Navigating & Transforming PK12 Systems Through Research-Practice Partnerships
BOOK CHAPTER • May 2025 • by Maia Elkana, Rachel Ruggirello, Victoria May, Nikki Doughty and Jay Hartman
This book chapter examines how one research-practice partnership (RPP) navigated and impacted complex PK-12 systems.
Using Appreciative Inquiry To Strengthen RPPs
JOURNAL ARTICLE • July 2025 • by Maia Elkana & Victoria May
This article in NNERPP EXTRA co-authored by ISP leaders examines Appreciative Inquiry as an approach to surface, understand, and provide solutions in RPPs.
Leadership practices to increase student achievement
BRIEF • May 2025 • by Maia Elkana & Rosalyn Langrohling-Amanor This brief addresses how instructional leaders can support teaching and learning to improve student achievement.
High-Quality Curricular Materials
BRIEF • April 2025 • by Maia Elkana & Rosalyn Langrohling-Amanor This brief addresses features to look for in high-quality curricular materials and
considerations for adoption and implementation of these materials to improve student achievement.
Teacher Collaboration Improves Content Delivery and Increases Student Achievement
BRIEF • March 2025 • by Maia Elkana & Rosalyn Langrohling-Amanor
This brief addresses how teacher collaboration can improve instructional practices and increase student achievement, as well as the specific elements of collaboration that are important to achieve these goals.
Early Childhood Mathematics: Findings from a professional learning pilot project
REPORT • November 2024 • by Maia Elkana & Zoe Lehmann
In 2022, WashU’s Institute for School Partnership (ISP) and a district-based Early Childhood Center formed the Early Childhood Mathematics Research Practice Partnership (ECMRPP), a two-year pilot to focus specifically on early mathematics learning.
Learning to Be an Ambitious Science Teacher
JOURNAL ARTICLE • September 2024 • by Alex Gerber & Heather Milo
This article in Science and Children co-authored by ISP Instructional Specialists outlines a professional learning model for supporting teachers implementing ambitious science teaching strategies in their classrooms.
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.
Doing the math: Building a foundation of joyful and authentic math
REPORT • September 2019 • by 100Kin10
Report by 100Kin10 written with support from ISP instructional specialists on preparing teachers to enable authentic joyful math learning for all students.