Implementing a new high-quality math curriculum
BRIEF • December 2025 • by Mitchelle Wambua & Maia Elkana • This brief addresses the benefits and challenges associated with implementing a new
high-quality mathematics curricular resource, with recommendations for how schools can facilitate the implementation process to best support teachers and students.
Early Impact of Teacher Leaders in a Networked Improvement Community on Middle School Mathematics Performance
JOURNAL ARTICLE • April 2025 • Rachel M. Ruggirello, Abbey M. Loehr, Takeshi Terada, Jason Jabbari, Yung Chun, Maia Elkana and Alison Brockhouse
This article in Educational Forum co-authored by ISP researchers examines the effects of teacher participation in a NIC on middle mathematics learning.
STEM DI: Program Results & Impact
REPORT • March 2025 • by Alison Brockhouse
STEMpact District Immersion (STEM DI) was a four-year research-practice partnership to improve mathematics education in the St. Louis region. Supported by STEMpact, STEM DI brought together educators from three local districts and education specialists from the Institute for School Partnership at Washington University in St. Louis (ISP). Over the life of this innovative collaboration, we saw important advancements in instructional practices and improved student achievement.
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.
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.