January 25, 2016
The SERVE Center is a research, development, dissemination, evaluation and technical assistance center at UNCG that works with educators and policymakers to improve education.
The lecture is part of the Department of Education Reform Lecture Series and will take place in Room 343, Graduate Education Building.
Those planning to attend any of the lectures in the series are asked to RSVP on the Department of Education Reform’s website before 1 p.m. the Wednesday preceding the lecture.
Edmunds has been awarded over $8.8 million for research and evaluation funding. She has also been principal investigator for two Institute of Education Sciences-funded grants that investigate the effects of the early college high school model on tested student outcomes. She is a principal investigator for the assessment of two Investing in Innovation grants testing early college principles to traditional high schools.
She has worked with numerous mixed methodology evaluations for projects. Some range from single district projects to multi-state programs. She has worked on policy issues in North Carolina and nationally. Edmunds was also co-principal investigator as she examined the extent to which high school reform efforts had increased the number of students entering college preparatory STEM courses.
