Scholars in the SERN Midcareer Fellows Program are bridging insights from research with timely and important topics in the education sector.
This post features insights from the latest Student Experience Research Network funder briefing, including recordings of three presentations of recent research by scholars Mesmin Destin, Yasmiyn Irizarry and Tia C. Madkins, and Jamaal Matthews.
Field-level enabling conditions – including funding and accountability structures, research, community organizing, and messaging and legal work – are necessary to align resources and public support with effective strategies for improving students’ experiences in school.
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.
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.
Student Experience Research Network has received a donation from philanthropist and writer MacKenzie Scott to support our work toward an education system in which every student’s experience of school sets them up to learn and thrive.
A presentation by Heather Hough, the executive director of Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), and a list of organizations that bridge research, practice, policy, and media offer lessons and starting points for scholars interested in expanding their impact.
Student Experience Research Network is seeking to fill a newly created role on our team.
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