Margaret Bridges
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Margaret Bridges
Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Human Development,
University of California, Berkeley
Margaret Bridges is a developmental psychologist and research scientist with the Institute of Human Development at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies how family and preschool experiences influence the socio-emotional development and early academic skills of young children, as well as how families can be supported to prepare their young children for school. She is leading the effort to build the new Early Development & Learning Science Program at UC Berkeley, a transdisciplinary, developmental science program focused on young children from the prenatal period to age 8. She received her PhD in developmental psychology from the University of Virginia.
updated 2010
Publications by Margaret Bridges
Promising Benefits, Unequal Access
Parents and policymakers are turning to preschools to better advance the school readiness and broader development of young children. This brief reports on which California children are more likely to gain access to preschool centers—broadly termed…
Implementation of Training and Retention Initiatives in the Bay Area
Nationwide, public attention has increasingly focused on the need for a variety of early care and education arrangements to meet the changing needs of families. The demand for early care and education has grown for families from all socioeconomic…
Bay Area Childcare Retention Incentive Programs Evaluation—Year One Progress Report, 2001–02
Nationally, more than half of children under the age of five are in nonparental care while their parents work. Research indicates that children benefit from being with well-trained, consistent early care and education (ECE) staff. Sensitive and…
