Join us on November 9th at 1 p.m. for this free virtual event! Learn strategies for conducting collaborative research between academics and practitioners and explore some of the data challenges involved.
How can partnerships between researchers and practitioners help schools serve students better? And what are the opportunities and challenges of this kind of work?
Though schools collect and report an enormous amount of data, they are often constrained by the time and resources needed to analyze it deeply. Researchers may have data analysis expertise but have challenges gaining access to it quickly and understanding which questions are most meaningful to pursue. Through the St. Louis School Research-Practice Collaborative, school leaders and academic researchers in the St. Louis region are collaborating to address challenges that transcend any single school or district.
This session will highlight the importance of working collaboratively across institutions to design a research agenda to produce actionable insights. Topics to be explored include: challenges and discrepancies of working with multiple agencies and data sets (e.g., DESE, SLPS, charters); rectifying distrust and reticence to share data based on historical misuse, poor communication, and/or lack of follow-through; and the processes involved in meaningful collaboration and connection between academics and practitioners.
Presenters:
Candice Carter-Oliver, CEO, Confluence Academies
Saras Chung, Executive Director, SKIP Designed
Jason Jabbari, Assistant Professor, Brown School; Associate Director of Community Partnerships, Social Policy Institute, Washington University in St. Louis
The Data for Social Impact initiative is a collaboration between the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, the St. Louis Regional Data Alliance, and data.org.