In their own words: directors, researchers, and practitioners of the Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research [Video]

The Nashville Partnership for Educational Equity Research is a collaboration between Metro Nashville Public Schools and Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development. To improve equity across MNPS, PEER brings together researchers and practitioners to collaborate in long-term working groups and short-term rapid response teams. Watch the video above to learn more from some of PEER’s working group members and why they decided to join PEER. Their sentiments are shared in the following Q&A by PEER’s co-directors, Erin Henrick, MEd’03, EdD’07, and Abbey Loehr, MS’15, PhD’18.

Henrick, assistant professor of the practice of leadership, policy, and organizations, became the Vanderbilt co-director of PEER earlier this year. She assumed the role following the tenure of Marcy Singer-Gabella, a former professor of the practice of education and PEER’s inaugural Vanderbilt director. Loehr, MNPS’ co-director and manager of research-practice partnerships at the school district, began her role in 2023 following the tenure of Caroline Marks. Together, Henrick and Loehr aim to advance the work of their …