Abby R. Weiss
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A Project Manager at Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP), Abby R. Weiss
is responsible for managing HFRP's family
involvement research and activities, which focus on shaping a national dialogue
about strategies for improving learning and development outcomes for all children.
To this end, Weiss leads an HFRP team that informs practitioners, researchers,
and policymakers about proven family involvement practices and the link between
family involvement and student achievement.
Weiss' work also focuses on HFRP's evaluation of the Packard Foundation's Preschool
for California's Children initiative and The Evaluation
Exchange, HFRP's quarterly periodical. She also contributes to the Out-of-School
Time (OST) Learning and Development Project.
Prior to joining HFRP, Weiss worked for 8 years at the Institute for Responsive
Education (IRE) in Boston. At IRE, she served as Associate Director and led
the organization's research efforts on charter schools. She also managed projects
that promoted family–school–community partnerships and provided technical
assistance and training to schools across the country as they engaged in this
work. After leaving IRE, Weiss was an independent consultant for 5 years. During
that time, she conducted evaluations of family–school–community partnership
programs, out-of-school time initiatives, individual charter schools, and a
federally funded charter school accountability program.
Weiss received her master's degree in Administration, Planning, and Social
Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and her B.A. in Political
Science from Brown University.
Email Abby Weiss at abby_weiss@harvard.edu.
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