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Implementation of School-Based Food Backpack Programs in Philadelphia, 2019-20

Implementation of School-Based Food Backpack Programs in Philadelphia, 2019-20

Posted on October 7, 2020
Categories: health & nutrition

This brief examines feasibility factors and parent/guardian experiences with the school backpack program, which provides bags of food for students at participating schools to bring home once per month.

Questions We're Asking About Digital Learning: Fall 2020

Questions We’re Asking About Digital Learning: Fall 2020

Posted on October 6, 2020
Categories: digital learning & school reopening, system trends

We are gathering information from a variety of sources about how digital learning is going. This document provides a summary of the questions that we’re asking across five main topics.

Results from the Spring 2020 CTE Graduate Follow-up Survey

Results from the Spring 2020 CTE Graduate Follow-up Survey

Results from senior exit surveys administered by ORE and completed by graduates from SDP’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) class of 2019.

Redesigning Schoolyards at Two Schools: A Summary of the Seven Design Phases

Redesigning Schoolyards at Two Schools: A Summary of the Seven Design Phases

Posted on September 21, 2020
Categories: health & nutrition, school climate & support

In spring 2019, SDP, in partnership with Mural Arts Philadelphia, was awarded a grant from the William Penn Foundation to redesign schoolyards at three elementary schools into “playful learning areas”–environments designed for children that encourage and reinforce learning outside of the classroom. This brief summarizes the design process.

Demographic Enrollment Trends and School Progress Report (SPR) Performance from 2014-15 to 2018-19

Demographic Enrollment Trends and School Progress Report (SPR) Performance from 2014-15 to 2018-19

Posted on September 18, 2020
Categories: accountability, enrollment, equity, School Progress Report (SPR), system trends

A summary of school-level and student-level trends within each SPR performance tier from 2014-15 through 2018-19.

Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Selected Results from the School District of Philadelphia

Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Selected Results from the School District of Philadelphia

This report uses YRBS data from 2009 through 2019 to show changes in risk behaviors reported by high school students. It provides a general overview of these behaviors, then presents related findings in six sections: mental health, safety and violence, substance use, sexual health, nutrition and physical activity, and physical health. This report also explores how certain students may be more at risk based on their race/ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation.

Results from SDP's Graduate Follow-Up Survey (Class of 2018)

Results from SDP’s Graduate Follow-Up Survey (Class of 2018)

Posted on August 17, 2020
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Categories: college & career, Senior Exit and Follow-Up, surveys

Results from a new, customized graduate follow-up survey administered to members of the class of 2018.

Blended Learning Initiative Cohort 2, Year 1 (2018-19)

Blended Learning Initiative Cohort 2, Year 1 (2018-19)

Posted on August 11, 2020
Categories: blended learning, effective instruction

Findings related to implementation and outcomes of the first year of the second cohort of SDP’s Blended Learning Initiative.

Evaluation of the Spring 2020 Covid-19 Continuity of Education Plan

Evaluation of the Spring 2020 Covid-19 Continuity of Education Plan

Posted on August 10, 2020
Categories: digital learning & school reopening, system trends

On March 16, 2020, SDP closed schools and offices in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Like many other districts, SDP had to quickly pivot from in-person to virtual instruction. This report evaluates the four expected outcomes included in SDP’s “Continuity of Education Plan” for online instruction for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year.

Six Practices for Using Reading Specialists to Support K-3 Student Growth: A Summary of Findings from Interviews with Four Successful Reading Specialists

Six Practices for Using Reading Specialists to Support K-3 Student Growth: A Summary of Findings from Interviews with Four Successful Reading Specialists

Posted on July 31, 2020
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Categories: effective instruction, literacy

This brief summarizes themes from interviews about best practices conducted with four Reading Specialists in December 2019 and January 2020.