Gara, T. V., Winsler, A. (2024). Who is taking dance electives, when, and for how long? Adolescents’ dance participation and persistence in middle and high school. Research in Dance Education, 1(23). Click here to view the abstract.

Boal, A., Gara, T., Zimiles, J., & Cerna, R. (2024). California’s Historic Investment in Community Schools: Early Evidence to Understand Shifts in Community School Practices Before and After Grant Participation. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk. 1-25. Click here to view the abstract.

Gara, T., Zimiles, J., & Boal, A. (2024). Learning Communities for School Success Program Case Study: Sacramento City Unified School District. WestEd. The California Department of Education. Awaiting online publication on the California Educators Together webpage, The California Department of Education's official repository of high-quality instructional materials, as well as legislation.

Boal, A., Gara, T., Zimiles, J. (2023). California Community Schools Partnership Program: Findings from the Pre-Post Assessment of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund Cohort. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. Report to the Governor and Legislature: 2023 Formative Evaluation of the California Community Schools Partnership Program. Click here to view the legislative report.

Gara, T. V. (2021). High School Dance Education: Academic Achievement and Commitment among Hispanic Adolescents in an Urban School District. University of California, Irvine. ProQuest ID: Gara_uci_0030D_16891. Click here to view the dissertation.

Gara, T. V., Farkas, G., & Brouillette, L. (2020). Did consequential accountability policies decrease the share of visual and performing arts education in U.S. public secondary schools during the No Child Left Behind Era? Arts Education Policy Review. Click here to view the full article.

Gara, T. V., & Winsler, A. (2020). Selection into, and academic benefits from, middle school dance elective courses among urban youth. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 14(4), 433-450. Click here to view the abstract.

Winsler, A., Gara, T. V., Alegrado, A., Castro, S., & Tavassolie, T. (2019). Selection into, and academic benefits from, arts-related courses in middle school for low-income, ethnically diverse youth. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts,14(4), 415-432. Click here to view the abstract.

Gara, T. V., Brouillette, L., & Farkas, G. (2018). Did the frequency of early elementary classroom arts instruction decrease after no child left behind? If so, for whom? Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 45(4), 263-276. Click here to view the abstract.

Gara, T. V. Adolescent Motivation to Participate in the SanArts Dance Conservatory: 2018-2019. Report prepared for the Santa Ana Unified School District and Dance Conservatory Staff.

Gara, T. V., & Winsler A. (2018). Art. In M. Bornstein (Ed.) The Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. New York, NY: Sage Publications. Click here to view a sample of the encyclopedia entry.