NURTURES at the University of Toledo

Are you a Educator interested in expanding your classroom offerings?

WestEd Senior Project Officer Cathy Ringstaff was interviewed recently covering questions school and district administrators often ask when considering participation in the NURTURES Program!

Join the NURTURES Impact Study: Strengthening Elementary Science, Math, and Literacy In this Q&A, WestEd Senior Project Director Cathy Ringstaff answers district and school leaders’ questions about joining the NURTURES impact study—what it involves, how schools benefit, and how it works.

Our partners at WestEd recently featured NURTURES in an article highlighting the research and goals of the upcoming Department of Education EIR Grant funded programming!

WestEd to Explore the Impact of an Educational Science Program for Students in First Through Third Grade NURTURES, an educational program that helps parents and teachers introduce children in preschool through third grade to hands-on, inquiry-based science activities, will be tested in...

NURTURES was recently highlighted in UTNews' daily UToday feature! The article included comments by program founder and longtime Principal Investigator Charlene Czerniak discussing the program's recent $8 million Education, Innovation, and Research award via the Department of Education.

UToledo’s NURTURES Program Opens New Chapter in 15th Year | UToledo News Researchers will rigorously evaluate the inquiry-based educational program benefiting children in primary grades as it launches in select communities in Georgia in 2026.

A big "welcome to our page" to all! And a big "hello and we look forward to working with you over the next few years" to educators in Georgia who will be supported by our current grant!