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In partnership with education agencies, I study how education systems and the services they deliver can be strengthened. This work asks both whether programs foster children’s development and how they are put into practice: what supports successful implementation, and how effective programs can be improved and scaled equitably. With New York City Public Schools, this includes evaluations of the city’s universal pre-K professional learning and arts integration programs, and an ongoing study of a strings-based arts program in pre-K through grade 2. I have also partnered with education agencies in Argentina, Peru, and Latvia.
Related Work
Abenavoli, R., Siegel, J., Aviles, A. I., Kitrosser, J., Dominguez, A., Bartoli, B., Young, J., Kim, J., Davis, R., Wallack, J., Cappella, E., & Morris-Perez, P. (2026). Strengthening school readiness for all: Impacts of New York City’s Pre-K for All professional learning on teacher practice and children’s school readiness. Prevention Science, 1–15. [DOI]
Aviles, A. I., Abenavoli, R., Bartoli, B., Siegel, J., Kitrosser, J., Dominguez, A., Young, J., Kim, J., Rockey, K., Barahal, H., Wallack, J., Cappella, E., & Morris-Perez, P. (2026). Bringing arts integration to universal pre-K: Variation in impact of New York City’s Create. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 78, 45–58. [DOI]
Kumar, A., Wolf, S., Bartoli, B., Bala, J., Varma, V., & Zanutto, E. (2026). Supporting early learning: An audio-video program for low-literate parents of young children in urban India. International Journal of Educational Research, 137. [DOI]
Bartoli, B., Aviles, A. I., Blecker, A., Abenavoli, R., Kohan, A., Song, Y., Cappella, E., Morris-Perez, P., et al. Changing teacher practices in pre-K: Qualitative insights from New York City’s Create. Work in progress.
Bartoli, B., Aviles, A. I., Abenavoli, R., Mascorro-Santibañez, M., Cappella, E., Morris-Perez, P., et al. Integrating the arts at scale: A qualitative study of implementation strategies and children’s skill development in New York City’s universal pre-K. Work in progress.
Ganimian, A. J., Page, L. C., Childs, J., Mesalles, V., & Bartoli, B. Pervasive, predictable, and (partly) preventable: Student absenteeism in a middle-income country. Work in progress.
Vegas, E., Bartoli, B., Giesso, S., & Rosich, V. (Eds.). Beyond Oil: Education for Growth, Inclusion, and Human Flourishing in Venezuela. Harvard Graduate School of Education. Under review at Oxford University Press.
Jaramillo Samper, M., & Bartoli, B. Venezuela’s future begins in early childhood. In Beyond Oil. Under review at Oxford University Press.