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Connecting, learning, and collaborating with researchers and practitioners from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ field

Research Practice Network

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ the Network

  • Create, maintain, and execute a research agenda focused on improving implementation and outcomes for students, community schools, families, and community members;
  • Serve as a clearinghouse for research and implementation level best practices;
  • Convene community school advocates around areas for collaboration and joint research; and
  • Identify new funding streams to support high-quality research on community schools.

Joining the Network

Practitioners and researchers are encouraged to join and connect with, share, learn from, and collaborate with those in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ field and receive timely announcements of new research and funding opportunities. Those outside of these roles are also welcomed to join to learn more about Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.

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The Coalition for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Research Practice Network (CCS RPN) is supported by IEL’s research team. If you have any questions, please email ccsrpn@iel.org.

Past Events

2026 Webinars

  • – March 24
  • – February 24
  • –Ìý ÌýJanuary 13

2025 Webinars

  • – October 28
  • – October 8
  • – April 29
  • – April 2 (Webinar Slide Deck)
  • – February 25

2024 Webinars

  • – December 3 (Webinar slide deck)
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      • – December 5
      • – October 21
  • – October 22
  • – June 13 (Webinar Slide Deck)
    • Family Math by Eason, et al
    • MakeItMath
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    • NAFSCE Ìýin October in Denver (with Family Math strand)
    • Erikson Institute on family. math nights
  • – April 25 (Webinar Slide Deck)
  • – March 26 (Webinar Slide Deck)
  • – February 7 (
  • – January 31 ()

2023 Webinars

2022 Webinars

  • – February 16
  • – March 8
  • – May 11
  • (in partnership with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Coordinators Network) – October 27
  • ) – November 30

2021 Webinars

2019-2020 Webinars

 

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Research Agenda

The IEL Coalition for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ (CCS) Research Practice Network (RPN) developed the 2026–2030 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Research Agenda to guide the next phase of learning, evidence-building, and field advancement. Building on the 2020 agenda, the updated agenda was shaped through an iterative, multi-phase process that included in-person sensemaking with RPN members in May 2025, a network-wide survey in fall 2025, and a targeted review of draft priorities. More than five years of growth in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ policy, funding, and implementation informed a sharper focus on cohesive frameworks, common measures, and research that directly supports implementation quality, sustainability, and scaling. The agenda reflects shared priorities to strengthen data infrastructure, understand workforce conditions, address persistent post-pandemic challenges, and expand measurement beyond school outcomes to include community-level indicators. Together, RPN members articulated a research agenda designed to produce actionable evidence, support research practice partnerships, and advance outcomes for students, families, schools, and communities. Click here to see the research agenda.

Click each agenda topic below to learn more about the specific topic. Download the image here.

 

RPN Clearinghouse of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Studies and Publications

Please use to share your updated research and publications with IEL CCS RPN. We will update our database regularly and share the research and publications with all Coalition for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ (CCS) networks.

 

CCS RPN Co-Chair Criteria

The network has 2Ìýco-chairs, a practitioner and a researcher. Nominations criteria:

Practitioner:

  • in a daily role/position within a community school initiative (school, district, or regional/state intermediary level)
  • participated in community schools research or program evaluation (working alongside researchers)
  • familiar with community schools research
  • a part of one of our Coalition for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ networks (desired, not required)

Researcher:

  • has a body of research published specifically on community schools.
  • engaged in community schools work, inclusive of e.g., Research-Practice partnerships or participatory action research.
  • affiliated with a university or a research institution.
  • has a completed doctoral degree.
  • is a part of one of our Coalition for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ networks (desired, not required)

Co-Chairs

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Dr. Janine Al-Aseer

Director and Clinical Faculty; The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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​Xavier Cason​

Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ & School Transformation​, Durham Public Schools