Elizabeth Burr
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Elizabeth Burr
Senior Research Associate, Research-Practice Partnerships,
WestEd
Elizabeth Burr is a senior research associate on the Research-Practice Partnerships team at WestEd. She previously served as project director at the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University and as project director at Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) at the University of California, Berkeley. Her work focuses on English learners (ELs) including those with disabilities, and early education. She works to promote asset-based services for multilingual learners that embrace their emerging bilingualism. Burr earned her MPA in education and welfare policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
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Publications by Elizabeth Burr
Evaluation Year One Progress—Report 2001–02
First 5 California approved an initiative to train early care and education (ECE) staff in regions with a scarcity of childcare supply. Six training projects were selected, which provide community college training and additional training on a…
Lessons for Early Education
This policy brief discusses state initiatives in the US aimed at retaining and improving the quality of preschool and childcare staff, with a focus on California's $21 million annual investment. While K-12 reforms have been underway longer and are…
This report discusses an initiative by the California Children and Families Commission to expand the availability and quality of early care and education programs. The project includes recruiting and training early care providers, improving…
New Lessons for Los Angeles
California is experiencing a shortage of quality childcare options for families, despite increased funding from the government and parents. Local policymakers in Los Angeles County are conducting research to determine where childcare supply falls…