Student Experience Research Network Blog

New Spencer Foundation-led partnership on measurement and student experience

January 19, 2023

New Spencer Foundation-led partnership on measurement and student experience

Lisa Quay

Student Experience Research Network is partnering with the Spencer Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative on a convening that the Spencer Foundation will host in May 2023 focused on student experience and measurement in K-12 education.

November 16, 2022

Professional learning materials for creating belonging-supportive learning environments

Chloe Stroman

A new, customizable presentation on belonging-supportive environments delivers insights from research in a practical format.

October 28, 2022

Releasing findings from the SERN K-12 Teachers and Classrooms Research Portfolio

Chloe Stroman

Seven projects shed light on how curriculum and instruction, classroom discourse, beliefs about discipline, and other structures shape students’ experience of classroom contexts.

September 8, 2022

An important update on Student Experience Research Network’s future

Lisa Quay

Student Experience Research Network will engage in a strategic sunset and conclude our operations by May 2023. During the next nine months, we will take steps to document and share key lessons from our experience over the past seven years and help seed research-focused capacity in the field to continue movement toward an education system that consistently and equitably centers student experience.

June 27, 2022

New briefs connect equity-centered research with current policy topics

Chloe Stroman

Scholars in the SERN Midcareer Fellows Program are bridging insights from research with timely and important topics in the education sector.

May 11, 2022

Bridging Research and Policy in College Admissions

Chloe Stroman

A new video highlights the role of research and a policy intermediary organization in informing a shift in the University of California system’s use of the SAT and ACT.

April 14, 2022

Facilitating continuous improvement in classrooms and institutions (Part 2 of 4)

Chloe Stroman

By gathering data on students’ experiences, providing safe and supportive spaces to process the data, and making meaningful shifts in response to student feedback, institutions and systems can enact and expand inclusive and effective instructional practices.

April 14, 2022

Authentically engaging students, families, communities, and diverse institutional members in changemaking (Part 3 of 4)

Chloe Stroman

Funder briefing speakers shared insights related to student organizing and leadership, participatory governance and budgeting processes, family outreach, and the stakeholders in postsecondary education who may be overlooked or face barriers to participation in changemaking efforts.