My research explores the effectiveness of varied recommended practice in early childhood education. More recently, I have helped: (1) develop the Alabama Reflective Coach as a professional development model in Pre-K programs at the state level, and (2) develop databases and evaluate the efficacy of First Class, the Alabama state-funded high quality Pre-K program, providing findings from studies of teacher and child outcomes to support the expansion of the program. @ https://bit.ly/jernest