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Reducing Inequality

Awarded Grants

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Addressing LGBTQ Youth Inequalities through Reducing Social Isolation

What programs, policies, and practices can reduce inequalities for LGBTQ youth, especially LGBTQ youth of color?
Natacha Blain
National Academy Of Sciences
2020 – 2022
$120,000
Grant

School Rezoning and Educational Inequality: Narratives, Processes, and Outcomes

Does school rezoning reduce racial segregation and influence the distribution of teachers within school attendance zones and across schools?
Andrene Castro
Virginia Commonwealth University
2020 – 2023
$49,972
Grant

Developing an Effective White Bystander Intervention to Reduce Racial Inequality in Higher Education

Does an online intervention increase the willingness of White students to publicly confront online racial discrimination?
Noelle Hurd
University Of Virginia
2020 – 2026
$446,869
Grant

Reducing Racial Disparities in Bail Decisions: An Experiment on Public Accountability and Feedback in Texas

Can measures that increase accountability and transparency reduce racial inequality in bail judges’ pretrial decisions?
Will Dobbie
Harvard University
2020 – 2021
$49,897
Grant

R3-Including Children of Immigrants in the Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Efforts and Safety Net.

UnidosUS and the Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy seek to leverage a unique policy window to ensure that the children of immigrants are included in safety net programs and post-pandemic recovery efforts.
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia
Boston University
2020 – 2022
$83,332
Grant

Reducing COVID-19 Learning Loss through Tutoring: A Meta-Analytic and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Which tutoring programs and practices are most effective at supporting students of color and students from low-income families? v
Matthew Kraft
Brown University
2020 – 2021
$40,000
Grant

Reducing Racial Educational and Behavioral Disparities through Teacher Unconscious Bias Training

Can training teachers to address unconscious racial bias improve African American students’ academic and behavioral outcomes?
Colleen Halliday
Medical University Of South Carolina
2020 – 2027
$599,059
Grant

Can Ethnic Studies Courses Reduce Racial Inequality as They Scale? Evidence from Three Research Practice Partnerships

Do ethnic studies courses reduce racial and ethnic inequalities in students’ academic and socio-emotional outcomes?
Emily Penner
University Of California At Irvine
2020 – 2025
$695,000

Articles & More

Blog Post

President’s Comment: Anti-Racist Education is Essential for Research Universities

In early September, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget issued a directive that barred federal agencies from providing staff training on concepts including critical race theory and White privilege. This directive, which characterized such training as “un-American propaganda” ...
Foundation Staff
President’s Comment: Anti-Racist Education is Essential for Research Universities
Blog Post

Connection as Empowerment: How Social Bonds can Reduce the Effects of Poverty and Racism on Youth

As evidence continues to mount regarding the central role of close human connection to everything from our mental health to how long we live, the idea that we can use ...
Joseph Allen

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