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Racial and Social Justice Research-Practice Partnership Collaborative

Grant Type: Team Project Grant
Topics: Racial and Social Justice, Education
Colleges Represented: EDUC, SPP

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News

RSJC Selected for National Network of Educational Research Practice Partnerships "Youth Voice 4 RPPs" Award
May 1, 2026

"The Thriving Project" Selected for Do Good Award To Support Mentorship in Local School Districts
April 13, 2026

National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships (NNERPP) Yearbook Impact Story on UMD's Racial And Social Justice Research-Practice Partnership Collaborative
December 17, 2025

The RPP Exchange Podcast: Equity through Research-Practice Partnerships - Equity in Uncertain Times: Navigating Change and Challenges
January 10, 2025

UMD Team Builds Social Justice Research-Practice Partnership with Area School Districts
September 26, 2024

“Equitable, Trusted Partnerships” for Racial and Social Justice in Education
December 7, 2023

Events

May 8, 2025
Racial and Social Justice Collaboration Bright Spots Community Forum
4:30-6:30 pm, Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Featuring Katara West, Senior Equity Specialist, AACPS, and Miesha Walker, Senior Equity Specialist, AACPS
Register here.

May 12, 2026
UMD Racial & Social Justice Collaborative Equity Bright Spots Forum 4:30PM-6:30PM
The University of Maryland's Racial and Social Justice Bright Spots Community Forum is designed to bring together justice-oriented educators from across our local partner school districts and the University of Maryland by elevating promising school-based racial and social justice practices. This year's event will feature equity educators from Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) and will provide an opportunity to connect and converse around our shared commitment to racial and social justice in education. We hope you can join us! Please invite district partners and colleagues to attend! Contact: RSJC@UMD.EDU
Register Here

Summary

The Racial and Social Justice Research-Practice Partnership Collaborative (RSJC) leverages the power of research-practice partnerships (RPP) to address one of the grand challenges of our time: deep, persistent educational inequities in learning opportunities and outcomes that disproportionately impact historically marginalized students. RPPs are centered on equity: 1) University of Maryland Racial and Social Justice Research-Practice Partnership Collaborative (RSJC) equity of the research outcomes, aimed at pushing research towards solving practical problems that our most marginalized communities face; and 2) equity of the research process, aimed at disrupting the traditional power dynamic between researchers (“experts”) and practitioners (passive recipients of the "experts"’ knowledge). The RSJC is partnering with local educational practitioners around the pressing challenges they face. Through a collaborative effort that spans the UMD College of Education, Office of Community Engagement, School of Public Policy, and local school districts, the RSJC is designing and implementing research-practice partnerships that tackle pressing problems of racial and social justice in our school communities; fostering connections among UMD faculty and local practitioners; and building the capacity of UMD faculty and students to engage in impactful RPPs.