Social Capital and Children's Development: An Experimental Study

Co-principal investigator: Adam Gamoran

See study website.

This five-year study investigates the causal effects of social capital on the cognitive and social development of children through a cluster randomized trial of 52 elementary schools in Texas and Arizona, focusing on schools with a high proportion of children from low-income Latino families. Schools in the treatment group will participate in an intervention (Families and Schools Together) designed to improve relations of trust among parents, schools, and students.

This project is funded by an R01 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).