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Research-Practice Partnerships for Racially Just School Communities

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Research-Practice Partnerships for Racially Just School Communities
Abstract/Description
For too long the academy has espoused the belief that the best type of research is research conducted solely as an objective, university-based enterprise. This idea negates the talents and insights of non-academics who are also motivated to, and capable of, examining pressing societal problems systematically and ethically, not least those minoritized community members for whom such problems too often derive from systemic injustice.

But research-practice partnerships (RPPs) enable some of the most meaningful and influential research to be conducted collaboratively. By bringing together university researchers with practitioners and community members, RPPs in education, for example, help to ensure that the processes and outcomes of research directly enrich educational practice and policy in ways that community members most desire. Likewise, Farrell et al. (2021) specify that RPPs “connect diverse forms of expertise and shift power relations in the research endeavor.” The authors contend that RPPs not only pursue research to build and share knowledge, as traditional university research does, they also seek to foster “educational improvement or equitable transformation” (2021, p.05). Indeed, the action-oriented, egalitarian, and agentic characteristics of RPPs make them ripe for advancing educational equity and racial justice when explicitly designed, implemented, and continuously adapted to do so.
[Excerpted from this Reflection, via the William T. Grant Foundation Website]
Author/creator
Wilson, Camille M.
Date
July 19, 2019
Series
Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: The State of the Field
Publisher
William T. Grant Foundation
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Theoretical
en Reflection/Retrospective
IRE Approach/Concept
Research Practice Partnership (RPP)
Racial Justice
Featured case/project
Urban Learning and Leadership Collaborative (ULLC)
Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline (DSTOPP) Alliance
Language
English
Open access/full-text available
en Yes
URL
Official Reflection Webpage (via William T. Grant Foundation Website)
Open Access PDF (via William T. Grant Website)
Other related resources/entities
Research-Practice Partnerships: A Strategy for Leveraging Research for Educational Improvement in School Districts
Citation
Wilson, C. M. (2019, July 19). Research-Practice Partnerships for Racially Just School Communities [Blog Post]. Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: The State of the Field. William T. Grant Foundation. https://wtgrantfoundation.org/research-practice-partnerships-for-racially-just-school-communities
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Open Access Resource (IRE)

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