Christina LiCalsi
Associated IES Content
Grant
Evaluation of the Learning Renewal – Social Emotional Learning Programs for Supporting Pandemic Recovery with Illinois State Board of Education
This network study has two goals: (a) to generate evidence about the effects of the Learning Renewal-Social Emotional Learning Programs (LR-SEL), as part of Illinois's efforts to support recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (b) to generate useful feedback about effective strategies for implementing and scaling social and emotion-focused COVID-19 recovery programs for schools with high proportions of students experiencing economic disadvantage. Findings from the study are ex...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305X220015
Grant
Reducing Summer Melt: Text Messaging Effectiveness
This project willconceptually replicate and test whether Castleman and Page's “summer melt” text messaging intervention increases college enrollment, persistence, and credential attainment for college-intending seniors at high-poverty high schools when implemented at scale in routine educational settings. Researchers will also test a persistence enhancement that will provide additional supports during the first year of college. Text messaging is a popular and inexpensive strategy...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A190074
report
Descriptive Study
Associations Between Predictive Indicators and Postsecondary Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Success Among Hispanic Students in Texas
Nationwide, Hispanic students continue to be underrepresented among students who complete a four-year degree in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields (National Center for Education Statistics, 2016) and among workers in STEM fields. This discrepancy is a concern, especially in light of the projected growth in employment in STEM fields and in light of the fact that wages for jobs in STEM fields are 26 percent higher on average than wages for jobs in non-STEM fields. Concern ...
Nov 01, 2017
Grant
Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
The MPES program had three related goals: (1) provide a unified interdisciplinary program of coursework and research mentoring on linkages among education policy, student cognition, and achievement in mathematics and reading; (2) ensure that the fellows receive training in rigorous, causally focused research methods; and (3) foster research collaborations among faculty and graduate students from different disciplinary traditions who have common interests in policy, learning, and methodology.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305B080027
Grant
Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences (MPES)
Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy established the Multidisciplinary Program in the Education Sciences (MPES) to support interdisciplinary doctoral training.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305B040098