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The ISP team recently partnered with Rachel Penczykowski, associate professor of biology in WashU Arts & Sciences and an expert on infectious disease in plants, to produce an educational video called “Plants Get Sick!” to introduce educators and their students to her research and its methods.

The ISP joins partners across WashU to launch AI Literacy Initiative backed by a Spark Grant.

Each fall, educators work with the ISP team to identify problems of practice and promising innovations. Drawing on research-based practices, structured data collection, and their own professional knowledge and experience, they test their ideas and present findings at a year-end showcase.

Teachers from across the St. Louis region have begun work with the Summer Teacher Ressearcher Program. Learn more about these collaborations that provide opportunities for faculty to connect in meaningful ways with K-12 educators

Many of us remember nursery school as a time for finger painting and story time, but prekindergarten is also when children learn important math concepts — not just counting, but how to create patterns, recognize shapes, measure objects and compare quantities. Hazelwood has partnered with ISP’s innovative Math314 program to improve classroom instruction and student outcomes.

Since ASSET was transferred to WashU in 2023, the number of students engaged in the program has increased by 20 percent nationally and 241 percent regionally. WashU’s ASSET Team credits the successful scaling to impact more students to the collaborative model for curriculum development that the ISP uses across its programs. At the heart of it is authentic engagement with teachers as researchers.

By Shamya Day-Smith, Hazelwood School District

By John Webb, Hazelwood School District

By Tracy Gamayo, Hazelwood School District

By Anne Foret, Hazelwood School District