Parent Leadership Academy: A Parent-Led, District-Hosted Partnership for Parent Engagement - Executive Summary Sep 2008 Tracey A. Hartmann, Cecily A. Mitchell

The Parent Leadership Academy was a pilot effort of the School District of Philadelphia and the William Penn Foundation to empower and promote the development of parents as leaders in their childre...

Faith-Based Partnerships from the Perspective of the Schools: An exploratory study of partnership benefits and challenges in Philadelphia District Schools - Executive Summary Jul 2008 Holly Plastaras Maluk, Tracey A. Hartmann, Sara Getz, Cecily A. Mitchell, Roseann Hugh, Leah Parnes

In the spring of 2008, the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) asked Research for Action to conduct an exploratory study of partnerships between faith-based organizations and schools. The goal of...

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...

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 ...

'Going Small': Start Up and Early Implementation of Small High Schools in Philadelphia Apr 2007 Rebecca J. Reumann-Moore, Tracey A. Hartmann

The summary of findings from year one of Research for Action's study, 'Going Small: Public Private Collaboration in Restructuring High School Education in Philadelphia' provides a brief introductio...

Off to College? An Examination of the Postsecondary Aspirations, Plans, and Preparations of the First Cohort of Philadelphia GEAR UP May 2006 Kristine S. Lewis, Tracey A. Hartmann

Research for Action has served as the evaluator for the Philadelphia GEAR UP program since its inception in 1999. This report provides an in-depth look at the GEAR UP goals as experienced by the fi...

Off to College? An Examiniation of the Postsecondary Aspirations, Plans, and Preparations of the First Cohort of Philadelphia GEAR UP - Executive Summary May 2006 Kristine S. Lewis, Tracey A. Hartmann

Executive Summary to the report provides an overview of the GEAR UP goals as experienced by the first cohort of GEAR UP students to graduate from high school, some of whom became involved in the pr...

Creative Initiatives, Compromised Interventions: Assessing the Impact of a College Preparatory Program in One Large Urban District Nov 2005 Kristine S. Lewis, Tracey A. Hartmann

In this handout, we offer an overview of findings from a mixed-method, longitudinal evaluation of one large urban school district's GEAR UP program. The implementation and delivery of GEAR UP in...

Children and Families First: An Evaluation of the Philadelphia Say Yes to Education Program Nov 2005 Eva Gold, Tracey A. Hartmann, Kristine S. Lewis

This report is an evaluation of the Say Yes to Education program cohort of students in Philadelphia beginning in the fall of 2002. This cohort started kindergarten as Say Yes students. All but a fe...

Children and Families First: An Evaluation of the Philadelphia Say Yes to Education Program - Executive Summary Nov 2005 Eva Gold, Tracey A. Hartmann, Kristine S. Lewis

This is an executive summary of the evaluation report Children and families first: An evaluation of the Say Yes to Education program. This evaluation is an evaluation of the Say Yes to Education pr...

Crafting a Civic Stage for Public Education Reform: Executive Summary Jun 2005 Elaine Simon, Jolley Bruce Christman, Tracey A. Hartmann, Diane C. Brown

Executive summary to the report offering a conceptual model for understanding the decisions that LEFs make as they go about shaping both organizational identity and an approach to their work.

Crafting a Civic Stage for Public Education Reform: Understanding the Work and Accomplishments of Local Education Funds Jun 2005 Elaine Simon, Jolley Bruce Christman, Tracey A. Hartmann, Diane C. Brown

This report is based on research focusing on understanding and assessing how Local Education Funds (LEFs)carryout their mission and demonstrate success. It offers a conceptual model for understand...

High goals for class of 2005, GEAR UP's first graduates Mar 2005 Tracey A. Hartmann

This article describes some of the results of RFA's survey of GEAR UP participants of the class of 2005.

Locating Local Education Funds: A Conceptual Framework for Describing LEF's Contribution to Public Education Jan 2004 Diane C. Brown, Jolley Bruce Christman, Tracey A. Hartmann, Elaine Simon

This report presents the findings of RFA's intitial literature review of research and other writings and documentation on local education funds as well as other education reform nonprofits working ...