Head Start University Partnership Research Grants: Strategies for Developing Head Start Teacher Effectiveness, 2008-2011

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 supported research projects that identified and assessed 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 were 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.