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Title: Research and Development in America's Schools: How School Systems Drive Sustainable Improvement and Innovation
Language: English
Authors: Kimberly A. Smith, Joshua Stewart, Digital Promise
Source: Digital Promise. 2026.
Availability: Digital Promise. 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 935, Washington DC 20036. Tel: 202-450-3675; e-mail: contact@digitalpromise.org; Web site: https://digitalpromise.org/
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Page Count: 42
Publication Date: 2026
Intended Audience: Administrators
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Improvement, Research and Development, Educational Research, School Districts, Charter Schools, Theory Practice Relationship, Sustainability
Abstract: Research and development (R&D) in education plays a critical role in improving teaching and learning by enabling school systems to investigate challenges, test solutions, and adapt practices to local contexts and student needs. When led by school systems, R&D supports more agile, responsive, and sustained improvement by grounding innovation in evidence and experience. This report includes insights from our direct work supporting schools in building R&D capacity accompanied by a landscape analysis that examines how school systems across the country are building and implementing R&D to strengthen improvement and innovation efforts. It also includes tools for school systems to assess their utilization of R&D practices and provides insights and recommendations on how to deepen the use of R&D to accelerate and advance innovation. The report highlights the conditions school systems can shift to sustain system-level R&D, the practices that support effective implementation, and examples of how R&D is being put into action across varying contexts. [This report was co-produced by the Alliance for Learning Innovation.]
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Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: ED678848
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