Overview
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) awarded seven cooperative agreements in April 2008 under the Head Start University Partnership Research Grants: Strategies for Developing Head Start Teacher Effectiveness priority area. These grants will support research projects to identify and assess strategies/interventions that develop and sustain Head Start teacher behaviors that are likely to improve outcomes in children three to five years of age. The grants will be made to: Arizona State University; George Mason University; Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute, Inc.; Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of the University of Buffalo; University of Northern Iowa; University of Pittsburgh/Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
The project period is 4/30/08-4/29/11 and the point of contact is Laura Hoard. Ask a Question.