PIER Summit
Partnering in Education Research Summit at Harvard University
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, MA
Collaborate to find solutions for policy and practice
The Partnering in Education Research (PIER) Summit at Harvard University bridges the gap between research and practice by matching the best minds in social sciences with education leaders committed to using evidence for decision-making. Our 2020 PIER Summit Virtual Pitch Competition this October will bring these groups together to design rigorous, relevant research projects to inform policy and practice.
How it Works
We invite faculty and education agencies to propose projects for the 2020 PIER Summit Virtual Pitch Competition. Based on proposals, we'll create teams and provide scheduling and facilitation support throughout the early fall to co-develop a project design and eventually, a proposal pitch. This will culminate in a virtual pitch competition on Friday, October 30.
The winning proposal will receive CEPR support for project launch, including funding for the research team to visit the partner site once travel restrictions are lifted.
Faculty Proposals
We are seeking proposals from faculty who have research ideas in mind but need to recruit study sites. Please complete the form by Friday, July 31, 2020.
Submit a Proposal
Agency Proposals
We are seeking proposals from education agencies to learn about local problems of practice or interventions that you would like to study with a research team. Please complete the form by Friday, July 31, 2020.
Submit a Proposal
Why Attend
Develop a research-practitioner partnership at Harvard
Co-design a research study that helps to solve an important problem of practice for your school system
Expand your professional network
Testimonials
The experience at the Summit was very valuable...Some of the ideas floated at the conference are being incorporated into the action plans for this year.
We credit the PIER Summit with serving as an opportunity for us to kick-start our work as it provided us with much-needed dedicated time focused on the project, and helped us to hone our goals for this project.
2019 PIER Summit Pitch Competition Winner
Long-term effects of Teach for America on teacher performance
Teach for America
Team Members: Zack Harlow-Nash (Teach for America), Courtney Franklin (Teach for America), Christopher Leake (Teach for America), Melissa Lootens (Teach for America), Virginia Lovison (Harvard), Tara Nicola (Harvard), Eric Taylor (Harvard)
This project explored ways to create programmatic services geared toward actively supporting Teach for America Alumni who remain in education. They investigated how Teach for America alumni performing in years 3-10 compared to their non-Teach for America peers.
*This event is co-sponsored by the Institute for Education Sciences and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.