Can two NYC district-wide plans to diversify middle schools through student assignment policies result in greater diversity, improve student outcomes, and reduce the achievement gap by race and class?
How can policymakers, school district leaders, and school leaders develop and implement racial equity policies that reduce inequalities for Black students?
Can empowering teachers and school leaders with evidence about the drivers of racial/ethnic disparities in their school improve their school discipline practices and policies?
How do college and university policies shape the lived experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming students and contribute to mental health inequalities?
Do school choice plans that prioritize families in underserved neighborhoods reduce educational inequality for low-income students and students of color?
Guilamo-Ramos will use this grant to assist in the development of a university-wide evidence-based mentoring infrastructure that will directly support early-career researchers of color.
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.