School-community partnerships

Attending a high-quality prekindergarten program has substantial benefits for young children, through long-term positive effects on academic achievement and physical and mental health.

Discipline in the Secondary Classroom (DSC) is an effective program to help high school teachers design a classroom management plan that prevents problems, fosters student engagement, teaches students to behave responsibly, and creates a positive and productive classroom environment.

Increase teacher use of evidence-based classroom management practices using CW-FIT. Learn about how an innovative district coaching model and online professional development system can support coaching and teacher implementation in low resource settings.

Implementation supports are critical to delivering effective interventions. Learn about how a district coaching model and online professional development system supported sustainability, scalability, and positive student outcomes for CW-FIT. 

We encourage school communities to create and maintain a culture of safety of expression for all students and staff, particularly those who identify as LGBTQIA+.

Given increasing cultural diversity and disparities in outcomes, the need to evaluate the cultural responsiveness is greater than ever.

In this study, we examined the effectiveness of Tools for Getting Along (TFGA) on teachers’ reports of executive functioning (EF), social-emotional, and behavioral skills of elementary school students. TFGA is a classroom-level prevention curriculum that teaches students problem-solving steps to apply in emotionally charged situations.

Although pronouns, grammatically, may be small words that make it easier to refer to ourselves and others, they can carry large significance and meaning.

In celebration of LGBTQIA+ History Month (October) and the contributions and achievements of the LGBTQIA+ community, we encourage school communities to create and maintain a culture of safety of expression for all students.

We are conducting a cluster randomized control trial (RCT) to examine the effects of the BEST in CLASS training and coaching relative to a business-as-usual control. In addition, we are conducting coach focus groups to understand implementation of the Tier 2 training and PBC intervention strategies under routine conditions where ...