Education

NYU Steinhardt Award Nominations

Congratulations to our administrations, staff, and researchers at Metro Center who have been recognized for their years of service and significant contributions to NYU Metro Center and the Steinhardt community.

E is for Equity, I is for Identity

Sesame Street's ABCs of Racial Literacy curriculum was the subject of a special alumni event.

NYU Metro Center Provides NASA Internship Experience for Autistic Young Adults

The ASD Nest Support Project recently partnered with Sonoma St. University to provide professional development aimed at supporting Autistic young adults during their summer internship experience with NASA.

NYU Metro Center ASD Nest Celebrates Autism Acceptance Month

In honor of Autism Acceptance Month, the ASD Nest Support Project led a social media campaign in order to elevate the true experts, autistic individuals.

Building a Better Attuned Computer Mouse: An Interview with Parker Lynch (MA '13)

At HedgeHog Health, Parker Lynch is tackling some of the educational challenges faced by families whose children have ASD or ADHD.

Deeper Development Comes from Within

Steinhardt faculty leverage research-practice partnerships (RPPs) to improve early childhood education.

PACH Receives Research Grant to Fund: The Listening Project, A Whole-School Approach

The Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity (PACH) at the Metropolitan Center for
Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools has received a project grant of $750,000 from the
Silicon Valley Community Foundation to continue their work with The Listening Project (LP) in schools
across New York City.

NYU Metro Center Welcomes Dr. Fabienne Doucet as Executive Director

We are excited to introduce our new Executive Director, Dr. Fabienne Doucet, who succeeds Dr. David E. Kirkland’s seven-year tenure of leadership at NYU Metro Center.

Declining Male Enrollment is Focus of Steinhardt Institute Forum

A zoom webinar hosted by the NYU Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education explored the implications of gender disparities in college enrollment.

NYU Metro Center’s Center for Policy, Research and Evaluation Received a $600,000 Reducing Inequality Award

The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded the NYU Metro Center’s Center for Policy, Research and Evaluation a $600,000 Reducing Inequality award. Given the inequitable representation among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in teaching and educational leadership roles, we will explore how a community-based civic leadership initiative for parents/caregivers and their children can disrupt power inequities to influence educational systems and institutions.