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TIER researchers briefing Massachusetts legislators

TIER Researchers Brief MA Legislators

Recently, Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER) participated in a briefing for Massachusetts legislators where their article describing the positive effects of the Healthy Families Massachusetts home visiting program.
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Alumni News

Recent graduates working in child development fields including policy, research, government, healthcare and education.
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Miracle on College Ave.

Sol Gittleman, the Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor and former provost, recalls the early days of EPCSHD and the "great department that almost wasn't".
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Why Kids Should Code

Coding can be a playground that allows children to become producers, and not merely consumers, of technology.
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Child Study and Human Development Researchers in action

Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development has been providing feedback to Healthy Families Massachusetts (HFM), a publicly funded program run by the Children’s Trust Massachusetts to support young, first-time mothers.