research

Education Policy

We want to better understand the role of public education and the need to improve the academic quality of public schools. The Center's education policy research focuses on understanding and reducing the achievement gaps between minority and majority students and on studying the effects of wide-ranging school reform in North Carolina.

Project Name:	Principal Investigator(s):
A Neuroscience-Based Health Curriculum to Promote Academic Success	Leslie Babinski, Wilkie Wilson
America's Promise Evaluation Project	Kenneth Dodge, Beth Gifford
Beyond Test Scores: Schooling and Life-Course Outcomes in Early Adulthood	Charles Clotfelter
Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)	Helen 'Sunny' Ladd
Developing Consultation and Collaboration Skills: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together with Students and Families	Leslie Babinski, Steve Amendum
Doctoral Training Program - A Discipline-Based Graduate Training Program in Education Science and Policy	Philip Costanzo
Educational Decision-making: Normative Principles and Empirical Social Science Research	Helen F. Ladd
Effects of Classroom Management Training on Early Learning Skills (Incredible Years for Teachers)	Desiree Murray, David Rabiner
Evaluation of Bridgescape Academy	Desiree Murray
Evaluation of School-Based Child and Family Support Teams Initiative (100 Schools Project)	Beth Gifford
Evaluation of The Hill Center Program in Davie County Schools	Christina Christopoulos
Evaluation of The Hill Center Program in Durham Public Schools	Christina Christopoulos
Evaluation of the Larry King Center	Beth Gifford, Leslie Babinski
Evaluation of the School-Wide Positive Behavioral Support Program in Eight NC Elementary Schools	Yvonne Wasilewski
Increasing Teacher Effectiveness Evaluation	Leslie Babinski, Jenni Owen
Longitudinal Data for Education Reform: Critical Role for North Carolina Education Research Data Center	Kenneth Dodge, Clara Muschkin
Multi-ethnic Study of Family Involvement in Middle School	Nancy Hill
North Carolina Education Research Data Center (NCERDC)	Kenneth Dodge, Clara Muschkin
Peer and Neighborhood Influences on Youth and Adolescent Development	Jacob Vigdor
Positive Parenting in Wake County	Katie Rosanbalm
Preliminary Evaluation of the National STEM Career Platform	David Rabiner
Professional Development Initiative - Phase 6	Jenni Owen
Research on High School Reform: Study of the Efficacy of North Carolina's Learn and Earn Early College High School Model	Kenneth Dodge
Secondary and Postsecondary Pathways to Labor Market Success: A Proposed Research Program	Helen F. Ladd
The Impact of Federal Accountability Sanctions on Student Outcome: Evidence from North Carolina	Jacob Vigdor
Truancy Prevention Project	Phil Cook, Ken Dodge
Web-Based Evaluation of Staff Response to Classworks and Discovery Education Unitedstreaming	Yvonne Wasilewski