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Accolades: Janet Kremenitzer
Posted 6/5/2006
Janet Pickard Kremenitzer, assistant professor of education and coordinator of the elementary education graduate program, ENHP, participated in a three-day educational policy trip to Washington, D.C., May 10-12. Kremenitzer traveled to Washington as a member of the faculty of the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale University.
The Zigler Center was established at Yale in 1978 (as the Yale Bush Center). The goal of the Zigler Center is to bring research-based knowledge of child development to the federal and state policy arenas, in an effort to improve social policy affecting the lives of children and families in the United States. Good policy, in the Center's definition, is policy that promotes the optimal growth and development of all children. The Center is firmly non-partisan and works toward its goal in a number of ways, which include a training program for young academic researchers, research and policy analysis, public information outreach, and the development of innovative solutions to problems encountered by families in today's rapidly changing society. The Center also evaluates promising child and family interventions. The Center was formerly named after the Archibald Bush Foundation in Minnesota, which provided the original funding.
Through its training program for fellows, the Zigler Center gives young researchers the opportunity to conduct policy-relevant research, learn about current policy issues affecting children and families, gain an understanding of how policy is made, and develop some of the skills necessary to work effectively in the policy arena. Each year, approximately 50 pre- and post-doctoral fellows participate in the program.
Center faculty also testify before Congress and state legislatures, and consult with various government and private interests regarding children and families.
On this most recent trip to Washington, Kremenitzer was briefed by members of a variety of think tanks, educational advocacy groups, and governmental agencies. She also had contact with Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Congressman David Reichert (R-Wash.).
Kremenitzer said that her involvement with the Zigler Center keeps her well-informed about current, cutting-edge issues in education and the policies that guide education at the federal level.
The Zigler Center was established at Yale in 1978 (as the Yale Bush Center). The goal of the Zigler Center is to bring research-based knowledge of child development to the federal and state policy arenas, in an effort to improve social policy affecting the lives of children and families in the United States. Good policy, in the Center's definition, is policy that promotes the optimal growth and development of all children. The Center is firmly non-partisan and works toward its goal in a number of ways, which include a training program for young academic researchers, research and policy analysis, public information outreach, and the development of innovative solutions to problems encountered by families in today's rapidly changing society. The Center also evaluates promising child and family interventions. The Center was formerly named after the Archibald Bush Foundation in Minnesota, which provided the original funding.
Through its training program for fellows, the Zigler Center gives young researchers the opportunity to conduct policy-relevant research, learn about current policy issues affecting children and families, gain an understanding of how policy is made, and develop some of the skills necessary to work effectively in the policy arena. Each year, approximately 50 pre- and post-doctoral fellows participate in the program.
Center faculty also testify before Congress and state legislatures, and consult with various government and private interests regarding children and families.
On this most recent trip to Washington, Kremenitzer was briefed by members of a variety of think tanks, educational advocacy groups, and governmental agencies. She also had contact with Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Congressman David Reichert (R-Wash.).
Kremenitzer said that her involvement with the Zigler Center keeps her well-informed about current, cutting-edge issues in education and the policies that guide education at the federal level.
