TALKS & BRIEFINGS

Presentation (video): Smart from the start: Closing early opportunity gaps with strategic early learning investments

Karl and Martha Kohn Inaugural Lecture, Ford School of Public Policy, April 2025

Presentation (video): The impacts of Michigan Transitional Kindergarten through Third Grade

Michigan Medicine, CHEAR seminar, April 2025

Presentation (video): Transitional Kindergarten: The New Kid on the Early Learning Block 

Duke University Early Childhood Initiative Lecture, April 2024

Brief (pdf): Michigan Transitional Kindergarten: Impacts on Early Education Enrollment and Student Achievement through Third Grade

Authors:  Jordan Berne, Brian Jacob, Tareena Musaddiq, Anna Shapiro & Christina Weiland

Brief (pdf): An evidence path to expanding high-quality Pre-K in Michigan

Authors: Christina Weiland, Ajay Chaudry, Anna Shapiro, Jordan Berne, Katie Hyland, Nicole Hamp, & Annie Taylor

Brief (pdf): Michigan Transitional Kindergarten: A first look at program reach and features

Authors: Anna Shapiro, Jordan Berne, Katia Cordoba Garcia, Brian Jacob, Tareena Musaddiq, Sam Owusu, & Christina Weiland

MDRC Policy Brief (Funded by the Gates Foundation)

Brief (pdf): What sustains the Pre-K boost? New evidence from the Boston Public Schools

Authors: Tiffany Wu, Meghan McCormick, Christina Weiland, JoAnn Hsueh, Jason Sachs, & Catherine Snow

MDRC Policy Brief (Funded by the Gates Foundation)

Brief (pdf): Professional development in the time of COVID-19: Evidence and insights from early educators in the Boston Public Schools

Authors: Christina Weiland, Meghan McCormick, Tiffany Wu, Cullen MacDowell, Paola Guerrero Rosada, Annie Taylor, Catherine Snow, & Jason Sachs

Boston Early Childhood RPP Policy Brief 

Brief (pdf): What if you miss the first year of an aligned curriculum? Boston Public Schools Pre-K non-attenders made equivalent learning gains whether or not their kindergarten program was aligned with Pre-K 

Authors: Tiffany Wu, Christina Weiland, Meghan McCormick, JoAnn Hsueh, Jason Sachs, & Catherine Snow

Boston Early Childhood RPP Policy Brief 

Brief (pdf): Successful data collection in early childhood settings during COVID-19: Lessons from Boston Universal Pre-K 

Authors: Rachel Kushner, Annie Taylor, Louisa Penfold, Christina Weiland, Meghn McCormick, & Catherine Snow

Boston Early Childhood RPP Policy Brief 

Brief (pdf): Widely used measures of Pre-K classroom quality: What we know, gaps in the field, and promising new directions

Authors: Christina Weiland & Paola Guerrero Rosada

MDRC Policy Brief (Funded by the Gates Foundation)

Policy brief (pdf): A new approach to sustaining pre-K impacts: Leveraging naturally occurring lotteries to examine a district-wide rollout of instructional alignment across pre-K and kindergarten.

Authors: Meghan McCormick, Rebecca Unterman, Mirjana Pralica, Christina Weiland, Amanda Weissman, & JoAnn Hsueh

MDRC Policy Brief

Presentation (video): Text-based mentoring for postpartum mothers: Impacts and lessons from a mixed-methods randomized trial 

Harvard University PIER Seminar, March 2022

Policy brief (pdf): Evidence-based curricula and job-embedded coaching for teachers promote preschoolers' learning 

Authors: Christina Weiland & Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Society for Research in Child Development

Policy brief (pdf): Preschool for All: A Strong Start for Washington State's Children

Authors: Christina Weiland, Tim Burgess, Ajay Chaudry, Ruth Kagi, Anna Shapiro, & Casey Moran

UM Education Policy Initiative

Panel discussion (video):  The future of early childhood education after COVID-19 

Panelists: Miriam Calderon, Jenn Conway, Christina Weiland, with Jon Valant as moderator

Brookings Institute, August 18th, 2021

Research & Policy brief (pdf): Improving early childhood measurement: Findings from the Early Learning Network using measures that capture how young children  spend their time

Authors: Christina Weiland, Lillie Moffett, Ashley Adams, Tiffany Foster, Laura Justice, Susan Sheridan, Amanda Weissman, & Amanda Witte

Early Learning Network Brief, July 2021

Presentation (video): Cradle to Kindergarten: A new plan to combat inequality - 2nd Edition (with U.S. Representative Bobby Scott, Ajay Chaudry, Taryn Morrissey, Melissa Boteach, Miriam Calderon, & Ruth Marcus) 

American University, March 2021

Policy brief (pdf): Effects of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education Centers: Descriptive Evidence from Boston's Universal Prekindergarten Initiative 

Authors: Paola Guerrero Rosada, Christina Weiland, Anne Taylor, Louisa Penfold, Catherine Snow, Jason Sachs, & Meghan McCormick

University of Michigan Ford School Education Policy Initiative Policy Brief, March 2021

Policy brief (pdf): Findings on Boston Prekindergarten through Early Elementary School

Authors: Christina Weiland, Rebecca Unterman, Anna Shapiro, & Hirokazu Yoshikawa

University of Michigan Ford School Education Policy Initiative Policy Brief, October 2019

Presentation (slides):  Building, building up, and building out: A decade of research on the Boston Prekindergarten Program

Boston Foundation

Boston, MA, January 2018

Presentation (slides):  Cradle to kindergarten: A new plan to combat inequality (with Ajay Chaudry)

Seattle City Hall

Seattle, WA, December 2017

Presentation (video): Cradle to kindergarten: A new plan to combat inequality (with Ajay Chaudry and Taryn Morrissey) 

Georgetown University Law School

Washington, DC, May 2017

Sponsored by University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions and the School of Education, in partnership with the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

Presentation (video): Forum on Access to Early Care and Education (with Ajay Chaudry) 

Connecticut Commission on Women, Children, and Seniors and the CT Office of Early Childhood

Hartford, CT, May 2017

Seattle City Council Briefing 

(slides): New Research on the Benefits of Universal Preschool 

(text):  New Research on the Benefits of Universal Preschool 

Seattle, WA, February 2013

SRCD Co-Sponsored Congressional Briefing 

(slides): Investing in Our Future: The Evidence Base on Preschool Education 

(text): High Quality Preschool Expansion: What Does Research Say? 

Washington, DC and Boston, MA, April 2014

Presentation (slides): Inclusion preschool in the Boston Public Schools: Impacts and dosage 

National Academy of Education and the Spencer Foundation

Washington, DC, October 2015

Panel (video): What works in early childhood education 

Ford School of Public Policy and School of Education, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI, March 2016

Invited conference presentation (slides): Observational quality ratings as tools for building high-quality preschool programs 

ACF National Research Conference on Early Childhood

Washington, DC, July 2016