Getting it Right Part 3 | Moving Towards Equity Through Implementation Research

This final installment of the three-part Getting it Right Webinar Summer Series from the Foundation for Child Development highlights specific topics and issues related to its new publication, Getting it Right: Using Implementation Research to Improve Outcomes in Early Care and Education.

Now, more than ever, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers are thinking about the importance of equity in early care and education programs, policies, and practice. Essential conversation continues about how the influence of racism, discrimination, and poverty shapes ECE. Conducting implementation research with an equity perspective helps define opportunities for equity, identify inequities that may impact outcomes, and ensures that the research itself does not introduce biases or perpetuate inequities.

Hear insights about how equity-focused ECE research attempts to address the needs of children from diverse racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds. In this webinar, the following questions will be addressed: What strategies does an equity-focused implementation research study employ across various stages of research? How can a Social Determinants of Early Learning framework be used to guide researchers in addressing systemic inequities? How can ECE programs foster early bilingualism while improving outcomes for children? What can we learn from the Boston Public Schools’ experience in moving towards achieving equitable outcomes?

Featured Presenters:
Linda Espinosa, University of Missouri-Columbia
Iheoma U. Iruka, HighScope Educational Research Foundation
Jacqueline Jones, Foundation for Child Development
Milagros Nores, National Institute for Early Education Research
Jason Sachs, Boston Public Schools

Discussant: Kristine Andrews, Child Trends