Monthly Highlight:
PEER Hosts Fall Kick-Off Convening
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In October, PEER held its first annual Fall Convening to kick off planning with each of our working groups and rapid response study teams. During the convening, each group spent time laying out how their research can support MNPS efforts to "Lead for Impact". Each group discussed the specific impacts they hope to have as an outcome of their research activities, and they began to plan out how they would engage with key constituent groups to increase the efficacy and "take up" of their findings.
Stay tuned for a more in-depth summary of the event with details about their upcoming work this year!
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Spotlight:
Postsecondary Readiness Team Participates in WT Grant Foundation Grantee Convening
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In October, the William T. Grant Foundation’s Institutional Challenge Grant Convening took place at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Members from PEER's Postsecondary Readiness Working Group attended and presented a poster highlighting the research progress and impact to date.
During the convening, grantees explored strategies for building and sustaining effective research-practice partnerships to drive changes in educational policy and practice.
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| Erin Henrick, Sean Corcoran, & Matthew Nelson represented PEER's Postsecondary Readiness Working Group
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Tiered Interventions Rapid Response Study
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This Fall, PEER launched a new rapid response study. As part of a 2023-2024 Rapid Response Project, researchers investigated the impact of the five tiered interventions adopted by MNPS on students’ growth on Fastbridge scores.
As an extension of the first study, this follow up research will include a qualitative component focused on implementation of interventions that aims to learn about the characteristics of schools experiencing the most student growth to understand how they are utilizing the literacy and math interventions. MNPS team members include Tie Hodack, Katie Pattullo, Renita Perry, and David Williams. Vanderbilt researchers include Kelley Durkin, Rebecca Adler, Marcia Barnes, Luke Rainey, and Bethany Rittle-Johnson
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Student Absenteeism Working Group |
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Joanne Golann, Kayla Fike, and David Diehl from the Student Absenteeism working group received a PEER grant to conduct a pilot study exploring factors that students, families, and educators identify as pulls and pushes of student attendance.
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Social Emotional Skills Working Group |
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| Welcome to our newest working group! As PEER's fifth priority area, this working group will soft launch this Fall and is charged with articulating MNPS’s social-emotional learning strategy to understand:
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- how students build social-emotional skills
- the full district landscape of and investments in existing SEL strategies (i.e., strategies to improve students’ social-emotional skills
- what systems need to be in place to support effective SEL strategies to ultimately impact academic and behavioral outcomes
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2024 Blue Ribbon Teacher Awards
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Congratulations to the 25 MNPS teachers who are 2024 Blue Ribbon Teacher Award Winners!
The awards honor teachers who are changing lives through their excellence in teaching.
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Important Dates & Upcoming Events |
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- Nov 8-15: Black Peabody Museum Exhibition
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Nov 20: Guest Artist: Arreon Harley-Emerson - This program will include a lecture presentation on the topic of social justice through song, exploring the ability of choral music to effect change and empower individuals on the issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the larger context of social justice.
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