James Kemple

In this study, researchers are exploring the implementation and quality of the New York City public schools Student Pathways initiatives. These initiatives aim to increase students' access to career and technical education (CTE) programs and include Career Ready Modern Youth Apprenticeships (CRMYA), Future ReadingNYC (FRNYC), and Pathways to Green Jobs. The researchers will examine student access and persistence in key activities embedded in the Pathways initiatives and assess the degree to ...

The aim of this study is to conduct a long-term efficacy follow-up of INSIGHTS into Children's Temperament. INSIGHTS is a comprehensive school based preventive intervention that aims to support children's social-emotional development in order to improve their behaviors, social-emotional well-being, and academic skills during the transition to elementary school. Findings from the original cluster randomized trial of INSIGHTS implemented in kindergarten and first grade in schools serving stude...

Amidst modest increases in high school graduation rates for all students, stark differences still exist between the supports and quality of secondary schooling provided to low-income students of color. In response to this equity issue, there has been a growth in third-party "school support" organizations like Urban Assembly (UA): groups created to independently interface with schools to provide additional monetary, organizational, instructional, personnel and professional development resourc...

The New York University (NYU) Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training Program (NYU PIRT) was originally funded by IES in 2008. NYU PIRT trains doctoral students to conduct research on education policy and practice in collaborative partnerships with education agencies and other education-based organizations. The training program is housed primarily in the Institute of Human Development and Social Change at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. The progr...

In this project, researchers will estimate the causal impact of New York City's (NYC) Career Technical Education (CTE) programs on students' career and work-related learning experiences, social and behavioral competencies, high school diploma receipt, and transitions to college and the labor market. The study will examine variation across more than 200 of NYC's CTE programs to identify malleable factors that are associated with impacts. Despite the proliferation of CTE programs, only a few s...