 Some of Stigler's research has been focused on re-thinking how R&D for education is carried out.Part of this effort has been conducted in collaboration with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, where he served as a Senior Fellow from 2008 to 2017 and contributed to the development of Carnegie’s Statway program for community colleges.In August 2017, Stigler and his team at UCLA, with funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, has been developing what he calls the "Better Book" approach to education research and development, as well as a technology platform (CourseKata) designed to support the approach.