UMBC Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities
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The Sherman Center is a multidisciplinary center established with a generous gift from the George and Betsy Sherman Family Foundation. Through applied research, professional and leadership development, and partnerships with schools, families, and communities, it seeks to build a strong foundation for learning among young children in Baltimore City and develop best early education practices for urban schools.
Recent Submissions
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Teaching and Learning during a Global Pandemic: Perspectives from Elementary School Teachers and Parents
(MDPI, 2023-04-21)COVID-19 has had a major impact on education, with many children attending school online for more than a year. To understand the implications of online learning for U.S. teachers (Study 1; N = 49) and families (Study 2; N ... -
Singing the Same Song: Engaging Families in Read Two Impress Plus
(Wiley, 2022-05-04)Read Two Impress Plus (R2I+) is a fluency-building routine involving students and a more experienced reader in an echo reading process using culturally and linguistically authentic texts. R2I+ was offered as a partnershi ... -
Promoting Kindergarten Readiness During Remote Learning Through CommunityBased Family Literacy Sessions
(IGI Global, 2022)The purpose of this chapter is to describe a series of community-based family literacy sessions and the responsive strategies used to modify the sessions for remote instruction to meet the needs of caregivers of young ... -
BU Wheelock Partners with Dr. Shana E. Rochester for the Diverse Books Project 2.0
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Learning Through Reflection: A Graduate Student’s Story of Reciprocity
(Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2017-10-05) -
Interrogating Allyship in Cross-Race Doctoral Advising Relationships
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After the Grade: A Guide to Publishing a Scholarly Paper in a Peer-Reviewed Journal
(International Honor Society in Psychology, 2013)The purpose of this guide is to help students publish their papers in a peer-reviewed journal. It was written by an undergraduate student in the process of submitting a manuscript for publication and contains helpful tips ... -
Integrating Service-Learning into Developmental Science Courses
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Reading Relationships: The Power of Parents
(ASCD, 2015-08-27)When it comes to early literacy learning, the quality and quantity of home and school interactions are crucial. Effective home literacy experiences improve outcomes related to reading and listening comprehension and ... -
Validity for the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES) in Early Childhood Classrooms
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-05-16)Research Findings: The purpose of this study was to refine and validate the Assessing Classroom Sociocultural Equity Scale (ACSES), an observation tool for measuring equitable sociocultural interactions in early childhood ... -
"It’s a great partnership!” A Mixed-Methods Case Study of an African American Teacher in an Urban Full-Service Community School
Research provides clear and compelling evidence of the positive short and long-term effects that African American teachers have on African American students’ educational experiences and outcomes (see, for example, Egalite ... -
Lakeland Dual Language Program Study AY 2016 –17 to AY 2018 –19
(Sherman Center UMBC, 2020-08)This study looks at evaluating the design and implementation of the Lakeland Dual Language Program (DLP). Lakeland is a Full-Service Community School (FSCS) in Baltimore, Maryland serving primarily Latinx and African ...
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