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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.

As WashU celebrates deep community impacts in 2025, the ISP’s ongoing collaboration with St. Louis area educators is noteworthy. The Math314 program is boosting math instruction and student achievement across the region.

What’s the most effective way to understand what learners need to thrive? WashU researchers see the value of collaborating with others by forming research-practice partnerships (RPPs).

As a new teacher, Allen Samples can’t stop thinking about doors that are wide open. His first year of classroom teaching in the Riverview Gardens School District provided plenty more open doors for him and his middle school students.

Kirstin Blase, a high school chemistry teacher at Villa Duchesne, is among 13 teachers from across the St. Louis area who participated in the 2025 Summer Teacher-Researcher Program at Washington University in St. Louis. The teachers gained firsthand experience in research labs, with the opportunity to implement a lesson field test or pilot in their […]

KJ Haywood, a middle school science teacher at Lift for Life Academy, is bringing hands-on experiments back to his classroom this school year after joining peer elementary and middle school teachers from across the St. Louis area for summer institutes held at Washington University in St. Louis. The teachers participate in mySci, a signature program […]

Educators in the St. Louis region who teach students in grades three through eight will have an opportunity to build their digital literacy by participating in the AT&T Digital Navigation Program.

Teacher Dorothy Moore has no doubts about her career choice.  In fact, she sees her role as an early childhood educator at Garrett Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District as more vital and full of possibility than ever. As Moore gears up for the start of another school year, she sees herself not only as a teacher, but also a leader. A teacher leader.

Can we produce alternatives to plastic from renewable sources?

WashU engineer Marcus Foston has devoted his life to that question. And today, 25 middle school students from Central Middle School in the Riverview Gardens School District have joined him on that quest.