Professor Ruth N. López Turley founded the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a research-practice partnership between Rice and eleven Houston area school districts, representing over 700,000 students.

HERC aims to improve educational equity by connecting research to policy and practice, working directly with district leaders. She also founded the National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships, which supports over 40 partnerships between research institutions and education agencies throughout the country.

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