Factors such as socioeconomic status, geographic location, and disability, can lead to significant gaps in learning outcomes. To address this, research around disparities in education and learning must occur. A primary mission of FPG is to generate knowledge to establish programs that produce positive outcomes for children and their families, and use that knowledge to prepare caregivers and teachers to provide the best possible learning environments for promoting development and success. As such, FPG is dedicated to investigating and addressing disparities in education and learning and establishing programs to positively impact academic achievement. The research, evaluation, and interventions developed within FPG serve learners and teachers throughout our state, across the country, and around the world.
Featured FPG News Story
Researchers at UCLA and FPG will co-lead a unique project to assess behavioral and neurological markers of language development in low-income children within their family settings, gathering valuable information that could lead to earlier, more targeted interventions for a population that has been largely underrepresented in autism research.
Featured Program
Working with practitioners and policymakers, the Equity Research Action Coalition will pursue research that promotes and supports the healthy development of Black children across the African diaspora and other children of color. The Coalition will focus on developing science-based evidence that can be used to inform practice and policy aimed at eradicating the impact of racism, and all its consequences, on the lives of Black and other minoritized children, families, and communities.
Featured Publication
A recent report outlines a study that aimed to investigate how a historically Black community, the Freedmen’s Town of Ironton, has weathered consecutive climate hazards and to discover the strategies residents have used to maintain cultural resilience.
