Leslie M Babinski
Associate Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Leslie Babinski is an associate research professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, an associate director of the Center for Child and Family Policy and director of the Duke School Research Partnership. She also oversees undergraduate studies for the Center. She has worked at the Center since September 2008.
Dr. Babinski is principal investigator for a study funded by the Institute for Education Sciences to examine a new model for professional development for ESL and classroom teachers. The goals of the study, Efficacy of the DCCS Program: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together with Students and Families, are to support collaboration between the ESL and classroom teachers as well as increase teachers’ implementation of high-impact instructional strategies and students’ cultural wealth to facilitate language and literacy skills for English Learners.
Dr. Babinski is co-PI for another IES-funded study, The Targeted Reading Intervention: Investigating the Efficacy of a Web-Based Early Reading Intervention Professional Development Program for K-1 English Learners is in collaboration with Steve Amendum at the University of Delaware and Lynne Vernon-Feagans at UNC Chapel Hill.
She is also collaborating with Dr. Desiree Murray from UNC Chapel Hill on an IES study called Promoting Self-Regulation to Enhance Social, Behavioral, and Academic Adjustment in Middle School.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2018
- Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy, Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy 2019
- Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2015
Contact Information
- 222 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90545, Durham, NC 27708
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leslie.babinski@duke.edu
(919) 613-9296
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