The Center for Effective School Practices (CESP) features innovative, research-based initiatives that have been field-tested to improve pre-K through 12+ classroom and school organizational practices and advance achievement for all students. CESP programs emphasize student attainment of State and National Content Standards as well as the preparation of lifelong learners who will be productive members of society.
Web site: http://cesp.rutgers.edu
NIEER is dedicated to improving early childhood education and care for all children through research. The project is headed by Dr. W. Steven Barnett and counts many distinguished GSE faculty members as participants.
Web site: http://nieer.org
National Writing Project at Rutgers (NWP)
The National Writing Project (NWP) is a professional development network that serves teachers of writing at all grade levels and subjects. The mission of the NWP is to improve student achievement by improving the teaching of writing and improving learning in the nation’s schools. In addition to our four-week Summer Writing Institute, we offer graduate courses and workshops, mentoring, writing groups, study groups, writing retreats, leadership opportunities, and on-going professional dialogue. The NWP at Rutgers collaborates with schools to develop multi-year partnerships and to design a sequence of support services meeting the individual needs of partner districts.
Web site: http://nwprutgers.org
The Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning, created and inspired by the late mathematician, educator, and cognitive scientist Robert B. Davis, combines research and scholarship about learning and teaching with educational practice.
Web site: http://www.gse.rutgers.edu/rbdil
The mission of the Rutgers Institute for Improving Student Achievement is to generate and to coordinate the efforts for Rutgers University, PK-12 districts, corporate and community partners to provide continuous improvement in the achievement of all students.
Web site: http://www.gse.rutgers.edu/riisa
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