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Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Massachusetts QRIS Validation Study

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Published: 08 September 2016

Last Updated: 12 April 2017

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• Joanne Roberts
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• Education and Child Care

The Massachusetts QRIS Validation Study, led by Joanne Roberts, Ph.D., in collaboration with UMass Donahue Institute, involved the collection of quality observations and child assessments in ECE programs participating in the QRIS system.

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Boston Quality Inventory

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Published: 03 October 2007

Last Updated: 06 December 2017

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• Joanne Roberts
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• Nancy L. Marshall
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• Quality Inventory for a 21st Century Plan for Boston's Youngest Children
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• Education and Child Care

This project provides a comprehensive picture of the quality of Boston's Early Care and Education programs for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, in both centers and family child care homes.

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Work, Families and Children

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Published: 10 October 2007

Last Updated: 13 December 2017

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• Joanne Roberts
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• Nancy L. Marshall
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• Wendy Wagner Robeson
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• Work, Families and Children
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• Child Care and Early Care Education
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• Education and Child Care

This long-term program brings together research on employment, work and family issues, and child care as a support for working families.

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Working Conditions and Health

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Published: 28 March 2013

Last Updated: 13 December 2017

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• Nancy L. Marshall
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• Education and Child Care
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• Working Conditions and Health

Ongoing since 1985
Study of working conditions and impact on health

Working Conditions and Health is a group of inter-related research projects with a common interest in understanding the relation of working conditions to the physical and mental health of workers.

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Massachusetts Early Care and Education Studies

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Published: 06 December 2006

Last Updated: 12 April 2017

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• Joanne Roberts
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• Nancy L. Marshall
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• Wendy Wagner Robeson
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• Massachusetts Early Care and Education Study
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• Work, Families and Children
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• Child Care and Early Care Education
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• Education and Child Care

This group of inter-related research projects seeks to understand the state of early care and education in Massachusetts and make recommendations for quality outcomes.

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Parental Choice: Research Evidence from Two National Datasets

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Published: 18 October 2011

Last Updated: 31 January 2018

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• Nancy L. Marshall
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• Society and Leadership
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• Parental Choice: Research Evidence from Two National Datasets

This project looks at two national datasets to explore the relations among child, family, employment, and program characteristics and parental choice.

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Womanist Studies and Applied Womanism

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Published: 10 April 2013

Last Updated: 29 August 2018

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• Society and Leadership
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• Layli Maparyan

This work revolves around helping to build and define the burgeoning field of womanist studies.

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Improving Two-Generation Approaches for Children and Family

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Published: 05 August 2015

Last Updated: 12 April 2017

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• Youth and Adolescent Development
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• Layli Maparyan

WCW prepares a white paper and two research reviews to frame the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s approach to two-generation strategies related to advancing family economic security and children’s education and learning simultaneously

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Family Policies and Women’s Labor Market Careers

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Published: 11 February 2011

Last Updated: 12 April 2017

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• Society and Leadership
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• Sari Pekkala Kerr

This research project analyzes the effects of family leave policies in the United States and Finland.

Wellesley Centers for Women

Wellesley Centers for Women

Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Job Creation

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Published: 05 August 2015

Last Updated: 17 January 2018

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• Sari Pekkala Kerr
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• Economic Security

Examining the impacts of immigrant entrepreneurs.