October 2026 - William T. Grant Foundation

Issue 03: Winter 2017-18

A Piece of the Action: Three District Leaders on Fostering Research Use

What are the actual conditions and processes of research use in school districts?

Foundation Staff

The Next Big Leap for Research-Practice Partnerships: Building and Testing Theories to Improve Research Use

Research-practice partnerships and RPP funders are positioned to move education into the next frontier, but to do so they will need to complement their attention to evidence production with an...

Vivian Tseng

Advancing Learning Opportunities for English Learners: The Next Generation of Research

When we zero in on knowledge-based competencies, we find that language and knowledge are two sides of the same coin—ideas and concepts can’t be separated from the language used to represent...

Nonie Lesaux

Person

Nonie Lesaux

Harvard University and Loyola University Chicago

Engaging English Learners with Rigorous Academic Content: Insights from Research on Tracking

Lessons about mitigating the effects of tracking on inequality may point the way toward reducing inequality for English learners.

Adam Gamoran

Publication

Research Use as Learning: The Case of Fundamental Change in School District Central Offices

Districts nationwide have launched efforts to fundamentally change their central offices to support improved teaching and learning for all students and are turning to research for help. The research...

Kara Finnigan, Nitya Venkateswaran and Patricia McNeil

Grant

R3: Science-Based Policy and Practice to Protect Five Million American Youth in a Time of Crisis

Yoshikawa, Chaudry, CLASP, and NILC will collaborate on research-based responses to policy and legal challenges threatening the ability of unauthorized youth and citizen youth with unauthorized...

Hirokazu Yoshikawa and Ajay Chaudry

New York University

2017 – 2018
$91,870.00

Person

Ajay Chaudry

New York University

Grantee Voices

Studying the Use of Research Evidence: Methods and Measures in a Complex Field

We are attempting to understand the interplay of methods and research questions in the field of studies on the use of research evidence.

Drew Gitomer and Kevin Crouse

11/9/2017

Grantee Voices

Can a Coordinated Knowledge System Improve the Use of Research Evidence in School-Based Mental Health Settings?

By refining and integrating multiple theories, Chorpita has designed a model that focuses on supervisor and supervisee interactions, to help them more readily access, understand, and apply research...

Foundation Staff

11/9/2017

Grant

Reducing Child Poverty

How can the United States reduce child poverty by half in 10 years?

Natacha Blain

National Academy of Sciences

2017 – 2019

Grant

Investigating Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration in Real-life Problems of Practice with English Learners

This grant will support the development of research-practice partnerships to infuse evidence-based instructional practices in classrooms in order to improve literacy outcomes for elementary English...

Susan Pimentel and Julie Greenberg

StandardsWork, Inc.

2017 – 2019
$120,000.00

Person

Bruch Sarah

The University of Iowa

Person

James Rosenbaum

Northwestern University

Publication

Assessing Research-Practice Partnerships: Five Dimensions of Effectiveness

While research-practice partnerships have emerged as a promising means of creating and applying relevant research evidence in settings where young people grow and learn, we’ve lacked definition in...

Erin Henrick, Paul Cobb, William Penuel, Kara Jackson and Tiffany Clark

Person

Erin Henrick

Vanderbilt University

Person

Paul Cobb

Vanderbilt University

Grant

Which Low-Income Students Beat the Odds to Get College Success and Payoffs, and What Advice do Counselors Give Them?

To what extent do community college enrollment, career and technical education, and vocational certification and training programs improve academic and employment outcomes for low-income youth?

James Rosenbaum

Northwestern University

2017 – 2019

Grant

NPR’s Coverage of Disadvantaged Children, Youth and Families

The grant will support National Public Radio’s continuing coverage of trends and developments that affect youth in the U.S.

Blair Gage

National Public Radio

2017 – 2019
$300,000.00

Grant

Evidence-Based Policymaking Initiative: Establishing a Culture of Evidence

This grant supports the efforts of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to foster the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.

Nicholas Hart

Bipartisan Policy Center

2017 – 2018
$150,000.00

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A Piece of the Action: Three District Leaders on Fostering Research Use

The Next Big Leap for Research-Practice Partnerships: Building and Testing Theories to Improve Research Use

Advancing Learning Opportunities for English Learners: The Next Generation of Research

Nonie Lesaux

Engaging English Learners with Rigorous Academic Content: Insights from Research on Tracking

Research Use as Learning: The Case of Fundamental Change in School District Central Offices

R3: Science-Based Policy and Practice to Protect Five Million American Youth in a Time of Crisis

Ajay Chaudry

Studying the Use of Research Evidence: Methods and Measures in a Complex Field

Can a Coordinated Knowledge System Improve the Use of Research Evidence in School-Based Mental Health Settings?

Reducing Child Poverty

Investigating Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration in Real-life Problems of Practice with English Learners

Bruch Sarah

James Rosenbaum

Assessing Research-Practice Partnerships: Five Dimensions of Effectiveness

Erin Henrick

Paul Cobb

Which Low-Income Students Beat the Odds to Get College Success and Payoffs, and What Advice do Counselors Give Them?

NPR’s Coverage of Disadvantaged Children, Youth and Families

Evidence-Based Policymaking Initiative: Establishing a Culture of Evidence

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