2014 Forum
The Center for Children and Families presented our fifth annual Forum on “Ensuring Children’s Success in School: Effective Teacher-Child Interactions in Early Education” on Friday, October 31st from 9am – 1:30pm at The University of Texas at Dallas. The keynote speaker was Robert Pianta, PhD, dean of the Curry School of Education at The University of Virginia, founding director of the Curry School’s Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL), and director of the National Center for Research in Early Childhood Education. Dr. Pianta’s prolific work focuses on teacher-student interactions and relationships and components of effective teaching and learning. He is the author of the CLASS observational assessment tool used by Head Start programs across the country. Dr. Pianta’s research and policy interests are particularly salient to the national dialogue regarding the achievement gap for low-income children that begins in the earliest years and the strong need and efforts to bridge that gap.
Forum support provided by: Children’s Health and the Jerry M. Lewis, MD, Mental Health Research Foundation.