NCCF co-director Jeanne Brooks-Gunn recently edited an exciting new volume of The Future of Children journal entitled, “Children and Electronic Media.” The volume examines the best available evidence on whether and how exposure to different media forms is linked to child well-being. Click here to view the full publication with a forward written by Dr. Brooks-Gunn Brooke and another collaborator.
Click here to view an executive summary presenting many of the key findings and implications of the research.
NCCF graduate research fellow Alejandra Cortazar Valdes recently won the International Peace Scholarship on behalf of the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.). The scholarship is offered to select women from other countries for graduate study in the United States and Canada.
NCCF is involved in a very exciting project with the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning to conduct a path breaking analysis of the alignment of standards and assessments used in Pennsylvania's early childhood care and education settings. The goal of the project, led by NCCF co-director Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan in partnership with Catherine Scott-Little at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is to help Pennsylvania develop an early childhood accountability system that will improve the quality of programs offered to children from birth to age eight.
NCCF co-Director, Dr. Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Dr. Anne Martin, NCCF Senior Research Scientist, recently participated in the renowned Jacobs Foundation Annual Conference, Early Childhood Development and Later Achievement, at Marbach Castle in Germany. Dr. Brooks-Gunn gave a presentation on "Reducing Racial & Income Gaps in School Readiness: Early Educational, Health, & Parenting Strategies" and Dr. Martin gave a poster presentation entitled "Do the effects of an infant/toddler educational intervention last longer for black children than white children?" Click here to learn more about the conference.
NCCF co-directors, Dr. Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan are featured in the Spring 2008 issue of TC Today, the magazine of Teachers College. "Team Pre-K," written by Jonathan Sapers, provides a detailed overview of Drs. Brooks-Gunn and Kagan's dedication to the early childhood field and highlights several NCCF projects and team members. Click here to read more about early childhood's "dynamic duo."
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