Improving Research and Practice through Partnership: Lessons Learned from Santa Clara Unified Schools and UC San Francisco Researchers

Find out how Santa Clara Unified School District educators collaborate with researchers from UC San Francisco’s Neuroscape center on a research study investigating the core cognitive capacities of the brain, also referred to as executive function. Both sides discuss how partnerships built on trust, reciprocity, and mutual respect have great potential to improve both education practice and the quality of educational research. Educators and researchers interested in working together can learn from this story as they design their own education research projects.