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Translating Research into Policy and Practice: REL-NEI at Work in the Region (41 min.)

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The Regional Educational Laboratories are active agents in identifying and implementing research initiatives—small and large—to address issues of state, regional, and national concern. In this webinar, REL Northeast and Islands’s director Jill Weber provided an overview of REL-NEI’s research services and then talked with selected stakeholders from around the region about their work with the REL. Attendees heard from the legislative research director of the Rhode Island General Assembly about her use of the REL-NEI Reference Desk and a national expert on dropout prevention to boost legislators’ understanding as they review state dropout policy. From New York State, the director of the Mid-Hudson Bilingual/ESL Technical Assistance Center (BETAC) spoke about a May event his organization and REL-NEI co-hosted around a report on identifying learning disabilities in English learners. Maine DOE’s Science & Technology Specialist also described the REL-NEI’s technical assistance support for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) in Maine. Attendees were invited to ask questions about REL services and translating research into policy and practice, as well as describe their own needs for research support.

Jill Weber

Anita Bernhardt

Paula Dominguez

Daniel Shanahan

Presenters:

• Jill Weber, Director, REL-NEI at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
• Anita Bernhardt, State Science & Technology Specialist and Regional Representative, Maine Department of Education
• Paula Dominguez, Director, Legislative Research, Legislative Council, Rhode Island General Assembly
• Daniel Shanahan, Director, Mid-Hudson Bilingual/ESL Technical Assistance Center  (BETAC), New York
• Josephine Louie, Rhode Island State Researcher, REL-NEI at EDC
• Andrew Seager, Managing Project Director, REL-NEI at EDC
• Peter Tierney-Fife, Maine State Researcher, REL-NEI at EDC
• Carole Urbano, Technical Moderator, REL-NEI at EDC
• Peter Orne, Dissemination Manager, REL-NEI at EDC
• Heidi Larson, Reference Desk Manager, REL-NEI at EDC

Supplemental Materials:

• REL-NEI Reference Desk Response No. 433: Funding Incentives for Improving High School Graduation Rates
• REL-NEI Reference Desk Response No. 434: Data Sharing Between State Agencies
• REL-NEI Reference Desk Response No. 435: Legislative Mandates on Dropout Prevention
• REL-NEI Reference Desk Response No. 481: Dropout Prevention Legislation

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