December 2023 - William T. Grant Foundation

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A Networked Improvement Community Approach to Equitable Literacy in Urban Schools

How can a networked improvement community facilitate the creation of school-based solutions to improve literacy outcomes for Black and Latinx students?

Hardin Coleman and Jonathan Zaff

Boston University

2023 – 2026
$600,000.00

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Strategic Partnership for Advancing Research Knowledge and Leadership for Equity (SPARKLE)

This grant will strengthen an existing partnership between the Center for Urban Education Leadership at the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Chicago Public Schools.

Decoteau Irby, Devin McFarland Swartley and Allison Tingwall

Chicago Board of Education

2023 – 2027
$649,715.00

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Katherine Zinsser

University Of Illinois and University of Illinois, Chicago

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Shelby Cosner

University Of Illinois and University of Illinois, Chicago

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Devin McFarland Swartley

Chicago Board of Education, University Of Illinois and University of Illinois, Chicago

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Allison Tingwall

City of Chicago Public Schools, University Of Illinois and University of Illinois, Chicago

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Hardin Coleman

Boston University and Trustees of Boston University

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Jonathan Zaff

Boston University and Trustees of Boston University

Around the Foundation

The Foundation Welcomes new Chair and Four new Members of Scholars Selection Committee

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Karolyn Tyson, Chair of Sociology at Georgetown University, as Chair of the Scholars Selection Committee, effective July 1, 2023. In addition...

Applicant Guidance

Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants: An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

The Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants program supports activities to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of small nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City that...

Foundation Staff

Around the Foundation

Announcing Karolyn Tyson as Chair of the Scholars Selection Committee

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Karolyn Tyson, Chair of Sociology at Georgetown University, as Chair of the Scholars Selection Committee, effective July 1, 2023. In addition...

Foundation Staff

Grantee Voices

Learning by Doing Together: Improving Education Policy in Puerto Rico through a Research-Practice Partnership

Puerto Rico’s public school system was facing a daunting process of reconstruction even before the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2017, the devastating force of Hurricane María destabilized...

Gustavo Bobonis, Emily Goldman, Orlando Sotomayor and Damarys Varela-Vélez

7/13/2023

Applicant Guidance

Positionality and Inclusion in Research Teams

How can applicants think about positionality and inclusion in their research teams? The academic enterprise is rife with practices, routines, and structures that replicate inequality along the...

Melissa Wooten

7/13/2023

Grantee Voices

One on One Support: An Essential Aspect of the Youth Service Capacity-Grants Program

The Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants (YSCG) program supports activities to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of small nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City...

Foundation Staff

7/10/2023

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Hattie’s Influences on Student Achievement Under an Institutionally Racist System: What Works for Black & Brown Students

The purpose of this grant is to build a new narrative and ultimately contribute to a social movement that counterbalances the current wave of hostility to antiracist education.

Adam Kho, Erika Patall, Julie Marsh and Lam Pham

North Carolina State University

2023 – 2027
$600,000.00

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Building Healthy Foundations: City-wide Mapping of Childhood Asthma Rates for Early Identification of Dangerous Housing

Can predictive modeling identify dangerous housing that puts low-income children at greater risk for asthma disparities?

Adam Haber

Harvard University

2023 – 2028
$350,000.00

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Cisinformed: Misinformation and the Media War on Transgender Youth

Does exposure to misinformation give rise to state-level anti-transgender policies targeting youth? Can an intervention mitigate the effect of misinformation on attitudes toward transgender youth?

Thomas Billard

Northwestern University

2023 – 2028
$350,000.00

Grant

Top-Down Discipline: The Effects of Carceral Ideology on Low-Income and Racial Minority Students

To what extent does carceral ideology—an orientation toward punitive practices—act as a structural barrier to reducing persistent educational inequalities for Black students?

NaLette Brodnax

Georgetown University

2023 – 2028
$349,588.00

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Mapping the Civics Education Landscape: Identifying the Role of Research and Politics in Educational Decision-Making

How does the political context contribute to the use and promotion of evidence within civics education?

Mariah Kornbluh

University Of Oregon

2023 – 2028
$349,914.00

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A Networked Improvement Community Approach to Equitable Literacy in Urban Schools

Strategic Partnership for Advancing Research Knowledge and Leadership for Equity (SPARKLE)

Katherine Zinsser

Shelby Cosner

Devin McFarland Swartley

Allison Tingwall

Faiza Jamil

Hardin Coleman

Jonathan Zaff

The Foundation Welcomes new Chair and Four new Members of Scholars Selection Committee

Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants: An Overview of the Program and How to Apply

Announcing Karolyn Tyson as Chair of the Scholars Selection Committee

Learning by Doing Together: Improving Education Policy in Puerto Rico through a Research-Practice Partnership

Positionality and Inclusion in Research Teams

One on One Support: An Essential Aspect of the Youth Service Capacity-Grants Program

Hattie’s Influences on Student Achievement Under an Institutionally Racist System: What Works for Black & Brown Students

Building Healthy Foundations: City-wide Mapping of Childhood Asthma Rates for Early Identification of Dangerous Housing

Cisinformed: Misinformation and the Media War on Transgender Youth

Top-Down Discipline: The Effects of Carceral Ideology on Low-Income and Racial Minority Students

Mapping the Civics Education Landscape: Identifying the Role of Research and Politics in Educational Decision-Making

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