Beth Graue is Sorenson Professor of Curriculum & Instruction and the Director of the Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (CRECE), a research center focused on promoting equal opportunties for young children through cross-disciplinary research, critical policy analysis, high-impact teacher education, high quality preparation of next generation early childhood researchers, and outreach to the early childhood community.Her areas of interest include readiness, preparing teachers for inclusive home-school relations, and qualitative research methods. She has recently completed studies of preK math professional development and the translation of preK policy to educational experiences.She is currently engaged in research examining how parents make decisions about whether and where their children will go to preK, a five district collaborative network to enhance transitions from preK to kindergarten, a study of kindergarten teachers doing home visits with students in the summer before they enter K, and a study to design professional development for preK teachers.
