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Los Angeles Rams Partner with UVA School of Education and Human Development to Launch Positive Youth Development Training Series for Watts Rams Coaches & LAPD Officers

Young adolescents are capable of so much more than people think.

With four new grants, researchers from the School of Education and Human Development will be examining a range of topics including full-day pre-kindergarten and cultural and racial equity.

Linda K. Bunker Professor of Education Nancy Deutsch has been appointed the associate dean for faculty development at the UVA School of Education and Human Development.

In an effort to reduce rates of intimate partner violence, researchers are exploring the influences and contexts of romantic relationships for Black girls.

Assistant Professor Valerie Adams-Bass answers questions about media engagement by youth, the influence of social media, and what adults can do going forward.

One school in Chicago, guided by UVA youth development researchers, put a new model for approaching challenges in middle schools to the test.

Retiring education professor Patrick Tolan helped push the study of adolescent development toward a strengths-based perspective.

Emma is from Pierz, Minnesota, and is graduating with a master’s degree in Educational Psychology-Applied Developmental Science.

New findings from Youth-Nex researchers suggest that peer collaboration across language backgrounds is linked to better participation in middle school classrooms and learning for all students.