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Robert Carr

@RobC123

Focused on #ChildCare #ECE #Education #ChildDevelopment

 South Lake Tahoe, CA
Joined February 2016
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In the latest SRCD Monograph, researchers examine the effects of #funding in North Carolina’s Pre-Kindergarten program on children’s academic outcomes in elementary school. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/mono.12463
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Today’s #EarlyEfforts webinar with @HarvardCenter "Place Matters – How the Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Early Development” is happening NOW!  🧵Follow along with us for live updates or register here to attend: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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#NewResearch from @RobC123 reveals long-term benefits of parents and caregivers telling stories with young children. Read more: bit.ly/3vWBohP
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Join our virtual event at 12:30pm TODAY to discuss the ways in which preschool impacts the early elementary years. 🎒🪁✏️ Register for the event here: duke.zoom.us/meeting/registe…
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Looking forward to watching this series this wk; will aim to tweet content daily, join me @ChrisMHerbst @profkmag @DrJMSmith25 @laurenlbauer @ece_research @daphnabassok (add to the list; informal twitter chat) @NewsHour pbs.org/newshour/press-relea…
PBS NewsHour Series “Raising the Future: America’s Child Care Dilemma” Explores the Country’s...

PBS NewsHour Series “Raising the Future: America’s Child Care Dilemma” Explores the Country’s...

Arlington, VA (July 8, 2021) -- Beginning July 12 and airing over the course of that week, PBS NewsHour will broadcast “Raising the Future: America’s Child Care Dilemma,” a five-part series that...

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🗓️TUESDAY (4/13): Tyler Watts (@tw_watts), @TeachersCollege Assistant Professor, will discuss his research evaluating an ECE curriculum intervention across multiple scale-up randomized controlled trials. Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3wEixGE
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Fresh Air@nprfreshair1 Apr 2021
"Saying that we're offering a child tax credit sounds less ambitious or less revolutionary than, say, we're providing a guaranteed income for families with children — but I think the latter is more accurate." @JasonDeParle Listen: n.pr/3wlSiVa
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Join us TONIGHT @ 5:30pm ET as @Harvard economist Raj Chetty delivers our Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture on the state of social mobility in the U.S. and how we can help revive the American Dream for future generations: bit.ly/3pKwQ87
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Must read/listen: @nprfreshair interview with @clairecm of @nytimes: “Perhaps more than anything, Miller says, the pandemic laid bare the need for public policy initiatives that support families.” #childcare npr.org/2021/02/18/968930085…

Almost A Year Into The Pandemic, Working Moms Feel 'Forgotten,' Journalist Says

Claire Cain Miller says many working moms have scaled back on their hours or left the workforce entirely in response to new household burdens. "There were never the structures in place to help us."

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Federal statistical agencies form the backbone of the government’s data infrastructure. And they are, it seems, in some need right now. mktplc.org/3tSjxFV
Checking in on America’s “data infrastructure”

Checking in on America’s “data infrastructure”

For everything you do, there’s a statistic, and behind that number are federal statistical agencies in need of attention.

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We are thrilled to host our next distinguished guest speaker, @Harvard economist Raj Chetty, on December 8. Chetty will discuss his use of big data to understand how we can restore the American Dream of upward mobility for our children. To register: bit.ly/3eR4fKg
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Even when families are juggling their own work and schedules, it is important for children to follow a consistent schedule at home whenever possible. ECE providers can work with families to help develop individualized routines for them during the pandemic. buff.ly/3dHSFiR
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I have a joke about pre-k but it’s four years old.
Diego Bernal (@DiegoBernalTX) profile pictureDiego Bernal@DiegoBernalTX25 Jul 2020
I have a dad joke. Just kidding.
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Fresh Air@nprfreshair18 Jul 2020
From the archive: Rep. John Lewis on meeting Dr. King, Bloody Sunday, and his lifelong fight for justice. He spoke with Terry Gross in 2009. freshairarchive.org/segments…
Congressman, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

Congressman, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.) became part of the civil-rights movement while he was a teenager. From 1963 to 1966, he chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. And he became a close...

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@NewsHour13 Jul 2020
Has the COVID-19 pandemic hurt your ability to provide or access child care? We want to hear from you as part of our reporting. Please fill out our questionnaire here: forms.gle/d8pRD7XVcgeyKsim8
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Anti-black bias is real. But what does it mean for children’s academic achievement? In a new working paper based on national data, I find that U.S. counties with higher levels of anti-black bias have larger black-white test scores gaps. cepa.stanford.edu/sites/defa… [summary follows]
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Home with kids? Consider helping science! Child development researchers from across the country are moving their research online, making it possible for children to complete studies from the comfort of your home. To find out more, please go here: tinyurl.com/onlinechilddevel…
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How and why do father-child relationships matter for children's development? Find out TODAY during our Sulzberger Guest Lecture feat. Natasha Cabrera (@natashajcabrera), professor @UMDCollegeofEd. Join us at 3pm in @DukeSanford Rhodes Conference Room.
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TOMORROW at 3pm! Join @DukeChildPol for a talk with Elizabeth Cascio (@eucascio), “Does Universal Preschool Hit the Target? Program Access and Preschool Impact,” as part of our Early Learning Initiative lecture series. Learn more here: bit.ly/2Q6PKrq @DartmouthEcon
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#UNC @DukeU 🤝 Fighting childhood brain cancer xitter.gq/DukeU/status/119152931…
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Doctors from Duke & UNC have teamed up to create new, effective ways to fight childhood brain cancer buff.ly/36vPHex
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