National Center for Rural Education Research Networks (NCRERN)

New York & Ohio Rural Research Network (RRN) Our New York & Ohio rural research network (RRN) districts are nearing the end of the school year in their repiloting of the What’s Your Path (9th graders) and Postsecondary Entry Checklist (12th graders)...

Cambridge, MA — Proving Ground, an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University, launched a new partnership today with the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) as part of the state’s Learning, Equity, and...

In our first year or so of writing for NNERPP Extra, we have shared an overview of our improvement work, lessons learned from working with existing partners during the pandemic, lessons learned from creating and launching an improvement-focused RPP in...

This is the second installment of IMPROVING IMPROVEMENT, our quarterly series focused on leveraging the power of research-practice partnerships (RPPs) to build schools’, districts’ and states’ capacity to improve. As we’re sure many of you have...

Chronic absenteeism, or missing 10-percent of total school days in a school year, is one of three critical metrics tracked by Harvard in its study of Berne-Knox-Westerlo and 29 other rural districts; the other two are college readiness and college...

Schools are often the civic heart of communities, particularly in rural areas, and can be a launching pad for its students. The strength of rural communities and the prospects for their children can depend heavily on the offerings and quality of their...

Thirty rural Ohio school districts will partner with a Harvard research center to improve student outcomes. The districts will work with Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research, or CEPR, to reduce chronic absenteeism and promote college readiness...

The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University has been awarded a $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education to launch the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks...

Chronic absenteeism. College preparation. Student mental health. Hot education issues all, and none of them lack for research and programs. But often the interventions proven to work in large urban or suburban districts fall flat in small rural districts...

Research in rural education and secondary writing is getting a grant infusion from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. On Feb. 6, IES announced $25 million in grants to the University of Missouri, Harvard University and...