NNERPP Newsletter 7(22): New NNERPP team member | new member | enrollment | COVID-19 | CTE | teachers | health | school discipline

INTRODUCING NNERPP'S NEW TEAM MEMBER

Meet NNERPP’s newest team member, Anna G. Patrick, who joins us as Membership Outreach Manager! Anna was previously at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) where she was the Member Relations Manager. Prior to her work at SHPE, Anna spent several years working in the fields of immigration and civic engagement in operations and program management roles in the non-profit sector. Bringing her experience of working in the membership and community outreach spaces, she is excited to help lead and expand NNERPP’s membership offerings. Welcome, Anna!

NEW MEMBER: RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP COLLABORATIVE
Join us in welcoming our newest member: The Racial and Social Justice Research-Practice Partnership Collaborative! The Racial and Social Justice Research-Practice Partnership Collaborative leverages the power of RPPs to address deep, persistent educational inequities in learning opportunities and outcomes in Maryland that disproportionately impact historically marginalized students. Partner organizations include the University of Maryland College of Education, Prince George's County Public Schools, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Howard County Public Schools, and Montgomery County Public Schools. Welcome to NNERPP!

#1 | EDUCATION POLICY INNOVATION COLLABORATIVE
“Student Enrollment in the First Two Cohorts of Partnership Schools”
By Samantha Cullum, Erica Harbatkin, and Katharine O. Strunk

“District and School Leaders’ Continued Approaches to COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery”
By Ayesha K. Hashim, Hayley Weddle, and Ogechi N. Irondi

#2 | HOUSTON EDUCATION RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
“Career and Technical Education Participation in the Houston Region”
By Katharine Yang Bao, Patrick Gill, Gabriela Sánchez-Soto, and Tori Thomas

“Postsecondary Outcomes for High School Graduates in the Houston Region: Differences Based on CTE Participation”
By Katharine Yang Bao, Patrick Gill, Gabriela Sánchez-Soto, and Tori Thomas

“College Enrollment and Postsecondary Degree Attainment for CTE Graduates in the Houston Region”
By Patrick Gill, Katharine Yang Bao, Tori Thomas, and Gabriela Sánchez-Soto

“Employment and Earning Outcomes for CTE Graduates in the Houston Region”
By Tori Thomas, Katharine Yang Bao, Patrick Gill, and Gabriela Sánchez-Soto

“Postsecondary Trajectories of CTE Graduates in the Houston Region”
By Gabriela Sánchez-Soto, Patrick Gill, Katharine Yang Bao, and Tori Thomas

#4 | METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
“Adolescent THC Usage in Virginia: Post-Legalization Challenges and Strategies for Schools”
By David Naff, Meg Sheriff, Jill Flynn, Marzia Farhana, Kris Herakovich-Curtis, Gerron Scott, Fred Gatty, Priyadarshini Pattath, Diane Williams, Kiana Bradford, Reena Desai, Lauren Powell, and Lisa Gwyn

“Administrator Feedback to Teachers”
By Regina Frazier, Candace Wilkerson, Jacquie Cioffi, Patrick Simmons, Makeba Lindsay D'Abreu, Thea Racelis, Amanda Simmons, Melissa Yancey, Deanna Fierro, and David B. Naff

#5 | OFFICE FOR EDUCATION POLICY
“Analyzing Student Discipline Trends in Arkansas: The 2022 Report”
By Sarah McKenzie, Josh McGee, Taylor Wilson, and Charlene A. Reid

SUBNETWORKS CORNER | upcoming meetings

NNERPP Subnetworks are specialized learning communities organized by topic or role. INTERESTED IN JOINING? Check out subnetwork descriptions here and indicate your interest in joining! Please note that most NNERPP Subnetworks are only open to NNERPP members.

MEET NNERPP COLLEAGUES AT APPAM
Will you be at APPAM in two weeks? Drop by and say hi to your NNERPP colleagues! The 2023 APPAM Fall Research Conference is taking place November 9-11 in Atlanta, Georgia. Here is just a sampling of presentations from your fellow NNERPP members and friends who are attending (bolded names below are presenting).

Panel Paper - Equity in Participation in High-Quality Early Childhood Education: THE ROLE OF EARLY SCHOOLING IN SHAPING INEQUALITY IN ACADEMIC, EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS
Thursday, 11/9, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM ET
Meghan McCormick | MDRC
Marissa Thompson | Teachers College, Columbia University
Christina Weiland | University of Michigan
Catherine Snow | Harvard Graduate School of Education
Joann Hsueh | MDRC
Jason Sachs | Boston Public Schools

Panel Paper - Service Coordination for Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness: Mixed Methods Evidence to Inform Policy That Matters: GAPS IN IDENTIFICATION, SUPPORT, AND OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING INSTABILITY IN DETROIT
Thursday, 11/9, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM ET
Sarah Lenhoff | Wayne State University (Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research)
Jeremy Singer and Tasminda Dhaliwal | Michigan State University (Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research)
Jennifer Erb-Downward | University of Michigan
Julia Blok, Whitney Miller, and Bianca Burch | Wayne State University
Kate Brantley | University of Michigan
Ariell Bertrand | Michigan State University

Panel Paper - Policy Dilemmas at the Neighborhood-School Nexus: Residential Choice, Segregation, and Unequal Access to Quality Education: RESIDENTIAL DECISIONS AND SCHOOLING EXPERIENCES IN A LATINX-MAJORITY SUBURB
Thursday, 11/9, 10:15 AM-11:45 AM ET
Julia Szabo | Rice University (Houston Education Research Consortium)

Panel - SCHOOL CHOICE AND EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOCIAL POLICY
Saturday, 11/11, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM ET
Organizer: Sarah Lenhoff | Wayne State University (Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research)
Panel Chair: Stacey Brockman | Wayne State University
Discussants:
Mark Chin | Vanderbilt University
Tim Denson | Clarke County School Board
Panel:
Berta Bartoli | New York University
Samantha Batel Kane | Harvard University
Joseph Boselovic | Johns Hopkins University
Jeremy Singer | Michigan State University (Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research
/ National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice) and Sarah Lenhoff | Wayne State University (Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research)

Panel Paper - The Ripple Effects of Job Quality: From Worker Retention to Children's School Success: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL WORK SCHEDULES AND THEIR CHILDREN'S SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Saturday, 11/11, 10:15 AM-11:45 AM ET
Kess Ballentine and Sarah Lenhoff | Wayne State University (Detroit Partnership for Education
Equity & Research)

INVITATION: SHARE ABOUT YOUR UPCOMING CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS!
Hey, NNERPP! Are you presenting at a conference and would like to share that with the NNERPP community? Let us know where you’ll be presenting and we’ll share it in an upcoming newsletter to make it easier for NNERPP colleagues to find and learn from each other at the various conferences we all attend. Please submit upcoming presentations HERE whenever you’d like to share them with the larger NNERPP community!

DID YOU KNOW?

Reminder: Funding opportunity deadline approaching:
The full proposal deadline for Spencer Foundation’s Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) Grants Program is November 15, 2023, at 12:00 pm CT.

This program supports education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships with project budgets of up to $400,000 and durations of up to 3 years.

You can find more information here.

EVENTS

Previously in NNERPP Events…
This week, we discussed the creation of a nationalized peer review process for RPP research in our NNERPP Workshop Series; last week, we examined RPP basics in our Annual Forum Remix Series. You can find the slides and recordings on our Virtual Brown Bag website. (Find access details in your inbox, members only.)

Coming up next in NNERPP Events…
Next up in our NNERPP Workshop Series, we are hosting an RPP org charts conversation. Stay tuned for 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 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, and The Wallace Foundation.

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