The School District of Philadelphia has contracted with RFA to conduct an evaluation of its Faith Partnerships program. This study will explore schools’ perspectives on their partnerships with re...

RFA's study on high school choice builds on the Learning from Philadelphia's School Reform study and turns RFA's attention to the improvement of Philadelphia's high schools - a focus that ...

RFA is leading Learning from Philadelphia’s School Reform, a comprehensive, multi-year study of Philadelphia’s complex and radical school reform effort. RFA researchers are working wit...

RFA's study on the use of data focuses on low-performing urban elementary and middle schools that are under significant pressure to improve student achievement and to use student data to accomplish...

The Parent Leadership Academy (PLA) is an initiative of the School District and the William Penn Foundation to increase parent involvement and leadership in schools and communities. PLAs are region...

RFA is assisting researchers at Johns Hopkins University who are principal investigators in an NSF-funded project to study long term trends in mathematics and science reform in the middle grades in...

SYTE is a tuition guarantee program that provides students and families from low-income neighborhoods with college or other post-secondary training. RFA collaborated with the SYTE staff to evaluate...