This past January 1, 2026, we marked 10 years of NNERPP! Taking a moment to reflect on this journey, we are capturing 10 lessons and insights we’ve learned with our members and friends over the years, chosen for their significant impacts on how we think and talk about RPPs at NNERPP.

How can RPPs plan for long-term sustainability? We introduce a comprehensive sustainability framework for RPPs that was created with input from a wide group of NNERPP members and friends across several years and encourages partnerships to reflect on four key dimensions of sustainability.

How has the RPP field shifted during the past decade? Where might we be headed in the next ten years? This article explores the perspectives of those who have been in the RPP space for a long time on what they have observed and learned and what they think comes next for RPPs.

How can we support practice-side leaders in participating in and presenting at conferences that are often designed with only academic researchers in mind? This article explores the value, learning opportunities, and some logistical considerations of such efforts.

How do professionals end up working in RPPs? What prepares them for this work? This article begins to explore the question of possible pathways into RPPs to help support the growing RPP field and those engaged in the work in being effective and impactful.

How do we know which components are central to forming and being a healthy partnership? Members of the Institute for School Partnership (ISP) share insights from a collaborative thought activity examining the main “ingredients” to a partnership “recipe.”

How can RPPs partner with and truly center youth? Youth from YouthCARES (Youth Civic Action for Resilient Environmental Solutions) share five pieces of advice based on their experiences.

How could RPPs navigate the complex systems and relationships inherent to partnership work? RPP team members brought together by a study conducted under the New York City Early Childhood Research Network propose situational mapping analysis as one way to examine the multiple and interacting influences that can affect within- and cross-team collaboration.

One powerful way to illustrate the impact of RPPs is to simply hear –and share– their stories: What have they worked on in a given timeframe? How has the work impacted students, teachers, and communities? Here, we “visit” six RPPs from across the country (as well as internationally) for a look at what they have been up to in 2025 – and what difference their work has made.

How can new teachers best be supported through professional learning? The Oakland Unified School District and University of California, Berkeley Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) shares research that explores new teachers’ experiences with professional learning in the district to better tailor early career learning that is valuable to these teachers.

How can RPPs integrate youth-participatory action research, and why should they? This article explores how and why RPPs can elevate the role of youth to that of co-researchers to improve and transform education, how they are uniquely positioned to do so, and what this can look like in practice.

The NNERPP community has been deeply exploring brokering practices and how to support RPP brokers for several years. Here, we share more context of this work and highlight four new brokering cases that add to our understanding of several aspects of brokering in RPPs.