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Fostering Positive Racial Identities

Shannon Wanless, an assistant professor, and Aisha White, a research project manager in the Office of Child Development, were interviewed on 90.5FM WESA-NPR about a new early childhood collaborative group between the University of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Public Schools to learn how to better foster positive racial identities. Learn more.

Blending Theory with Practice

Blending Theory with Practice: Implementing Kindergarten Transition Using the Interactive Systems Framework is a paper written by Ken Smythe-Leistico, Colleen Young, Laurie Mulvey and their colleagues that appeared in the American Journal of Community Psychology in December of 2012.

Abstract The Interactive Systems Framework (ISF; Wandersman et al., 2008) was used to implement a kindergarten transition [...]

Check out our Materials page for researchers to see how you can help children and families with enrollment, transition, and attendance in your community.

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