Research Grants

Can a self-assessment and coaching intervention be implemented with fidelity, assessed with valid and reliable measures of setting-level processes, and show promise to improve after-school programs?

Can a school-based emotional literacy intervention produce setting-level changes in social processes between students and teachers? Will these changes enhance social, emotional, and academic competence?

This report will provide a comprehensive analysis of teacher evaluation in American public education.

What is the impact of full scholarships to college and on-going academic support on inner-city students in Washington, D.C.?

Can a voluntary summer reading intervention, including a family literacy program, improve the reading motivation and achievement of fourth graders?

How is media use during childhood and adolescence related to obesity?

This work focuses on analyzing a measure of classroom and school norms for prosocial interpersonal problem-solving.

Can a program that provides regular feedback from a master teacher on the classroom performance of early-career, secondary school teachers change teachers’ interactions with students?

What are the characteristics of both students’ group dynamics and the culture of high schools that promote or discourage Black and Latino students’ inclusion in school life and academic advancement? Are these characteristics different in schools that are predominantly minority ...

A group of neighborhood researchers will meet to examine the state of knowledge on the effects of neighborhoods on individual and family functioning and the methodological and measurement challenges in studying neighborhood effects.