, April 9, 12:20 PM to 1:50 PM

On Track to Graduation in Philadelphia: Extending Research by Partnerships in Other Cities, Tuesday, April 9, 12:20 PM to 1:50 PM

You can find the full program here. We look forward to seeing you there!

VIRTUAL BROWN BAGS
For NNERPP members only

Updates on our next Virtual Brown Bag coming soon... stay tuned!

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You can always catch up on previous webinars on our Virtual Brown Bag website!

Find webinar details, videos, and presentation slides for all Virtual Brown Bags there. (Check your inboxes for access details.)

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 William T. Grant Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and The Wallace Foundation.

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