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Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Doing better by children: Studying ways to fully leverage ideas and findings from research

“Research can contribute to better child outcomes, but waiting for ideas and findings from research to make their way onto the desks of decision-makers is a flawed approach. We need strategies that intentionally nurture conditions that support the use of …
Kim DuMont
Doing better by children: Studying ways to fully leverage ideas and findings from research
Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Studying the use of research evidence: In conversation with Program Officer Anupreet Sidhu

“I think all researchers who produce research to improve youth outcomes should think about the ways that their research can be taken up and used. Who are these findings meant for and who are the decision-makers that would benefit from …
Lenore Neier
Studying the use of research evidence: In conversation with Program Officer Anupreet Sidhu
Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Community-engaged research to reduce inequality: The Institutional Challenge Grant

“Our goal as a grantmaker is not merely to fund high-quality research studies, but to shape the environment for research and its relationship to policy and practice. The Institutional Challenge Grant is central to this strategy.”
Institutional Challenge Grant Task Force
 and Adam Gamoran
Community-engaged research to reduce inequality: The Institutional Challenge Grant
Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Interview with an Institutional Challenge Grantee: How can you support community-engaged scholarship within an academic discipline?

“Collaborating with our partners, we’ve crafted a vision of the world where marginalized and disadvantaged members of society feel seen, heard, understood, and prioritized.”
Foundation Staff
Interview with an Institutional Challenge Grantee: How can you support community-engaged scholarship within an academic discipline?
Digest, Issue 9: Winter 2023-24

Sustainable change: Reflections on the inaugural Institutional Challenge Grant

“As our grant comes to a close, we are reflecting on the evolution of our research-practice partnership and our plans for the future. We have launched efforts to broaden our networks of engaged researchers and research-informed practitioners within our respective …
Laura Tach
 and Anna Steinkraus
Sustainable change: Reflections on the inaugural Institutional Challenge Grant

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Issue 7: Winter 2021-22

The seventh issue of the Digest includes fresh insights from program staff and grantees on how researchers can successfully confront the challenges of studying causal mechanisms for reducing inequality, as well as how the global community of researchers and funders focused on improving the use of research evidence can continue to break new ground in the years ahead.
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Issue 6: Winter 2020-21

Essays in this issue of the Digest focus on the importance of looking beyond individual action and customary metrics in research on reducing inequality, as well as how strengths-based, race-conscious research can be produced and used to uplift communities of color.
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Issue 5: Winter 2019-20

The fifth issue of the William T. Grant Foundation Digest features insights from program staff and grantees on the importance of looking beneath the surface to consider the underlying factors that create and shape challenges that social scientists seek to address, whether they be related to reducing inequality in youth outcomes or improving the use of research evidence in policy and practice.
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Issue 4: Winter 2018/19

The fourth issue of the William T. Grant Foundation Digest features insights that may point the way toward a more nuanced understanding of evidence use and inspire new and more wide-ranging examinations of ways to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.
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Issue 3: Winter 2017/18

The third issue of the William T. Grant Foundation Digest features insights on how research on ability tracking can inform studies to improve the outcomes of English learners, as well as how researchers and school districts can partner to build learning systems based on research evidence.
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Issue 2: Spring 2017

The second issue of the William T. Grant Foundation Digest features writing on research rigor and relevance, as well as the potential for a new research agenda for improving the outcomes of English learners under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
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Issue 1: Summer 2016

The introductory issue of the William T. Grant Foundation Digest features essays and commentary on the value of qualitative and mixed-methods research in reducing inequality and the potential for researcher access to big data to yield useful research evidence.

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