I analyzed the classification accuracy of an elementary school's reading screening assessments. With a colleague who conducted a cost benefit analysis, we presented the results to the school, at a conference, and will be submitting a manuscript for p...

Creating (writing/ developing) a free, publicly available curriculum for infants and toddlers that centers children of color and children in metropolitan environments.

Michigan State University School of Social Work Continuing Education Program provides relevant and accessible professional development and training guided by the social justice and positive change mission of our school. In 2021 we provided non-credit...

ACS-Project SEED, who I have been running at MSU since 2012, gives the opportunity to economically disadvantaged high school students to work for 8 weeks during the summer in a MSU Chemistry lab.

I am a member of the Genesee County COVID-19 Taskforce which has convened nearly weekly for over a year. The taskforce has committees reflecting broad sectors of society: business, banking, government, health, faith, and philanthropy. Our focus is on...

As a member of the Greater Flint Coronavirus Taskforce on Racial Inequities and the co-chair of the Faith Subcommittee, lead a team of researchers, faith leaders, policy influencers, and philanthropists to develop and maintain covid-19 outreach/publi...

Talent Search works with 6th grade through 12th grade student in the Lansing School District. It works to expose young people to college and non-college careers.

Assisted MDE to plan and organize the Webinar Series on the History of Social Movements for K-12 teachers.

A series of events open to the public on topical issues related to China. Panels of experts and discussions.

Co-designing curriculum, teaching and learning practices with youth and community educators that historicize, contextualize, affirm, and extend the identities, experiences, literacy and learning practices of African immigrant youth.

In spring 202,1 I launched and sustained through summer 2021 and spring 2022 a community-engaged literacy and learning research project with African immigrant youth. Youth named our participatory, design-based, after-school literacy research collabor...

GU works to encourage and assist a cohort of students in the Lansing School District beginning in the 7th grade and following them through graduation. It's aim is to expose students to college, careers and positive after high school jobs.

Pre-college students participating in the Detrpit Area Pre-College Engineering Program were invited for a 2 h per day two day workshop at the Plant reserach Lab. Workshop was on photosynthesis. Students were also given a tour of the PRL.

As part of a funded training grant I direct, I am working in collaboration with various organizations in the community (Michigan Education Corps, school districts, institutions of higher education) to help make school psychology training more accessi...

The goal of the project is to conduct statewide evaluation on the impact of publicly funded preschool programs.

Interns from the MSU Broad Art Museum Education Team led art projects with students enrolled in Lansing School District's Summer SOAR 2021 program. Students met daily and completed several projects, learning about art at the museum and telling their ...

“Breed & Bootleg: Legends of Flint Rap Music” is an hour-long film about the birth of rap music in the city in the early 1990s, beginning with the late MC Breed, known as the first commercially successful rap artist in the Midwest. “Ain’t No Future i...

K-12 STEM education with 3D printing and coding focus on Midland and cross the state

Member of the Social Justice Partnership Committee that is led by The Wayne County Regional Educational Service Agency (Wayne RESA) an agency for schools in Wayne County, Michigan. Guiding principles and objectives can be found: https://www.resa.net/...

Academic Year programs for gifted children in grades 6-9 taught by MSU faculty. The curriculum is accelerated for middle and early HS students to complete credit based classes in math, english and foreign languages. Students will complete four to fiv...

Supporting new and beginning teachers has helped to increase the number which stay in the profession and their success as new teachers.

I think I spend about 10% of my time providing informal and formal consultation to state agencies, education stakeholder organizations (e.g., EdTrust Midwest, LAUNCH Michigan, 313Reads, etc.), as well as to other Michigan organizations. This is all o...

Served as co-chair of the Data for Equity and Impact Table, which was convened by the 313Reads coalition of community groups providing literacy supports for students and families across Detroit.

10 Cents a Meal for Michigan's Kids & Farms is a state-funded program that matches what schools and Early Care and Education (ECE) sites spend on Michigan-grown fruits, vegetables, and dry beans with grants of up to 10 cents per meal. It is administe...

Equity in the Classroom Conference focused on the impact of the pandemic on K-12 students. Dorinda Carter, chairperson of the Department of Teacher Education, spoke to all MI colleges and universities about preparing for students who have been away f...