Engaging Families
Families want to be involved in their children’s education and see them succeed. By leveraging insights from behavioral science and taking an asset-based view of families, my research provides educators with tools to partner with families to increase student success.
Relevant Work
2022. “Parent Engagement Interventions are Not Costless: Opportunity Cost and Crowd Out of Parental Investment” (with Raj Chande, Simon Burgess & Todd Rogers), Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.
2022. “START communicating effectively” (with Jessica Lasky-Fink), In D. Soman & N. Mazar (Eds.), Behavioral Science in the Wild. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
2021. “Using Behavioral Insights to Improve Truancy Notifications” (with Jessica Lasky-Fink, Hedy Chang & Todd Rogers), Educational Researcher.
2021. “The Demotivating Effect (and Unintended Message) of Awards” (with Jana Gallus, Monica G. Lee & Todd Rogers), Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
2018. “Reducing student absenteeism in the early grades by targeting parental beliefs” (with Monica Lee, Eric Dearing & Todd Rogers), American Educational Research Journal.
Public Writing & Press
The 74 Million. “Write Less to Say More — How Schools Can Communicate More Effectively With Families.”
CPRE Knowledge Hub Podcast. “When Attendance Awards Backfire.”
EducationNext. “How to Tackle Student Absenteeism.”