2019 Anatomy of a Learning Initiative – Lessons from the Teacher Practice Networks of the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning Publication: June 2019 Project: CFTL WestEd Project Authors: Laura Stokes, with assistance from Allison Murray Type: Report […]

2019 Helping Science Teachers Experience Phenomena-based Science Learning and Understand the NGSS – Final Report of the Exploratorium Teacher Institute’s NIH-SEPA Project Publication: June 2019 Project: Exploratorium Teacher Institute’s NIH-SEPA Project Authors: Heather Mitchell, Michelle Phillips, Laura Stokes Type: Report […]

Studies of Design and Function in Organizational Arrangements that Link Research and Practice in Education The Research + Practice Collaboratory (http://researchandpractice.org) was funded for five years by the National Science Foundation to bring research and practice together in effective ways […]

MathNIC Tools — Stories of Use in Real Contexts Publication: March 2018 Project: MARS MathNIC Authors: Laura Stokes, Laurie Miller Lopez Type: Report (pdf, 8pages) Abstract Mathematics Network of Improvement Communities (MathNIC) is dedicated to building tools to support districts in […]

THE NWP (R)EVOLUTION: How and Why the NWP Will Keep Going-Spring meeting 2018 (pdf, 30 pages) or download Powerpoint version of this presentation 2018 Project: National Writing Project Authors: Laura Stokes Type: Slide presentation Publication: March 2018 Abstract This is a slide presentation delivered […]

“What About Us?” Designing Professional Learning For Educators in Science-Rich Educational Institutions — The Case of BaySci’s SREI Learning Community Publication: Dec 2017 Project: BaySci – SREI Authors: Laura Stokes, Jenifer V. Helms, Laurie Miller Lopez Type: Report (pdf, 15 pages) […]

The five papers in this portfolio examine different facets of the C3WP and use the C3WP as a case to illuminate enduring qualities of NWP work. The papers can be read in any order. However, reading them in the order […]

Welcome to the National Writing Project Portfolio, a collection of key writings that we at Inverness Research have prepared over the last several years. We began studying the Writing Project in 1988 when the California Subject Matter Projects were created. […]

The NWP: A National Infrastructure that Helps States, Districts and Local Teachers Improve Student Writing (pdf, 35 pages) 2017 Project: National Writing Project Authors: Mark St. John, Laura Stokes Type: Slide presentation Publication: March 2017 Abstract This slide presentation was prepared for the National […]

2011 Project: Small Grant for Experimental Research (SGER) from the National Science Foundation Authors: Laura Stokes With assistance of: Mark St. John, Gerald Accurso, Elizabeth Horsch, Dawn Robles, Pamela Tambe Type: Report & Executive Summary Publication: April 2011 Staged Evaluation: An Approach to […]