Welcome to urban education reform

Welcome to Urban Education Reform: Bridging Research and Practice. We are thrilled to be here and excited to share insights from researchers and practitioners from several cities across the country.

The collection of blog posts you'll find here will feature work by researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and stakeholders working within what are known as "research-practice partnerships," or RPPs. We define these as formal, long-term, mutually beneficial collaborations between "researchers" (those working in institutions whose main purpose is to research education) and "practitioners" (those working in institutions whose main purpose is to administer education)...