Area: Executive Director

  • No Such Thing Podcast: Setting the Course For Research on AI in Professional Learning

    Brendon Krall and Krista Morales from RPPL were recently interviewed on the No Such Thing podcast to discuss the role of AI in shaping the future of professional learning. They share their perspectives on education research, new developments in professional learning, and efforts to support educators and improve student outcomes.

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  • RPPL Awards Nine Research Grants to Advance Equitable Math Instruction

    Last updated share: Nine projects are funded to improve high-quality instructional material in math to serve students who are Black, Latine, Indigenous, AAPI, Multilingual Learners, students with disabilities, and students …

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  • Instruction Partners: How to Strengthen Teacher Learning: A Q&A with Researchers

    Instruction Partners, a RPPL member, interviewed RPPL Senior Researchers Heather C. Hill and John P. Papay to discuss emerging evidence on how effective PL features can inform school and system leadership decisions and how identity-affirming classrooms may benefit children.

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  • New Report Details Why Measuring Impact of Teacher Professional Learning is Key to Advancing Equitable Student Outcomes

    RPPL’s latest paper, written by 10 professional learning organizations, identifies opportunities for innovation in measurement.

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  • Instruction Partners: How to Strengthen Teacher Learning: A Q&A with Researchers

    Instruction Partners, a RPPL member, interviewed RPPL Senior Researchers, Heather C. Hill and John P. Papay, to discuss emerging evidence on how effective PL features can inform school and system leadership decisions and how identity-affirming classrooms may benefit children.

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  • Psychology Today: When Teachers Learn Better, Students Do Better

    Psychology Today, the largest publishing enterprise exclusively dedicated to human behavior, recently published a blog post on RPPL’s work to help advance teacher professional learning and the importance of helping teachers learn better so that students can do better.

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  • TeachThought: Improving Teacher Learning

    TeachThought, a podcast focused on professional learning and teacher training, interviewed RPPL Executive Director Stacey Alicea and Senior Researcher Heather Hill about RPPL’s “Building Better PL” brief, the organization’s goals, and what lies ahead in 2023.

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  • Leading Educators: 4 Classroom Challenges That Teacher PL Can Fix in 2023

    RPPL’s Executive Director Stacey Alicea and the organization’s founding members were featured on Leading Educators’ blog, with a piece about the issues and challenges facing professional learning in 2023.

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  • Education Week: What Works—and What Doesn’t—in Teacher PD

    Ed Week’s Madeline Will wrote about a new brief by RPPL Senior Researchers Heather Hill and John Papay that examines the strategies and techniques that make PL effective for educators and students. “Building Better PL: How to Strengthen Teacher Learning” is full of insights into “what” is most effective and “how” PL providers can best…

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  • Dr. Stacey Alicea Named RPPL’s First Executive Director

    Last updated share: RPPL’s Advisory Board has named Dr. Stacey Alicea, a practitioner-researcher with experience in learning strategy, professional development, and capacity building, as the organization’s first executive director. Dr. …

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