A PROGRAM OF THE KINDER INSTITUTE FOR URBAN RESEARCH at RICE UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS, long-term mutually beneficial
formalized collaborations between education researchers and practitioners,
are a promising strategy for producing more relevant research,
improving the use of research evidence in decision making,
and engaging both researchers and practitioners to tackle problems of practice.
Although promising, research-practice partnerships are challenging to create and difficult to maintain.
NNERPP aims to develop, support, and connect research-practice partnerships in education to improve their productivity.
NNERPP is a professional learning community for RPPs working in education.
We currently have 41 members in our network, reflecting a wide variety of approaches to the work.
The NNERPP RPP Knowledge Clearinghouse contains a curated collection of resources to help you with your education RPP efforts.
The 4th NNERPP Annual Forum was held on July 8-10, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
This fall, NNERPP is excited to co-host two RPP Development Workshops to support research-practice partnership teams applying for NSF’s Computer Science for All (CSforAll) RPP solicitation.
Over one-and-a-half days, teams will develop a deeper understanding of what an RPP is, how to form and sustain one, and how to design an RPP project or proposal. The workshops will emphasize how to identify and refine the problem of practice your RPP seeks to address, strategies for how to carry out partnership research in support of the identified problem, evaluation questions related to improving your partnership efforts, and the kinds of data you will need to inform and improve your project. You will leave the workshop with a plan or outline for a project or proposal that you can further develop as an established team.
Upcoming workshop dates and locations:
November 14-15, San Mateo, CA // Co-host: Digital Promise
Apply here (Application deadline: October 18, 2019)
November 21-22, Washington, D.C. // Co-host: University of D.C.
Apply here (Application deadline: October 18, 2019)
Find more information on eligibility requirements and the application process here.
NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 1
VOLUME 2
VOLUME 3
Education Policy Innovation Collaborative
- Research Associate [added 10/16/19]
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Research and Policy Analyst [added 10/03/19]
Houston Education Research Consortium
- Research Analyst [added 10/03/19]
- Research Scientist [added 09/27/19]
Houston Independent School District
- Senior Research Specialist [added 09/13/19]
The Learning Partnership
- Postdoctoral Researcher Positions [added 09/12/19]
Chicago Public Schools
- Director of Computer Science [added 09/04/19]
Education Research Alliance for New Orleans
- Scientific Research Analyst I [added 09/04/19]
- Data Control Specialist [added 09/04/19]
CONTACT
NNERPP
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Rice University
6100 Main St. MS-258
Houston, TX 77005-1827
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NNERPP is made possible through generous funding provided by:
WILLIAM T. GRANT FOUNDATION // SPENCER FOUNDATION