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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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An EdSurge article features the work of both Proving Ground and NCRERN and how what we have learned can can help districts continue to reduce chronic absenteeism during distance learning. ... On the other side of the country, another effort, housed at...

NCRERN Newsletter: Fall 2021

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We hope you are doing well! As the pandemic continues to impact schools across the country, we remain grateful for our district partnerships that make our work possible. In this newsletter, we’ll share updates on NCRERN’s work in attendance, postsecondary...

Increasing Financial Aid Applications

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Key Issue Overview Filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a crucial step in accessing most types of financial aid and making college more affordable. In addition to the FAFSA, some states require students to complete additional...

Harvard looking to help solve New York rural schools’ issues

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The Olean Times Herald reports on how NCRERN provides rural school districts in New York with an oppurtunity to adress their most pressing challenges. Some New York rural schools are about to get an assist from Harvard University. Harvard’s new National...

CMSD campaign inspires Browns statewide attendance push

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Proving Ground's new partnership with the Brown's Foundation and the Ohio Department of Education is covered by Cleveland Metro School District. Public schools in Canton, Maple Heights, East Cleveland and nine rural districts will receive support and...

Cleveland Browns, Ohio Department of Education work together to help keep kids in school

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News 5 Cleveland outlines the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks partnership with the Ohio Department of Education and the Cleveland Browns Foundation. CLEVELAND — During the 2017-2018 school year, more than 260,000 of Ohio’s K-12...

Local news outlets highlight NCRERN district partnerships

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Local news outlets highlight the announcement of the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks district partners in New York and Ohio. Links to these articles are included below: Lyndonville CSD to join Harvard center on rural education Black...

Cleveland Browns Foundation launches statewide initiative to improve school attendance

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Cleveland.com highlights the partnership between the Cleveland Browns Foundation, the Ohio Department of Education and Proving Ground. ... To expand the “Get 2 School” program statewide, the Browns Foundation has partnered with the Ohio Department of...

Summaries of Broader Financial Aid Research

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In addition to the individual lever pages that summarize evidence from high school-based interventions aimed at increasing college affordability, this domain also includes high-level overviews of the broader research on the impacts of financial aid. These...

Proving Ground to expand capacity to rural education

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The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University has been awarded a $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education to launch the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks...

Who We Are

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Our initial continuous improvement network, focused in 49 districts across New York and Ohio, tested interventions related to attendance (from 2021-2022 school years), postsecondary readiness (from 2021-2024 school years), and postsecondary entry (from...

Navigating Steps to College Enrollment

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This domain includes research on programs, policies, and practices that help support and guide students through the college application, enrollment, and summer transition processes, as well as those that help students understand college costs and...