Sustaining Innovation: NSF Project Documents

The RWB Sustaining Innovation Project grows From a National Science Foundation funded project titled "Accumulating Knowledge on Scaling and Sustaining Reform: A Foundation for Future Research" at the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education (CEMSE) at the University of Chicago. This project has three main goals: 1) To provide a foundation for accumulating knowledge about diffusion and sustainability of reform in STEM education and education in general, and in other fields; 2) To identify ways that knowledge about diffusion and sustainability of reform in other disciplines and sectors can inform improvement efforts in education and STEM education in particular; and 3) To establish a forum for cross-discipline collaboration and sharing and growth of knowledge on diffusion and sustainability of reform.

These goals are addressed with two strategies. The first comprises comprehensive literature reviews on diffusion and sustainability of reform in science education, other areas of education, and other fields including business, marketing, medicine, public health, and economics. The second, is facilitation of a collaborative learning environment that will provide resources and create a forum for sharing findings and methodologies and contribute to shared understandings that support accumulation of knowledge. For more information, read the one-page description

The NSF Sustainability Project staff periodically publishes technical reports that describe the project's steps for collection and review of the sources included in this work. Those technical reports are: