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Policy Brief

School Vouchers in the Trump Era: How Political Ideology and Religion Shape Public Opinion

Research Report

Discipline in Context: Suspension, Climate, and PBIS in the School District of Philadelphia

A new report highlights findings from a two-year research study on the disciplinary practices and climate of schools serving K–8 students in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP). Educational leaders across the United States are turning away from exclusionary practices like suspension, in favor of less punitive approaches to managing student behavior. Many districts are changing their policies and turning to evidence-based initiatives like Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) to bring about shifts in school climate.

Working Paper

School Leadership, Teachers’ Roles in School Decisionmaking, and Student Achievement

This working paper summarizes the results of a study of leadership in elementary and secondary schools. The study focused in particular on instructional leadership – the extent to which school leaders focus on the core activities of teaching and learning – and teacher leadership – the extent to which teachers have input into school decision-making. This paper is drawn from the full report of the study, entitled School Leadership Counts (Ingersoll, Dougherty and Sirinides 2017), available at www.newteachercenter.org.

Working Paper

The Evolving Role of the State Education Agency in the Era of ESSA and Trump; Past, Present, and Uncertain Future

Watch our researchers as they discuss standards reform, Common Core governance, connecting data on teaching and learning, and more.

Featured Project

Efficacy and Implementation Evaluation of Zoology One

Efficacy Evaluation of Zoology One—The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded nearly 3.3 million to CPRE Senior Researchers Abigail Gray and Philip Sirinides (University of Pennsylvania). To implement this research, CPRE is partnering with Tonya Wolford (Office of Research and Evaluation at the School District of Philadelphia), and Brooks Bowden (North Carolina State University).

This Goal 3 grant will enable Principal Investigator Abigail Gray to lead a mixed-methods study of the impacts and implementation of an integrated literacy and science curriculum for kindergarten, Zoology One: Kindergarten Research Labs. Developed by American Reading Company, Zoology One is a daily, 120-minute curriculum that tightly integrates literacy and science in the first year of school. An estimated 2,400 kindergarten students, in 80 classrooms, will participate in the randomized trial over two school years. Long-term impacts will be assessed in first and second grades.

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