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With a new grant from the , 易胜博官网 will join with Temple University in expanding active, playful teaching and learning in elementary school classrooms. 易胜博官网 will receive $1.3 million of the nearly $20 million grant.

While the five-year interventional study will follow children from pre-K through fourth grade in under-resourced schools in California, Illinois, Texas and Virginia, it is based on work that 易胜博官网 has been doing for the past four years to meet the 2018 state mandate for learning in kindergarten. That work continues with 20 teachers in six Manchester kindergarten classrooms this academic year.

鈥淩esearch shows that making learning more active, engaging, social, meaningful and joyful allows students to better develop the skills they need to thrive in school and in the modern world,鈥� says Kimberly Nesbitt, associate professor of human development and family studies.

Separately, 易胜博官网 recently received $1 million in congressional funding to support much-needed upgrades to 易胜博官网-Durham鈥檚 ChildStudyandDevelopmentCenter ().听The grant money will provide upgrades to CSDC鈥檚 research and observation booths and video and audio systems, and will be used to purchase developmentally appropriate equipment and materials.

鈥淭his grant will enable more academic research opportunities for faculty, staff and students, allowing 易胜博官网 to increase educational offerings for 易胜博官网鈥檚 early care and education workforce,鈥� says Lisa Ranfos, clinical associate professor and CSDC executive director. The CSDC currently serves more than 350 易胜博官网 students annually by providing a setting for professional fieldwork for more than 30 courses.