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Wow! Anna Shapiro (@annakshapiro) is a rock star! 🤩 Great job presenting the complexities and truly striking results from Michigan's Transition Kindergarten program! AEFP #AEFP2024 Ed Policy Initiative U-M Marsal Family School of Education

Thrilled to highlight DC Public Schools evidence-based work in #prek and our collaboration with Cheryl Ohlson, Christina Weiland & Erica Greenberg.

The latest debate on preK ignores the impact of high-quality curricula & aligned professional development, writes Meghan McCormick for @newamerica. The best bet is to implement evidence-based curricula that explicitly target specific learning domains. newamerica.org/education-poli…

A recent #EarlyLearning Network study, led by researchers at U-M Marsal Family School of Education, MDRC and Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) in partnership with BostonPublicSchools, adds valuable evidence to improving future #earlychildhood education assessments of quality. Learn more ›› bit.ly/4cDkN68 #IESfunded

Two great opportunities for BA/MA level folks to come do meaningful work with us at Youth Policy Lab -- one is a data analyst role, and one is a fellowship focused on post-secondary ed/labor market outcomes in Michigan!

This Mother's Day, I'm committed to pushing for policies to support moms in WA state and across the country—like access to affordable child care, paid leave, closing the wage gap, and so much more. We should do more than just celebrate, we need to take action.

Perhaps you saw a recent piece in Science, "Unsettled science on longer-run effects of early childhood." I think we actually know a lot more than the piece suggests, and I joined w/ several early childhood researchers to respond. Our thoughts here: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Opinion | Transitional kindergarten offers valuable lessons for #Michigan's early learning investments, crucial for Governor Whitmer's pledge to expand universal pre-K's success, write Brian Jacob & Christina Weiland | Ed Policy Initiative Youth Policy Lab myumi.ch/9gqer

Opinion: Most preschool curricula underdeliver, but it doesn’t have to be that way, write Deborah A. Phillips McCourt School & Christina Weiland Ed Policy Initiative in The Hechinger Report. hechingerreport.org/opinion-most-p…

So honored and excited about this!

So happy about this professional/life update: I joined the faculty at UCIEducation this summer. Inspired and energized by this new challenge! I'll be recruiting grad students for the Fall of 2025. Connect with me if you are interested in expanding and increasing quality in ECE

If you’re interested in literacy learning opportunities for students in Preschool-3rd grade, this paper is for you! We observed 1404 children and coded their individual classroom experiences. I’ll provide a short summary of our findings in this thread tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Are you a psych grad student who wants to give a talk at Princeton, expenses paid? Nominate yourself or a colleague here! forms.gle/WN2ybYMuZiW3re… Priority given to non-ivy schools and students from diverse backgrounds.

Please join the AEFP LGBTQ+ community group's first event of the academic year! More information in the flyer and in the event page linked below.

Check out U-M IES Predoc Fellow Tiffany Wu @TiffanyxWu at #SREE2024 on Friday, Sept 20 @ 2:15pm. In a paper co-authored with Christina Weiland, Wu presents ways in which modern machine learning can be used to help reduce chronic absenteeism in early childhood education.

Congratulations! Katherine Michelmore, Associate Professor at University of Michigan’s Ford School, wins the David N. Kershaw Award from APPAM Mathematica for her contributions on the social safety net, education policy, and labor economics. #GoBlue myumi.ch/xqg5g

Good for All Kids, Pre-K Programs Are Especially Beneficial for English Learners, by @ConorPWilliams The Century Foundation (cites research on Head Start by MDRC's Howard Bloom & Christina Weiland Ed Policy Initiative) the74million.org/article/good-f… via The 74

Student attendance problems start early. The brilliant @TiffanyxWu led a new paper shining light on how machine learning may help.