Last week, the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) hosted a great series of blog posts exploring the role of play in early ...
Posts by Ginny Vitiello
Ginny earned her BA in Psychology at New College of Florida and her PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Miami. Prior to joining the team at Teachstone, she spent a year at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) at the University of Virginia as a research associate. At Teachstone, Ginny worked with partners to develop evaluation strategies and to maintain Teachstone's strong commitment to bringing research to practice. She is now bringing her policy experience back to the research arena with a move back to CASTL, but continues to advise Teachstone on research-to-practice and the latest research findings.
I have to admit, I cringe a little each time I walk into an infant classroom and see a monthly curriculum posted to the bulletin board. Usually it’s ...
I’ve been using the slow weeks around the holidays to catch up on the latest CLASS™ research findings. There’s a lot that I’d like to get to in ...
I’m very excited to say that Teachstone is finally putting together a one-day training on giving CLASS-based feedback to teachers. People in the ...
I’m very excited to go to the Zero to Three National Training Institute next week in Texas. I’ve never been before, and I hear that it’s an ...
Expanding access to high-quality pre-K is officially a bipartisan issue! Elections held all over the country this week included measures to increase ...
Since I joined Teachstone back in 2010, one of the most common questions I’ve been asked is, “Can the CLASS measure be used in classrooms that serve ...
A new study, "Can Rating Pre-K Programs Predict Children's Learning?" published in the journal Science concludes that QRISs may not be looking at the ...