NNERPP EXTRA
We just published a new issue of NNERPP Extra, our quarterly magazine aiming to deliver key insights from the intersection of education research, policy, and practice! We are excited to share our spring edition with you, which includes the following articles:

• Ensuring Every Student is Known: How An RPP’s Rapid Response Study Provided Quick Answers to Guide Program Implementation at Scale: Insights from the Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research on a district program designed to strengthen student-adult relationships in schools and its “rapid response study” approach to this work.
• Does Money Matter for the Production of Relevant Research? Incentivizing Researchers to Work on Research Relevant to Practice, Policy, and Communities: An examination of three university grant-making programs designed to incentivize university researcher participation in RPP work.
• When RPPs in California Work Together: Launching a Regional Subnetwork: An account of NNERPP’s recent launch of a regional subnetwork and reflections from the subnetwork’s first in-person meeting.
• Research Headlines: We share a list of our members’ research from the past quarter.

Find the entire issue here and our website here. Happy reading!

NNERPP YOUTH VOICE FOR RPPs AWARDS PROGRAM
We are pleased to announce the awardees for the third round of NNERPP’s awards program "Youth Voice 4 RPPs," which recognizes, honors, and supports youth involvement in RPP work. Through an application process, three NNERPP members were selected for awards of $7,500 to further develop, expand, or strengthen their youth involvement strategies:

• Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research
• Centering Youth Voice: Stanford Redwood City Sequoia Mental Health Collaborative
• The Vermont Community Schools RPP (VT CS RPP)

You can read more about their student voice projects on this webpage. At the end of the project period, awardees will be invited to share artifacts developed and lessons learned through a variety of engagement opportunities. We are eager to learn alongside our awardees’ efforts and look forward to helping support their work in the year ahead!

Thank you to the Annie E. Casey Foundation for supporting this work.

REMINDER: NNERPP ANNUAL FORUM REGISTRATION AND SESSION SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN
The NNERPP Annual Forum is taking place July 24-26 in Richmond, VA. This year’s theme will be: "Public Education at a Crossroads: The Role of RPPs in Promoting Democracy.” Registration and session submissions are now open!

REGISTRATION
Join us for the Annual Forum! Please register using this link. Please register by June 15. Beyond that date, regular registration rates (an increase of $50) will apply. (The grad student rate will still be $75.)
 
Guide to hotel and travel:
Please find the hospitality guide here. The guide includes a link to access the hotel’s special rate for this meeting. Please make reservations by June 15; beyond that date, the hotel cannot guarantee availability of rooms at that rate.
 
SESSION PROPOSALS
We are excited to invite you to submit session ideas for the NNERPP Annual Forum! With this call, we are eager to find out which sessions you would be interested in organizing or seeing on the agenda. Please use this form to view guiding criteria and to submit your proposal by Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
 
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT DATES
April 24, 2024: Session proposal deadline
May 17, 2024: Session decisions announced
June 15, 2024: Deadline to reserve hotel room using NNERPP’s block + early bird registration for Annual Forum ends

We look forward to receiving your session submissions and to seeing you at the Forum in July! If it’s helpful to check out agendas from past Forums, please check them out here.

NEW MEMBER: SECURE AND UPGRADE COMPUTER SCIENCE IN CLASSROOMS THROUGH AN ECOSYSTEM WITH SCALABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY (SUCCESS)
Join us in welcoming our newest member: Secure and Upgrade Computer Science in Classrooms Through an Ecosystem with Scalability & Sustainability (SUCCESS)! The SUCCESS RPP aims to boost access to computer science learning in middle school classrooms across West Virginia by enhancing curriculum and professional development for teachers. Partner organizations include the West Virginia University Center for Excellence in STEM Education, Raleigh County School District, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, Code.org, West Virginia Department of Education, and Partner to Improve. Welcome to NNERPP!

#1 | HOUSTON EDUCATION RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
“Campus Variation in Grade Retention and Course Failure Rates After Attending Summer
School in Houston ISD”
By Courtney Thrash, Annie Pham, and Stacey Hood

#2 | ILLINOIS WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE
“The State of Computer Science in Illinois High Schools Series: Part 1 - What is the Landscape of CS Coursework?”
By Ying Chen and Stephanie M. Werner
 
Find the full report here, the quick guide here, and supplemental materials here.

#3 | PRiME CENTER ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY
“Student Mobility: Getting the Data Right”
By Abigail Medler, Collin Hitt, and Margaret Wallace

MEET NNERPP COLLEAGUES AT AERA
The American Educational Research Association (AERA)’s 2024 Annual Meeting will be held from April 11-14 in Philadelphia, PA. Here is just a brief sampling of presentations from your fellow NNERPP members and friends who will be attending (bolded names below are presenting). If you'll be there, drop by and say hi to your NNERPP colleagues!
 
Roundtable Session: A TALE OF TWO RPPs: VARIED APPROACHES TO COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITHIN A SINGLE UNIVERSITY
Thursday 4/ 11, 12:40 PM-2:10 PM ET
Chair:
Paul Goren | Northwestern University
Papers:
--How a Research-Practice Partnership Created the Conditions and Space for Collaborative Design