Daphna Bassok
Batten Bicentennial Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education; Associate Director, EdPolicyWorks
- Ph.D., Stanford University, 2009
- M.A., Stanford University , 2007
- M.A., Stanford University, 2003
- B.A., University of Michigan, 2000
Daphna Bassok is an Associate Professor of Education and Public Policy at the University of Virginia and is the Associate Director of EdPolicyWorks a joint collaboration between the School of Education and Human Development and the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Her research addresses early childhood education policy, with a focus on efforts to improve early childhood systems at scale. She is particularly interested in policies aimed at supporting the early childhood workforce.
Bassok directs the Study of Early Education through Partnerships (SEE-Partnerships). She works closely with early childhood policy makers at both the Virginia and Louisiana Departments of Education on research aimed to inform efforts to build more cohesive, higher quality, early childhood education systems.
Currently she is leading the multi-year evaluation of Virginia’s Federal Preschool Development Grant Birth-5 initiative which aims to expand access to stable, affordable, and quality early education for the Virginia’s families and children, particularly those who are most vulnerable. As part of that evaluation, her team is conducting the first randomized controlled trial measuring the impacts of financial supports for early educators on reducing turnover.
Through a long-standing Research Policy Partnership in Louisiana, Bassok and colleagues are studying the states’ efforts to foster systemwide change including their unique Quality Rating & Improvement System, their novel approach to credentialing child care teachers, and their child care COVID recovery efforts. Additional information about the Study of Early Education- Louisiana (SEE-LA) is available.
Bassok’s work has been generously funded by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Spencer Foundation, the Smith-Richardson Foundation, and the Foundation for Child Development.
She holds a Ph.D. in the Economics of Education, a M.A. in Economics and a M.A. in Policy Analysis and Evaluation, all from Stanford University.
Resources
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Working Papers
Working Paper: Raising Teacher Education Levels in Head Start
The Extent, Patterns, and Implications of Kindergarten "Redshirting"
Working Paper: The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce from 1990 through 2010
Working Paper: Does State Preschool Crowd-out Private Provision?
Working Paper: Sector Quality Differences in Early Education
Working Paper: Is Kindergarten the New First Grade?
Working Paper: Universal PreK and the Child Care Sector
Working Paper: Kids Today
Working Paper: Preschool Fade Out
Working Paper: Inequality in Preschool Quality
Working Paper: Gaps in Early Experiences - Program Area
- Research Center
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- EdPolicyWorks Researchers Lead Over 25 Key Presentations at AEFP
- Curry's Daphna Bassok In National Spotlight Twice This Winter
- Faculty Earn Top Honors
- Faculty Kudos
- White House Honors Curry Professors Work to Give Children a Strong Start
- Nine UVA Education Faculty, 3 Alumni Named to Influential Scholars List
- EdPolicyWorks Researchers Present New Work at 2016 APPAM
- In Reversal, Kindergarten Readiness Gaps Narrow
- New Career Options Open Up for Two SURP Interns While at Curry This Summer
- MEDIA ALERT: Kids in Pre-K Receive Higher Quality Care, Are Better Prepared Than In Home-Based Care
- Ed Policy Graduate Student Joins AEI’s 2016 Academy on Education Policy
- EdPolicyWorks Researchers Led Over 21 Key Presentations at AEFP
- Nine Curry Faculty Named in 2016 Edu-Scholar Rankings, 2 In The Top 20
- EdPolicyWorks Researchers Lead Over 30 Top Presentations at APPAM
- Student Spotlight: Scott Latham Broadens His Interests in Education Policy at U.Va.
- EdPolicyWorks Researchers Represent Over 27 Presenting Roles at AEFP
- Curry Early Childhood Researchers Sign Consensus Letter to Support Increased Investments
- EdPolicyWorks Researchers Author over 30 Key Presentations at APPAM
- Ed Policy Student Lands AERA Grant to Study Changes in School Readiness
- EdPolicyWorks Researchers Author 17 Key Presentations at AEFP
- Researchers at EdPolicyWorks Lead over 15 Presentations at APPAM
- Prof. Atteberry Named to Emerging Education Policy Scholars Program
- CEPWC Announces Education Policy Seminars for Fall 2013
- Ed Policy Team Recognized as Leaders in the US
- Sequestration and Head Start
- Curry Dominates Edu-Scholars List
- Researchers at EdPolicyWorks Lead Key Presentations at APPAM 2017
- Markowitz Lands AERA Research Grant to Study Teacher Turnover in Head Start
- Researchers at EdPolicyWorks Lead over 25 Key Presentations at APPAM 2018
- Nine UVA Scholars Ranked in 2019 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
- UVA Researchers Play Key Role in Two States’ Efforts to Expand Quality Early Childhood Education
- University's New Public Service Awards Highlight Faculty Outreach
- Virginia Education Leaders Convene to Discuss Statewide Issues in Early Childhood Education
- With a Kindergarten Teacher’s Perspective, Professor Pushes Early Childhood Education
- UVA Education Scholars Rise in 2020 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
- UVA Honors Daphna Bassok Among Leading Researchers
- New Master’s Degree Aims to Meet Increasing Demand for Quantitative Analysts in Education
- Ten UVA Scholars Ranked in 2021 EDU-Scholar Public Influence Rankings
- How Researchers, Policymakers and Practitioners Can Partner to Improve Early Childhood Education
- UVA Professors Climb in Rankings of Nation’s Most Influential Education Scholars
- Small Students, Big Opportunities
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- Early Education Is More Demanding Than Ever, and Experts Have Concerns
- Education: Researchers find full-day pre-K beats half-day
- This Observation Tool Is Helping Teachers Improve Their Interactions with Children
- Virginia sees uptick in families delaying kindergarten
- Statewide kindergarten enrollment is down 13%; Chesterfield seeing biggest drop in Richmond area
- Coronavirus and schools: Reflections on education one year into the pandemic
- How Public Preschool Can Help, and How to Make Sure It Doesn’t Hurt