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The Lesson Study Research Group (LSRG) maintains a central database of U.S. lesson study groups, initiatives, and related activity. You can sort through the groups listed below (location, size, content area, how long they've been doing lesson study, contact information, etc.) to find lesson study groups whose structure, needs, and concerns are similar to yours. If you would like to network with other individuals who are doing LS-related research, please click here. To communicate with multiple members of the lesson study community, including many of the individuals and group members listed below, please join the Lesson Study Listserv. To connect specifically to principals/adminstrators who support lesson study work, please click here.

If you are involved with a lesson study group/ cluster that is not listed here, and would like to include it in this database, please click here to download a questionnaire about your lesson study group. You will need to use Adobe Acrobat Reader to download this document. If you do not have this program, please click here.

After a member of your group has filled out the questionnaire, please return it to us:

by fax: 212-678-3837, attn.: Clea Fernandez
by mail: Lesson Study Research Group/ Clea Fernandez,
525 W. 120th St. Box 118, New York, NY 10027-6696.

If you would like to edit your information on this database, please click here to send us an email that specifies which information is to be changed.

***The following database of self-selected lesson study groups/ clusters is alphabetized by location (state, city):

[to view an illustrative map of these lesson study clusters, click here -->go to "Resources & Links"--> "Other Groups"]

State	City (location of LS cluster)	School/ district/ organization	Content area(s) and grade level(s) of focus	Number of schools/ districts/ groups in cluster	Number of individuals involved [range in fives]	When lesson study program began	scroll for more>>> Contact person (s) E-mail address/ Website	Additional info
Arizona	Flagstaff	Coconino County Schools/ Arizona Regional Support Center	3-12	6 districts	41-45 members	x	Linda Neff	x
Arizona	Tucson	Tucson Unified School District	x	x	x	x	LaVonne Riggs	using NSF PD grant
Arkansas	Little Rock	Little Rock School District	All Subjects K-4	same district 3 schools	6-10 members	January 2003	Beth Clifford	x
California	Bayside	Redwood Science Project/ part of CASP (see next row)	Science middle school	4 districts 4 schools	1-5 members	September 2003	Diana Skiles	x
California	CA Science Project	x	Science	x	x	x	link to website link to article link to article	x
California	Concord	Pine Hollow Middle School	Math 6-8	same school	1-5 members	January 2002	Olive Quilter	x
California	Fresno	Fresno Unified School District	Math 5-10	3 schools same district	10-15 members	January 2003	Jane Wentzel	x
California	Lake Elsinore	Lake Elsinore Unified School District	K-8	same school	x	x	Ed Bartel x	x
California	Los Angeles	L.A. Unified School District	x	x	x	x	x	x
California	Monterey Bay	Monterey Bay Science Project	Science K-8	x	x	x	Joyce Swenor	x
California	Moreno Valley	Moreno Valley Unified School District	Math 6-8	same school	6-10 members	October 2000	Dan Blood	x
California	Oakland	Oakland Unified School District	x	x	x	x	link to website	x
California	San Diego	Preuss Charter School/ UC San Diego	x	x	x	October 2001	Doris Alvarez/ Jan Gabay link to website	x
California	San Diego	Rosa Parks ES, Monroe Clark MS, Hoover HS/ San Diego State University and City Heights Educational Collaborative	Math K-12	3 schools same district	31-35 members	June 2003	Chuck Podhorsky link to website	x
California	San Diego	UCLA/ Rancho Bernardo HS	Science 9-12	same school	11-15 members	September 2002	Celeste Campbell	x
California	San Mateo/ Foster City	San Mateo-Foster City School District	Math K-8	same district 9 schools	75-80 members	August 2000	Jackie Hurd link to website	x
California	Santa Rosa	Sonoma County Office of Education	Math K-12	2 districts 14 schools 6 groups	31-35 members	September 2000 and August 2001	Joan Easterday link to website	x
California	Walnut Creek	Walnut Creek Elementary Schools	Reading Comprehension K-5	same school	21-25 members	September 2003	Sharon Mosbaugh	x
Colorado	Colorado State Lesson Study Project	Colorado DOE & Colorado Business Roundtable	Math Junior & High School	5 districts	6-10 members	September 2002	Glenn Bruckhart link to website	launched in collaboration with Lesson Study Research Group
Colorado	Englewood	Colorado's Finest Alternative School	Math, Science high school	same school	6-10 members	October 2002	Kim Bunning	x
Colorado	Fort Collins	Colorado State University	Math pre-service	x	21-25 members	January 2001	Kelly Chappell	x
Connecticut	Waterford	Waterford Public Schools	Math 1-5	same district 5 schools	21-25 members	January 2003	Kathleen Suprin	x
Delaware	Bethany Beach	Indian River School District	Math K-5	same school	26-30 members	x	Jan Parsons	x
Delaware	Department of Education	Delaware Writing Project/ University of Delaware	Writing	statewide	x	September 1999	e-mail the DWP link to website	x
Delaware	Newark	Gauger-Cobbs Middle School/ Christina School District	Science 7-8	2 districts 6 schools	6-10 members	December 2002	Tracy L. Soisson	x
Delaware	Ocean View	Lord Baltimore Elementary School	Writing 2-5	same school	26-30 members	September 2001	Jackie Wilson link to website	x
Florida	Jacksonville	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
Florida	Volusia County	American Federation of Teachers, Ed Issues Dept.	Math 1-5	x	x	October 2001	Alice Gill	x
Georgia	Decatur	City Schools	Math 3	x	6-10 members	June 2003	Jane Carriere Lynn Hart	x
Idaho	Boise	Instructional Learning Teams/ Boise State University, Center for School Improvement and Policy Studies	x	x	x	x	link to website
Illinois	Bloomington/ Normal	Illinois State University	Math 4-5	2 districts 3 schools	6-10 members	February 2002	Jeff Barrett link to website	x
Illinois	Carlinville	Primary School	Math 2-3	same school	1-5 members	March 2001	Karen Meyer	x
Illinois	Chicago	x	Math	x	x	November 2002	link to website	guided by Dr. Akihiko Takahashi (De Paul University)
Illinois	Lisle	x	x	district-wide	x	x	link to website	x
Illinois	Peoria	Illinois State University	Math 1-4	3 schools same district	6-10 members	August 2001	Jo Olson	x
Illinois	South Roxana	South Roxana Elementary	Math K-2	x	1-5 members	February 2002	Julie Bateman	x
Indiana	Bloomington	CEMI Project/ Indiana University	Math 6-12	6 schools 6 groups	21-25 members	September 2000	Semiral Oncu/ Catherine Brown link to website	some aspects of lesson study work take place on-line
Iowa	Dubuque, Ottumwa, Maquoketa	Dubuque Community School District, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Ottumwa School District, Maquoketa School District	Math K-6	11 schools 4 districts	41-45 members	June 2002	Dan Willis Christina Nugent link to website	x
Iowa	Iowa City	x	pre-service	x	21-25 members	x	Teresa Finken Michael Matthews Chris Hlas link to website	x
Kentucky	Louisville	Louisville Male High School/ Jefferson County Public Schools	Math, Science, English 9-12	same school	6-10 members	June 2000	Lance Springs	using LessonLab software
Kentucky	Louisville	Jefferson County Public Schools	Math, English, World Civ, Chemistry 9-12	same district 27 schools	26-30 members	October 2001	Joseph Burks	x
Maine	Berwick	MSAD #60	Science 6	same school	1-5 members	September 2002	Cindy Langdon	x
Maine	Cape Elizabeth	Pond Cove Elementary School	Math K-4	same school	41-45 members	August 2002	Tom Eismeier	launched with support from Maine Math and Science Alliance
Maine	Oakland	Williams Junior High School	Math 6-8	same district 2 schools	6-10 members	September 2001	Cheryl Godfrey Marshalyn Baker	x
Maryland	Silver Spring	Drew Elementary/ Montgomery County Public Schools	Math 1-5	same school	11-15 members	October	Andrew Goldberger	piloted Singapore Math Project
Massachusetts	Andover, Boston, Brookline, Carver, Danvers, Dartmouth, Everett, Foxborough, Lexington, Lowell, Newton South, Norfolk County, Old Rochester, Scituate, Uxbridge, Wareham, Watertown	Education Development Center (EDC)	Math 6-12	20 schools	115-120 members	August 2002	Jane Gorman Johannah Nikula website	x
Massachusetts	Cambridge	TERC	Science K-5	same district 2 schools	1-5 members	November 2001	Joyce Tugel	x
Massachusetts	Watertown	Watertown High School/ EDC	Math 9-12	same school	x	September 2000	x	x
Michigan	x	University of Michigan	4-5	2 groups	11-15 members	March 2002	Monica Hartman	x
Michigan	x	x	x	elementary, middle, high schools	x	x	Roger Verhey	supported by grant from Michigan Dept. of Education
Michigan	Ann Arbor	University of Michigan, School of Education	Math preservice	x	26-30 members	x	Jennifer Lewis	modified lesson study as organizing core of work in preservice elementary math course
Michigan	Flint	Genesee Intermediate School District	x	x	x	x	Mary Lavengood	part of Math Science Partnership Grant
Michigan	Grosse Pointe	Grosse Pointe Public School System	K-5	x	x	x	link to website	x
Michigan	St. Clair Shores	Lake Shore Public Schools	Math 1-8	same district 3 schools	21-25 members	August 2000	Pat Schweihofer Deborah Barnett Sandra Stanley	x
Michigan	Ypsilanti	Eastern Michigan University	Math 1-6	2 districts 3 schools	21-25 members	April 2002	Joanne Caniglia	x
Minnesota	Minneapolis	Patrick Henry High School	Math 9-12	same school	1-5 members	November 2000	Mary Moreira	x
Minnesota	Rochester	Mayo High School	Math 9-12	same school	1-5 members	November 2001	Mary Bradley	x
New Hampshire	Epping	Epping Elementary School	Math 4-5	same school	11-15 members	December 2000	Mark Vallone	x
New Jersey	Basking Ridge	Bernards Township Schools	Math 9-12	same school	1-5 members	February 2001	Marian Palumbo	x
New Jersey	Lawrenceville	The Lawrenceville School	Science secondary	same school 2 groups	11-15 members	November 2001	Thomas Ritter website	x
New Jersey	New Egypt	New Egypt Middle School, Plumsted Township	Language Arts 6-8	same school	1-5 members	September 2002	Colleen Davidson	x
New Jersey	Paterson	Paterson Public School #2	Math K-8	same school	21-25 members	September 1999	Bill Jackson/ Lynn Liptak link to website link to website	launched in collaboration with Lesson Study Research Group & Greenwich Japanese School
New Jersey	Randolph	Randolph School District	Math 2	same district 5 schools	21-25 members	May 2002	Jennifer Shouffler	x
New Mexico	x	Math Star/ New Mexico State University	6-12	20 schools	100+ members	x	Karen Wiburg Lisa Snow/Wanda Guzman Cathy Kinzer Jeff Hovermill link to website	x
New Mexico	Las Cruces	RETA/ New Mexico State University	x	x	x	x	Susan Bussman	x
New York	LeRoy	Wolcott Street School/ LeRoy Central School	Math 1-6	same school	11-15 members	October 2002	Diane Graham	x
New York	New York	Bank Street College of Education	Math 7	same school	1-5 members	October 2001	Linda Metnetsky	launched in collaboration with Lesson Study Research Group
New York	New York	Community School District #2	Math 6-9	same district 9 schools	11-15 members	December 2000	Susan Picker/ Lucy West link to website	launched in collaboration with Lesson Study Research Group
New York	New York	Community School District #10	Math	same district multiple schools	56-60 members	October 2001	Ron Feinstein	launched in collaboration with Lesson Study Research Group
New York	Rochester	Rochester City School District	all content areas K-6	same school	6-10 members	January 2000	Bonnie Dorshel	x
New York	Rochester	American Federation of Teachers, Ed Issues Dept.	Math 1-5	x	x	October 2001	Alice Gill	x
New York	Staten Island	x	x	x	x	October 2002	Naomi Isaac-Simpson	x
North Dakota	Bismarck	Bismarck Public Schools	x	x	x	x	Ellen Knudson	x
Ohio	Beachwood	Beachwood City Schools	Math, Science 6-12	same district 3 schools	6-10 members/ districtwide	November 2000	Ruth Friedman	x
Ohio	Canton	Stark County Educational Service Center/ Perry Local Schools	Science 7	same district 2 schools	1-5 members	August 2001	Linda Petz	x
Oregon	Aurora	North Marion School District #15	All Subjects 6	same school	1-5 members	October 2001	Carolyn Donnelly	x
Oregon	Portland	Portland Public Schools	6-8	same district 6 groups	20+ members	January 2002	Cheryl Rectanus	x
Oregon	x	University of Oregon	preservice	x	x	x	Alexa Parker
Pennysylvania	x	School Performance Network SPN Partner Schools	x	5 districts 11 schools	x	x	Mary Catherine Conroy Hayden Mike Benedict website	x
Pennysylvania	Doylestown	Bucks County Schools	x	x	x	x	Jeanette Warsavage	x
Pennysylvania	Lafayette	Lafayette Elementary School/ School District of Lancaster	Math 1-2	same district 2 schools	1-5 members	May 2000	Patricia Jones	x
Pennysylvania	Langhorne	Neshaminy School District	Science 5-11	8 schools same district	75-80 members	January 2003	Robert L. Kolenda link to website	district initiative; utilizing components of Understanding by Design, Schools Around the World, & Lesson Study
Pennysylvania	Philadelphia	Pennysylvania School for the Deaf	ages 10-15	same school	1-5 members	February 2003	Carrie Buscher	x
Pennysylvania	Philadelphia	The Philadelphia School	x	x	x	September 2003	Chris Taranta	x
Pennysylvania	Philadelphia	William Penn Charter School	English Grade 10	same school	1-5 members	October 2003	Ben Dziedzic	x
Pennysylvania	Scranton	American Federation of Teachers, Ed Issues Dept.	Math 1-5	x	x	October 2001	Alice Gill	x
Rhode Island	Pawtucket	Goff Junior High School	All Subjects 6-8	same school	6-10 members	February 2003	Andre Audette/ Marie Ahern	x
Rhode Island	Pawtucket	Nathanael Greene Elementary Pawtucket School Dept.	All Subjects 5	same school	1-5 members	February 2003	Gail Mulligan	x
Rhode Island	Providence	Rhode Island school districts/ Science and Literacy Integration Project (SLIP)	English Language Arts & Science K-8	15 groups 13 districts	x	x	Greg Kniseley link to website link to a school website	x
Tennessee	Antioch	Metro-Nashville Public Schools	Math	same school	6-10 members	September 2000	Selena Judkins	x
Tennessee	Nashville	Metro-Nashville Public Schools	x	same district multiple schools	x	x	link to website	x
Texas	El Paso	x	middle school	x	x	x	Lien Diaz	x
Utah	Provo	Brigham Young University	Math secondary	same district 5 schools	21-25 members/ different schools	October 2001	Blake Peterson	x
Virginia	Virginia Beach	Virginia Beach City Public Schools	Science 6-8	same school	11-15 members	January 2001	Jenny Sue Flannagan link to website	x
Washington	Bellevue	Bellevue School District	all content areas all grade levels	same district 27 schools	900+ members	August 2000	Jan Zuber link to website	x