Can University-District Partnerships Promote Educational Equity?

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

University-school district partnerships emerged within the last few years with varying success. What are the qualities of effective partnerships? Which partnership practices promote meaningful improvements in district policies and practices, help build district research capacity, and build a culture of using data and research in decision making? At the same time, which partnership practices yield research findings that have broad relevance for school improvement? Researchers and district leaders from two established partnerships will discuss what they have learned about the qualities of productive partnerships.

Sub Unit

• Division L - Educational Policies and Politics / Division L - Section 9: Policy Implementation and Going to Scale

Chair

• Laura P. Wentworth, California Education Partners

Papers

• The Causal Effects of Cultural Relevance: Evidence From an Ethnic Studies Curriculum Situated in a University-District Partnership - Thomas Dee, Stanford University; Emily K. Penner, Stanford University; Bill W. Sanderson, San Francisco Unified School District

• The Study of a Large Urban District's Secondary Reading Initiative Targeted at Struggling Readers - Ruth Lopez Turley, Rice University; Carla J. Stevens, Houston Independent School District

• Negotiating Research-Practice Partnerships - Laura P. Wentworth, California Education Partners