The has just released an interim report summarizing findings from the first year of a two-year study of the Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research program, which is part of the . The grant program supports two-year collaborations among researchers and practitioners in a variety of educational organizations, including school districts, departments of education, and social services agencies.
NCRPP鈥檚 study of the program describes how 27 Institute of Education Sciences-funded researcher-practitioner partnerships address a variety of educational issues. Through surveys and interviews, 106 researchers and practitioners shared their RPPs鈥� aims, challenges, projected outcomes, and experiences as they engaged in new ways of working together. Here we share a few common themes related to partnerships鈥� goals, challenges, and benefits of researcher-practitioner collaboration.
The interim report details: how partnerships study a variety of educational issues; that researchers and practitioners highly value working in partnerships; that partnerships work through common challenges together; and how to support and work in partnerships.
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