Evidence to Action Coffee Chats are a new virtual series hosted by Washington University’s Institute for School Partnership (ISP) and the Center for Education Research, Practice, and Policy Partnerships (CERP3).
Each Coffee Chat starts with a short, practical brief or tool developed through partnership work, then turns the conversation over to practitioners who use that evidence in schools. The aim is to make research usable — distilling findings down to what works, what doesn’t, and what it takes to act on it.
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Evidence to Action Coffee Chat: Instructional Leadership
Thursday, October 29, 2026
9:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
This session centers on the ISP best practices brief Leadership Practices to Improve Content Delivery and Increase Student Achievement, which focuses on how instructional leaders create a learning-focused culture, support high-quality instructional practice, and allocate resources, systems, and processes in service of teaching and learning. The brief grew out of a school leadership project co-led by the ISP and the Center for Education Leadership at the St. Louis Community Foundation. The session will feature Jay Hartman, Director of Youth Connections, St. Louis Community Foundation and Carmen Meeks, Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives, ISP. Access the brief here.