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Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2020
These notes provide an evolving overview of research and practical guidance on strategies to implement remote teaching and learning, as well as strategies that combine virtual learning with in-class instruction. The document includes links to a variety of resources and reports on specific strategies and programs. It is important to recognize that…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Evidence Based Practice
Turner, Alyn; Comly, Rachel; Ruemann-Moore, Rebecca; Rigsby, Matthew; Strouf, Kendra; Kapa, Ryan – Research for Action, 2020
RFA's three-year mixed methods evaluation of Children's Literacy Initiative's language and literacy supports found positive impacts despite higher-than-typical teacher turnover. In pre-K centers receiving CLI supports, teachers were more able to implement effective instructional practices and created richer classroom literacy environments, and…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Reading Skills, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Jenkins, Della; Duffy, Mark – Research for Action, 2016
Community schools are receiving increased attention in Pennsylvania and across the country as policymakers and practitioners strive to address the effects of poverty on academic performance, and provide more comprehensive supports for traditionally-underserved populations. While many advocates and education leaders tout the promise of community…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Program Implementation
McCarty, Alyn; Comly, Rachel; Strouf, Kendra; Rigsby, Matthew – Research for Action, 2018
Research for Action's Year Two evaluation report indicates that most lead teachers demonstrated high fidelity to the key elements of the Blueprint approach in the classroom, though some teachers experienced issues related to differentiating instruction and the simultaneous implementation of Blueprint and Creative Curriculum. The authors found…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Preschool Education
Blended Learning: Lessons from Best Practice Sites and the Philadelphia Context. PERC Research Brief
Beaver, Jessica K.; Hallar, Brittan; Westmaas, Lucas; Englander, Katie – Research for Action, 2015
The Philadelphia Education Research Consortium--or PERC--was launched in August 2014 as an innovative partnership designed to provide research and analyses on some of the city's most pressing education issues. This partnership was forged among the School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia's charter school sector, and Research for Action (RFA).…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Best Practices, Program Implementation, Teacher Surveys
Beaver, Jessica K.; Reumann-Moore, Rebecca – Research For Action, 2014
As of the writing of this report, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are being implemented in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Approaches to implementing the standards, however, are highly varied. For the past 3 years, Research For Action (RFA) has been tracking how one approach to implementing the literacy standards--the Literacy…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Alignment (Education), Best Practices
Sheldon, Steven B.; Davis, Marcia H. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2015
This report focuses on the opening of new school libraries and their impact on schools, teachers and students after two years of implementation of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project (Library Project). The findings build on the first report of this project and show that it is not just new facilities, but also the added…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Program Implementation