Gettin' My Word Out: Voices of Urban Youth Activists May 2008 Eva Gold

Book Review of Gettin' My Word Out: Voices of Urban Youth Activists by Leoisa Ardizzone

The publication of Gettin' My Word Out is timely for two reasons. It is apt that the 40th...

Parent Involvement in Public Education: A Literature Review May 2008 Cecily A. Mitchell

The involvement of parents and other caregivers in schools is increasingly viewed as not only a complement to the work of educators, but a as critical and essential support for the academic, psycho...

RFA April 2008 eNews - Philadelphia Charter Schools Apr 2008 Research for Action

This eNews highlights the publication of Evaluating the Performance of Philadelphia Charter Schools, a recent working paper written in collaboration with RAND Corporation and Mathematica P...

RFA March 2008 eNews - Learning from Data Mar 2008 Research for Action

This eNews focuses on the Learning to Learn from Data research project. Also indludes a list of RFA presentations at the 2008 AERA annual meeting.

Learning to Learn From Data: Limitations and Illuminations Mar 2008 Roseann Hugh, Cecily A. Mitchell

Under NCLB, educators are experiencing increased pressure to use student performance data to improve achievement. Despite attention to this data, we know little about how schools actually make mea...

Evaluating the Performance of Philadelphia's Charter Schools Mar 2008 Ron Zimmer, Suzanne Blanc, Brian P Gill, Jolley Bruce Christman

Charter schools, publicly funded schools that operate autonomously outside the direct control of local school districts and generally enroll students through the choices of their parents rather tha...

RFA February 2008 eNews - Portfolio of Schools Feb 2008 Research for Action

This eNews focuses on the portfolio of schools approach to district-wide high school reform.

Informing High School Choices: The Progress & Challenges of Small High Schools in Philadelphia Jan 2008 Tracey A. Hartmann, Holly Plastaras Maluk, Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore

In the School District of Philadelphia in 2007-08, almost one third of high school students attend one of the district's 32 small high schools. Of these, 26 have been newly created or significantl...

Literature Review: Portfolio of Schools 2008 Holly Plastaras Maluk, Shani Adia Evans

A review of the literature on the portfolio of schools model for district-wide high school reform

RFA January 2008 SPECIAL EDITION eNews - Guiding Principles to Aid Schools Jan 2008 Research for Action

SPECIAL EDITION - Commentary 'Guiding Principals to Aid Schools' appears in Philadelphia Inquirer

RFA January 2008 eNews - Small High Schools Jan 2008 Research for Action

This eNews focuses on national small schools research and on 'Going Small', RFA's study of Philadelphia small schools.

RFA December 2007 eNews - Building Civic Capacity Dec 2007 Research for Action

This eNews focuses on the release of A Philadelphia Story: Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in a Privatizing System

A Philadelphia Story: Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in a Privatizing System - Executive Summary Dec 2007 Eva Gold, Elaine Simon, Maia Cucchiara, Cecily A. Mitchell, Morgan Riffer

Following the 2001 state takeover of the School District of Philadelphia, a new governance structure was established and an ambitious set of reforms went into effect, generating renewed public conf...

A Philadelphia Story: Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in a Privatizing System Dec 2007 Eva Gold, Elaine Simon, Maia Cucchiara, Cecily A. Mitchell, Morgan Riffer

Following the 2001 state takeover of the School District of Philadelphia, a new governance structure was established and an ambitious set of reforms went into effect, generating renewed public conf...

Making A Difference: Year Two Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative - Executive Summary Nov 2007 Diane C. Brown, Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore, Roseann Hugh, Jolley Bruce Christman, Morgan Riffer, Pierre L. du Plessis, Holly Plastaras Maluk

The Executive Summary to the Making a Difference: Year Two Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative. This report examines the implementation of the second year of three for the P...

RFA November 2007 eNews- PAHSCI Year 2 Report Nov 2007 Research for Action

This eNews highlights the year two report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative.

Making A Difference: Year Two Report of the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative Nov 2007 Diane C. Brown, Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore, Roseann Hugh, Jolley Bruce Christman, Morgan Riffer, Pierre L. du Plessis, Holly Plastaras Maluk

This report examines the implementation of the second year of three for the Pennsylvania High School Coaching Initiative (PAHSCI). Funded by the Annenberg Foundation, this initiative focuses on li...

RFA October 2007 eNews - RFA's Program Evaluation Research Oct 2007 Research for Action

RFA's October 2007 eNews highlights RFA's evaluation work.

RFA September 2007 eNews - Back to School a Time for Optimism and Caution Sep 2007 Research for Action

This eNews highlights the question facing the SRC at the beginning of the school year.

Teachers and Students Learning through Service: A Report on Need in Deed's Developing Work with Teachers Sep 2007 Tracey A. Hartmann, Holly Plastaras Maluk, Morgan Riffer

Research for Action (RFA) conducted an evaluation of Need in Deed (NID)'s work with teachers during the 2006-07 school year. The mixed method evaluation aimed to learn more about the impact of the ...