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In 2012, the Ford Foundation asked the Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) at Brown University to help develop a framework for tracking the implementation of the Foundation’s More and Better Learning Time (MBLT) initiative. The initiative’s objective is to make more and better...
Current national and local education policies often pit teachers and parents against each other, trapping them in a cycle of blame and mistrust. But in one Minneapolis community, parents and teachers decided to work together to make their schools better – with great results. Organized Parents,...
AISR has supported a wide range of partners in developing their work and publications by helping with research design, data analysis, coordination, and publication development and production. Our executive director and staff serve as advisors and board members for a number of networks and...
In 1995, a small group of parents in the south Bronx discovered that only 17 percent of their elementary school children were reading at grade level. Their determined campaign to bring high-quality education to their neighborhood, one of the poorest in the nation, evolved into a citywide effort...
AISR collaborates with the education department at Brown University to offer the Urban Education master’s degree program. Michelle Renée and Warren Simmons co-teach the Urban Systems and Structures class; Mike Grady and Ellen Foley co-teach the Research Design and Methods class as well as a course...
AISR provides technical assistance to support the local district redesign efforts of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation’s New Day for Learning (NDL) initiative. The initiative’s goal is the redesign of school- and community-based learning resources so that all children receive the supports needed...
AISR will support a collaboration between the Rhode Island Office of Higher Education (RIOHE) and the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop a statewide indicator system for K–16 college readiness and success. The work will be done in partnership with the...
In January of 2010, Central Falls High School (CFHS) was identified as one of Rhode Island’s persistently lowest‐achieving schools. Schools identified as persistently lowest-achieving are required to choose among four possible intervention models: turnaround, restart, school closure, or...
CO&E staff provide research, training, and logistical support to the Urban Youth Collaborative (UYC) in New York City. With AISR support, UYC has contributed to important successes such as the campaign to reverse budget cuts for free and reduced-price public transportation passes for students...
CO&E staff provide research, training, and logistical support to the New York City Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ) in New York City, a citywide coalition of parent- and community-led neighborhood collaboratives. Through a combination of grassroots mobilization, strategic alliance...