Current Projects
Current portfolio of Tips·by·Text projects
Tips·by·Text: Dallas Independent School District Project (DISD)Tips·by·Text partners with the DISD to implement and evaluate different designs of a school-readiness text-messaging program for parents. https://www.dallasisd.org/ |
Tips·by·Text: Texts4TeensTips·by·Text partners with researchers at Texas A&M University and several Texas school districts to learn more about how a text-messaging program for parents impacts high school readiness and parent/teen interactions. https://www.texts4teens.com/program |
Tips·by·Text: KinderReadyTips·by·Text partners with pediatric health researchers at Stanford University to implement and evaluate a school-readiness text-messaging program for parents through health-clinic settings. To learn more, read this recently published qualitative examination of the work: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/789657/pdf |
Tips·by·Text: United KingdomTips·by·Text advises researchers from the United Kingdom’s Behavioural Insights Team as they implement and evaluate a school-readiness text-messaging program for parents focused on four- and five-year-old children’s school readiness. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/pro… |
Tips·by·Text: DenmarkTips·by·Text partners with researchers from Denmark’s Rockwool Foundation as they implement and evaluate a school-readiness text-messaging program for parents focused on three- to six-year-old children’s early language development. https://en.rockwoolfonden.dk/initiative/tipsbytext/ |
Tips·by·Text: Rural ChinaTips·by·Text partners with researchers from Stanford University’s Rural Education Action Program as they implement and evaluate a text-messaging program for parents aimed at helping caregivers interact with young children. https://sccei.fsi.stanford.edu/reap/research/early_childhood_developmen… |
Tips·by·Text: Informal CaregiversTips·by·Text is implementing and evaluating a school-readiness text-messaging program for parents and caregivers. |
Project MATH (Math Access via Text and Health)This project will create new informal math learning environments in homes utilizing pediatric clinics to reach the most under-resourced families. We propose an early-childhood math intervention for parents that can be deployed through the health sector to reach the most disconnected families, reduce educational disparities, and develop foundational math skills and engagement for young children. |