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Member Insights: Infusing Playful Learning into Everyday Places
Most kids spend just 20% of their waking hours in the classroom. How can communities harness some of the remaining 80% for meaningful and joyful opportunities to learn?
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December 2021
We’re Not All Average: Reconceptualizing School Climate to Acknowledge Diverse Student Experiences in Schools
How students feel about their schools—their perception of the safety, inclusiveness, rigor, and collaboration in the learning environment—is an increasingly important part of conversations about school quality and improvement. Building on the Research Alliance’s longstanding work with the NYC Department of Education on its annual School Survey, this report uses survey data from 2015 through 2019 to begin to answer questions on school climate.
December 2021
Student Financial Wellness Survey
December 2021
Releasing the Potential of Philanthropic Collaborations
Philanthropic partnerships are having their day in the sun. Their impact could be even greater with a clearer path to investing in collaborative funds and a shift in donor mindsets.
December 2021
School Instruction in Pennsylvania During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This brief provides an overview of how local education agencies in Pennsylvania, including both traditional school districts and charter schools, implemented different approaches to deliver instruction and support students’ needs during the 2020–2021 school year.
December 2021
Three lessons for boosting postsecondary education and wages in Black-majority cities
This report focuses on seven cities: Detroit; Nashville, Tenn.; Tulsa, Okla.; Richmond, Va.; Philadelphia; Mobile, Ala.; and St. Louis. In each, we provided qualitative research, historical context, and disaggregated statistics in order to gain a clear vision of what is needed to help Black students and workers thrive.
December 2021
Design Principles for Community-Based Settings: Putting the Science of Learning and Development Into Action
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