Mimi Engel

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Following Up on Initial Promise: Experimental Evidence on the Impacts of Full-Day Pre-K

High quality early childhood education (ECE) has been shown to have profound positive effects on child development, help narrow opportunity gaps, and yield substantial social returns. Yet, more recent research on the impacts of large-scale, present-day ECE programs have yielded mixed results, raising at least 3 key questions for ECE policymakers and researchers: First, there is a need to identify what particular features of preschool programs contribute to children's development. Second, the...
Federal funding program:
Education Research Grants
Award number:
R305A220281

FY2020

FY2020 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
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Partnering to Improve: The Denver Public Schools and CU-Boulder Teacher Workforce Collaborative

Partnerswill focus on closing achievement gaps and improve outcomes for DPS's historically underserved students by strengthening the teaching workforce. Specifically, the partners will (1) explore patterns of teacher retention within DPS schools and across DPS and (2) analyze Teacher Leadership & Collaboration (TL&C), DPS's innovative teacher career ladder initiative.
Federal funding program:
Partnerships and Collaborations Focused on Problems of Practice or Policy
Award number:
R305H190060

FY2017

FY2017 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel

FY2016

FY2016 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel

FY2015

FY2015 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel

FY2014

FY2014 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
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Post Doctoral Research Training in Education Sciences

The Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Education Sciences provided interdisciplinary training in methods for education research, including statistical methods, measurement methods, evaluation methods, and research design to seven fellows
Federal funding program:
Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences
Award number:
R305B100027
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Postdoctoral Research Training in Education Sciences

This program trained five postdoctoral fellows in advanced measurement, research design, and statistical analysis methods to support high-quality educational research. The fellows worked in on a variety of substantive and methodological educational research projects at Northwestern University.
Federal funding program:
Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences
Award number:
R305B050014