Our Research

In the second iteration of the Condition of Education project, the Data Report is joined by the Action Guide, in which Rennie Center presents three of the most critical challenges facing our public schools—areas where greater investments, strategic expansion of effective practices, and thoughtful collaboration can bring us closer to achieving our statewide vision of excellence for every child.

The Roadmap to Expanding Opportunity project looks at promising, evidence-based strategies to better support all kids in our Commonwealth. In this 2015 report, the Rennie Center has taken up the challenging question of how to improve early career professional supports for teachers—specifically induction and mentoring offerings for beginning teachers—across the Commonwealth.

The Roadmap to Expanding Opportunity project looks at promising, evidence-based strategies to better support all kids in our Commonwealth. In this 2015 report, the Rennie Centeraims to expand the conversation about preparing all students for success in college and the workforce by examining early college designs.

In this 2014 policy brief, the Rennie Center explores high school equivalency (HSE)-plus programs; specifically, Massachusetts’ capacity to serve opportunity youth by taking a close look at HSE-plus programs in three communities, examining to what extent local programming reflects best practice, and identifying areas where more capacity must be built.

In this 2014 policy brief, the Rennie Center provides a first-of-its-kind baseline assessment of Massachusetts’ alternative education offerings. Research findings highlight existing alternative practices and examine how programming for the state’s at-risk students might be improved and better leveraged to guide broader, system-wide reform.

The Roadmap to Expanding Opportunity project looks at promising, evidence-based strategies to better support all kids in our Commonwealth. In this 2014 report, the Rennie Center focuses on programs that integrate classroom instruction and community-based learning into credit-bearing opportunities that occur within or outside of the school day.

The Roadmap to Expanding Opportunity project looks at promising, evidence-based strategies to better support all kids in our Commonwealth. In this 2014 report, the Rennie Center aims to expand the conversation about effective practices in offering multiple pathways to high school graduation by documenting a menu of research-based models underway in districts across the Commonwealth.

In 2014, EdVestors released Rennie Center research about teacher collaboration: it’s value, how it happens, and what it looks like in five rapidly improving Boston Public Schools

This infographic highlights findings from a 2014 public opinion poll administered to a representative sample of New England residents; the poll sought to gain information about views of public education and support for different learning approaches.

In 2013, EdVestors released a report on the 2012 School on the Move winner, New Mission High School. Researched and written by the Rennie Center, this report identified New Mission’s efforts to build a culture of college success.