Navigating & Transforming PK12 Systems Through Research-Practice Partnerships
JOURNAL ARTICLE • May 2025 • by Maia Elkana, Rachel Ruggirello, Nikki Doughty and Jay Hartman
This book chapter examines how one research-practice partnership (RPP) navigated and impacted complex PK-12 systems.
Equitable from the Start: Strategies for making science relevant, engaging and accessible
JOURNAL ARTICLE • January 2024 • by Rachel Ruggirello & Alison Brockhouse
Framework for designing equitable and inclusive science lessons and share an example of how this framework was applied to the launch of a fifth grade science unit, specifying the instructional strategies used to provide students with a meaningful, relevant, and engaging learning experience.
Leveraging strengths of a research‑practice partnership to support equitable science teaching during the COVID‑19 pandemic
JOURNAL ARTICLE • November 2023 • by Rachel Ruggirello, Alison Brockhouse, & Maia Elkana
Article in the Cultural Studies of Science Education journal studying the use of a research-practice partnership (RPP) approach to supporting equitable K-5 science education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How the eruption of Mt. Tambora shaped present-day Missouri: The impact of climate events on human migration in Justice-Oriented Science Teaching and Learning
Educator Resource • September 2020 • by WestEd
Report by WestEd on strategies to adapt science learning during the pandemic with examples from mySci.
Designing Effective, High-quality, Virtual Professional Learning for Educators
PRACTICE BRIEF • September 2020 • by Jeanne Norris & Rachel Ruggirello
10 strategies for educators to design effective, high-quality, virtual professional development learning environments for educators, with practical implementation suggestions.
Supporting new science teachers in pursuing socially just science
JOURNAL ARTICLE • June 2018 • by Rachel Ruggirello & Linda Flohr
Exploring strategies to support early career teachers, especially those in alternative certification route programs, teaching science in unfamiliar communities.