2024
Ideal Learning Head Start Network 2024, Toscha Blalock, Chief Learning & Evaluation Officer, Trust for Learning
Resisting Asian-American Racism: Empowering Korean American Families through the F2F Suda Program, Jinhee Kim, Ph.D., Kennesaw State University, Sophia Han, Ph.D., University of South Florida
An intersectional and African-centered approach to understanding parents’ ethnic-racial socialization practices among Black students with neurodevelopmental disabilities, Noreen Yazejian, Ph.D. and Nicole Telfer, Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
Examining Effects of Assessor Identity and Context on Children’s Executive Function Performance, Dana Miller-Cotto, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, and Andrew Ribner, Ph.D., Chatham University
Supporting Marginalized Youths’ Educational Success: A Mixed-Methods Natural Experiment, Rebekah Levine Coley, Ph.D., Boston College
2023
Montessori Primary Education: Kindergarten Outcomes, Karen Manship, American Institutes for Research
Enhancing Navajo Nation Youth Academic Achievement Through Diné Character Education, Hollie Anderson Kulago, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Recipe for Success (RFS): Improving Literacy and Diet in Latino Preschoolers Through Peer Support, Diana Leyva, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
2022
Police Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms in the Era of Black Lives Matter, Allison Sterling Henward, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Research Planning Grant – Ideal Learning Head Start Expansion, Toscha Blalock, Trust for Learning
Evaluation of an Independent School District Newcomer Program, Brian Holzman, Ph.D., Texas A&M
RAPID-EC – Early Childhood and Child Care Workforce Survey Research, Philip Fisher, Ph.D., Stanford University
Determining Contextual Support for Individual and Collective Agency in Pre-K – 3rd Classrooms, Jennifer Keys Adair, Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin
2021
Racial Equity in Discipline for Black Students (REIDBS), Dorinda Carter Andrews, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Pre-K through 12 Education and COVID-19: Landscape Analysis of Impact Indicators, Ashley Kazouh; Adam Hollowell, Ph.D.; Lauren Fox, Ph.D.; Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Ph.D. Final report available here. Public School Forum
Teacher Recruitment and Retention Trends across North Carolina and the Impact of COVID-19, Lauren Fox, Ph.D., Ashley Kazouh, MSW/MPA, and Adam Hollowell, Ph.D., Public School Forum
Improving Early Childhood Programs Through the Creation of Field-Building Tools: EC PRISM, Tyson Barker, Ph.D., Institute for Child Success
Creating Conditions for Success: Expanding and Deepening State Leadership on Early Learning 2021, Javaid Siddiqui, PhD, The Hunt Institute
2020
Expansion of ACSES: Evaluation of psychometric properties of the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES-Global, ACSES-Snapshot, ACSES-Voice), Stephanie M. Curenton, Ph.D., Boston University
Guidance to K-12 Education on Responding to COVID-19, Natacha Blain, J.D., Ph.D., National Academy of Sciences
Proposal to Design the Data System and Monitoring Process for Assessing Compliance with the Leandro Requirements, Susan Mundry, EdM, Hoke County Schools
Early Career Mentoring and Research Capacity for the Baby’s First Years Study, Greg Duncan, Ph.D., The University of California, Irvine
Ripeness for Change: An Analysis of States’ Readiness for Equity Policy Reform, Shantel Meek, PhD, Arizona State University
Creating Conditions for Success: Expanding and Deepening State Leadership on Early Learning, Javaid Siddiqi, Ph.D., The Hunt Institute
Ensuring Equitable Access to Childcare Amidst Covid-19, Dan Wuori, Ph.D., The Hunt Institute
Exploring the Opportunity Gap for Young Children Birth to Age Eight, Natacha Blain, J.D., Ph.D., National Academy of Sciences
North Carolina Strategic Research Capacity and Partnership Initiative, Jenni Owen
Trust for Learning Supporting Equitable Educator Development (SEED) Fund, Trust for Learning
2019
Montessori Research Initiative, Child Trends, Furman University, University of Kansas
Refinement of the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale for Individual Children (ACSES-SNAPSHOT) for Montessori Classrooms, Dr. Stephanie M. Curenton, Boston University
Public Montessori Teacher Professional Development, Reading Diverse Families, Desirable Schools: Public Montessori in the Era of School Choice, Mira Debs, Ph.D.
2018
Family Influences on the Effectiveness of the Pre-Kindergarten Program in Baltimore City, Dr. Brenda Harden, University of Maryland
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Food for Thought Program, Dr. Diana Leyva, Davidson College
Developing an Observation Instrument for the Implementation of Montessori Practices, Dr. Angela K. Murray, University of Kansas Center for Montessori Research
2017
Evaluating the Effects of Music Education Programming in Low-Income Communities: A Randomized Control Study, Dr. Jessica Sperling, Duke University
Montessori Research Retreat, Dr. Angela K. Murray, University of Kansas Center for Montessori Research
2016
Involving Parents in Children’s Learning and Perceptions of Math Through Games, Dr. Cathy Tran and Dr. Martin Buschkuehl, MIND Research Institute
Enhancing Child Development Through a University-Library Partnership: Evaluation of Books Can…, Dr. Michelle Taylor, Arizona State University
Evaluating Co-Constructuve Elaborative Storytelling for African and African-American Preschoolers, Drs. Adina Schick and Gigliana Melzi, New York University
Early Bridges: Impact of a Preschool Theater Arts Program on Low Income Preschoolers’ School Readiness Skills, Dr. Amy Susman-Stillman, University of Minnesota
2015
Food for Thought: Children Learning from Menus, Recipes, and Shopping Lists, Dr. Diana Leyva, Davidson College
Development and Effectiveness of the Minnesota Math Corps, Dr. David Parker, ServeMinnesota
2014
Improving Self-Regulation and School Readiness in Preschoolers, Dr. Leanne Tamm, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Collaborative Coaching: Improving Teacher Classroom Practices and Student Achievement in High Poverty Schools, Dr. Linda Reddy, Rutgers
2013
Oral Stories in the Classroom: Encouraging Preschool Teachers’ Use of Cultural Funds of Knowledge, Drs. Gigliana Melzi and Adina Schick, New York University
Partnerships for Each Childhood Curriculum Development: Readiness Through Intergrative Science and Engineering (RISE), Drs. Christine McWayne and Jayanthi Mistry, Tufts University
2012
Literacy, Learning and Technology in Middle School, City University of New York
Figuring it Out for the Child: Co-parenting Alliances Among Expectant Unmarried African American Parents, Dr. James McHale, University of South Florida
2011
East Durham Children’s Initiative, Duke University
Family Academy: Researchers and Practitioners Improving Outcomes for 0-3 Year Olds, Dr. Lauren Martin, University of Minnesota
A Unified Assessment System to Inform Early Care and Education (ECE): Professional Development and Instructional Practices in New York City, Dr. LaRue Allen, New York University
2010
Educare Randomized Control Trial and Age 5 Assessments, Drs. Noreen Yazejian and Donna Bryant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Public Montessori Preschool Outcomes in a Low-Income Community, Dr. Angeline Lillard, Universtiy of Virginia