Project Think is the research arm of the Houston Learning Network.
In 2022, the HLN launched Project Think, a new initiative to better understand the impact of our organization's investment in teacher professional development.
In 2022, the HLN launched Project Think, a new initiative to better understand the impact of the organization's investment in teacher professional development. This project was led by Dr. Robert Wimpelberg, former Dean of the College of Education at the University of Houston Through his research institute, All Kids Alliance, Dr. Wimpelberg facilitated a developmental evaluation of the work of teachers and principals at two HISD schools, Travis Elementary and Oak Forest Elementary. The HLN worked to help the teachers and principals deepen their understanding of what engagement with cognition, thinking, and understanding means and how they intend it to benefit teachers and students alike.
Project Report
In 2023 and 2024, Dr. Wimpelberg synthesized what the teachers learned and experienced through Project Think and developed a detailed report on his findings. This report is intended to help future funders understand the impact of the HLN's work and help future HLN participant schools understand how the program works. To review these documents, email us at admin@houstonlearningnetwork.org.
About All Kids Alliance
All Kids Alliance is Houston’s first advocate for “collective impact” and among the first organizations in the United States to embrace the StriveTogether Network’s Theory of Action (strivetogether.org). All Kids Alliance supports non-profit organizations in Greater Houston. It facilitates strategic planning, project management, logic model building, results-based meeting design, and the intentional pursuit of outcomes using the principles and practices of collective impact.
Faculty and Staff
Dr. Robert K. Wimpelberg: Professor Emeritus and Executive Director
Source: https://www.uh.edu/education/research/institutes-centers/