Through its evaluation of the Engage New England initiative, SRI is helping the Barr Foundation and the broader education community better understand how to design and implement innovative schools for students who are off track to graduate high school.
Based on our mixed-methods study, the SRI research team is producing a set of research briefs designed to distill learnings from the ENE initiative. Future briefs will further explore the implementation and impacts of the initiative.
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Designing Schools with and for Students: Lessons Learned from the Engage New England Initiative This research brief identifies promising strategies for embracing student voice in school design based on the experience of Engage New England (ENE) grantees. Successfully engaging students in decision-making and school design is not as simple as inviting them to attend staff meetings. READ MORE |
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Cross-Site Learning Brief 1: Learnings from the Cohort 1 Planning Process This brief is designed to benefit all three cohorts of ENE grantees as they plan and build their schools and to highlight key elements of planning for innovative school models. READ MORE |
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Transforming High Schools to Serve Students Who Are Off Track to Graduate: Lessons Learned from the Engage New England Initiative This brief presents lessons learned about school transformation from the foundation’s experience supporting three cohorts of grantees. The insights gained from the ENE initiative can inform reform efforts in all high schools. READ MORE |
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Cross-Site Learning Brief 2: Learnings from the Cohort 1 Launch Year This brief presents the lessons learned and common themes across the grantees, as well as implications for planning and implementation that may be useful for subsequent cohorts of ENE grantees as they prepare to launch their programs or schools. READ MORE |
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Cross-Site Learning Brief 3: Improving Instructional Systems This brief describes common facilitators and challenges experienced by Engage New England (ENE) grantees as they worked to further their instructional systems. It also provides some promising practices that grantees used to support these efforts or to address challenges. READ MORE |
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Cross-Site Learning Brief 4: Early Insights from Academic Case Conferencing This brief describes the approaches schools used to support academic case conferencing and their implementation of key practices. READ MORE |
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Doing High School Differently: The Student Experience in Engage New England Schools This research brief examines how the Barr Foundation’s Engage New England (ENE) schools provide robust learning experiences and support students in developing skills for future success. READ MORE |
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Postsecondary Planning Portfolio Rubric This rubric can be used to support educators as they work to improve their postsecondary advising systems. READ MORE |
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Equitably Measuring Student Progress to Graduation: Insights from the Engage New England Initiative This brief describes the development process, rationale, and calculation of these new metrics. READ MORE |