Navigating Issues of Equity in Schools Through Research-Practice Partnerships: Stories From the Field...

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Jesse Senechal (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) David Naff (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

Navigating Issues of Equity in Schools Through Research-Practice Partnerships

Stories From the Field

Jesse Senechal (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), David Naff (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Hillary Parkhouse (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

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Routledge
15 May 2025

Research methods: general; Philosophy & theory of education; Educational strategies & policy; Organisation & management of education; Higher & further education, tertiary education

This book provides a wealth of rich cases describing how research-practice partnerships (RPPs) in K-12 schools navigate equity in the design and implementation of their projects and shares insightful recommendations for both research-side and practice-side RPP leaders engaged in this work. Chapter authors from both researcher and practitioner communities unpack real examples that illustrate how RPPs conceptualized, conducted, and shared research related to prominent equity challenges in K-12 schools. Chapters also detail specific tensions and challenges – political, methodological, relational – and how to overcome these. Presenting an equity-focused RPP framework, this important volume explores how to cultivate trusting and equitable relationships among partners, prioritize humanity and equity in the identification and articulation of a RPP project topic, center equity goals, and align methodological approaches to equity objectives. This important resource helps aspiring, new, and veteran RRP leaders initiate projects or partner with new collaborators as they develop trusting relationships within university and school settings in order to conduct impactful, equity-oriented research.

Edited by: Jesse Senechal (Virginia Commonwealth University USA), David Naff (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Hillary Parkhouse (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781032900865
ISBN 10: 1032900865
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 15 May 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Part 1: Introduction and Frame 1: Navigating Issues of Equity in Schools Through Research-Practice Partnerships 2. Practice-side tensions and tradeoffs when coproducing research: Mind the Thorns Part 2: The Case Studies; Theme 1: Navigating Partnerships and Relationships 3. Centering Equitable Relationships in a Young Research-Practice Partnership: Design Features and Dilemmas 4. Cultivating a Mutualistic Partnership for Inquiry 5. Sustaining a Research-Practice Partnership While Addressing Disproportionality in School Discipline Theme 2: Equity in Project Design and Implementation 6. Equity in the foreground: Bringing opportunities and constraints into view in federally funded research practice partnerships 7. A Research Practice Partnership to Accelerate Learning in Kent, WA School District: In Search of Bright Spots 8: The Value of Pivoting: Equity-Centered Lessons Learned in a Research-Practice Partnership Between Rural Districts and a Research-focused Non-Profit Theme 3: Centering Marginalized Voices and Community Engagement 9. Educational Equity Moves at the Speed of Trust: A Research Practice Partnership to Support Black Students’ Postsecondary Pathways 10. Expanding Conceptions of Equity from Network Practice to the Research Process 11: Engaging Historically Marginalized Students and Families in School Improvement Processes: Insights from a University-District-Nonprofit RPP Theme 4: Navigating Contextual Factors and Systems 12. Looking at Equity Through the Rearview Mirror: Reflections from a RPP Project Focused on Wellbeing of Educators in a Rural School District 13. Building an RPP with Equity in Mind: Delaware Early Literacy Research-Practice Partnership 14: Navigating and Transforming K12 Systems Through Research-Practice Partnerships Part 3: Final Thoughts 15: Emboldening Present and Future RPP Leaders: Pursuing Equity in Politically Charged Times

Jesse Senechal is Executive Director of the Institute for Collaborative Research and Evaluation at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education, USA. David Naff is the Director of the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education, USA. Hillary Parkhouse is Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning at the Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.