Want to get tips and tricks for doing research in a school district? University-district partnerships provide critical infrastructure for doing locally relevant and innovative research, but it can be challenging to navigate smoothly. View our recording of a March 2020 panel for the inside scoop from UW and Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) collaborators on how they get things started, secure district and UW IRB permissions, share data, communicate findings and much more! This event was co-sponsored by the Network, Madison Education Partnership and the Interdisciplinary Training Program.

Panelists included:

Researchers
MEP (as research-practice partnership):

Kira Hicks, High School Multi-tiered Systems of Support Coordinator, MMSD and Katie Eklund, MEP co-director and Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology.Independent faculty research:

Erica Halverson, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Percival Matthews, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology.Program evaluation:

Annalee Good, co-director of the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative and Director of the WCER Clinical Program.

District Personnel
Senior leadership:

Jay Affeldt, Executive Director of Student & Staff Support, MMSD.

Research:

Christopher Harrison, Researcher in Research and Program Evaluation Office, MMSD, manages the External Research Committee (ERC).

The UW IRB

Casey Pellien, Director of the Education and Social/Behavioral Science IRB