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Direct linkMerrill, Lisa – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2020
Earning a college degree is widely recognized as the most reliable pathway to economic stability (Carnevale, Smith, & Strohl, 2013). But it is known from a wide range of research that access to college is neither easy nor equitable, and that traditionally underrepresented students (including low-income students and Black and Latino students)…
Descriptors: Mentors, Social Emotional Learning, College Attendance, Access to Education
Villavicencio, Adriana; Hill, Kathryn; Klevan, Sarah – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2020
Like other institutions, the country's education system is challenged by systemic racism. Sixty-five years after Brown v. Board of Education, schools remain largely segregated by race. Predominantly White school districts receive far more funding compared with districts that serve mostly students of color. Black and Brown children are more likely…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Racial Bias, School Districts, Teacher Expectations of Students
Download full textStohr, Alison; Fontana, Jason; Lapp, David – Research for Action, 2018
Research shows that exposure to teachers of color has a positive impact on students of all races, and particularly on students of color. Despite these positive effects, only 4% of Pennsylvania's teachers are people of color. This percentage is not only one of the lowest in the nation, but it is also starkly disparate from Pennsylvania's own…
Descriptors: Minority Group Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Minority Group Students, Teacher Persistence
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
Villavicencio, Adriana; Bhattacharya, Dyuti; Guidry, Brandon – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2013
College readiness is becoming an increasingly important standard by which to measure school success and student achievement. While high school graduation and dropout prevention remain critical issues for educators, there is a substantial gap in outcomes between students who only earn a high school diploma and those who go on to obtain a college…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Hispanic American Students, African American Students, Criticism
