Since its founding in 2004, the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools has been dedicated to making a positive difference in people’s lives through research in the social, behavioral and educational sciences. To mark its 20th anniversary, the center has released a special edition of its annual report.
The report for the 2023-24 fiscal year provides a look at the center’s growing interdisciplinary community and the variety of life-changing research conducted in partnership with the center — not only in Nebraska but throughout the world.
Stories featured in the report highlight recent projects exploring special education teacher shortages, reading support for young students, parent-teacher relationships, diversity and inclusion, cutting-edge technologies that improve quality of life and more.
The report also shares key impacts and milestones from the past two decades, as well as significant research programs with a proven track record of improving outcomes for participants.
View this year’s annual report interactively or through a PDF file.
Moving forward, the center’s faculty, staff and students will continue to focus on building strong partnerships in research, practice and policy, while working to find solutions to complex societal challenges. Importantly, these solutions must be relevant, accessible and sustainable for the communities that need them most.
Susan Sheridan, Ph.D., the center's founding director, said she is excited about its next chapter.
“As we celebrate these 20 years of meaningful, collaborative research, we also eagerly look forward to the next 20 years and beyond,” Sheridan said. “Looking ahead, this strong, collaborative community we have fostered will continue to be a driving force as we focus on solving big problems, sparking new ideas and bringing people together as a hub for Nebraska’s researchers, practitioners and policymakers.”
View past annual reports on the center's website.
