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2019 Promising Practices for Improving Youth Social-Emotional Learning

The Research Alliance for NYC Schools at NYU used 2018-19 Student Success Network Survey data to identify 20 Bright Spot Sites -- member sites where participants experience greater growth in at least one SEL factor compared to similar young people across the Network. SSN staff and youth interviewed practitioners at Bright Spot sites; participants in each interview collaboratively documented promising practices to share across the Network.

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Innovating Together Alexandra Lotero Innovating Together Alexandra Lotero

Making "A Next Generation Research Agenda" Reality

Today, Student Success Network creates, grows, and fuels a community of organizations collectively closing the opportunity gap for youth. We have the experience -- meaningful engagement of multidisciplinary, diverse stakeholders in collaborative inquiry-- to enact a next generation research agenda. We have the will to complete the required paradigm shift-- doing research with communities rather than to them-- because experience has shown us the effectiveness of this approach.

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