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Reducing Inequality

Awarded Grants

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Trauma Responsive Educational Practices: CPS-TREP Project Collaborative

Can a school-wide intervention reduce the effects of trauma on the socio-emotional and academic outcomes of students in low-income communities with high rates of violence?
Micere Keels
Chapin Hall Center For Children
2018 – 2021
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Crossroads: Reducing Inequality and Promoting Positive Youth Development by Understanding Juvenile Justice Processing

Does diverting first time youth offenders from the court system have long-term benefits as they transition to adulthood?
Elizabeth Cauffman
University Of California At Irvine
2018 – 2021
$598,937
Grant

Reducing Digital Inequality by Empowering At-Risk Youth to be Resilient against Online Sexual Predation Risks

What factors help some low-income and racial-ethnic minority youth be more resilient to online sexual predation risks than others? What programs, policies, or technology-based interventions might protect these youth from ...
Pamela Wisniewski
Icsi (international Computer Science Institute)
2018 – 2027
$350,000
Grant

Evaluating Structural Strategies for Reducing Homophobic Bullying

Are litigation and agency enforcement of civil rights protections in schools effective in reducing homophobic bullying? If so, why are they effective, and for which schools?
Mark Hatzenbuehler
Harvard University
2018 – 2025
$350,000
Grant

Unstable and Unpredictable Work Schedules and Child Development: Descriptive and Quasi-Experimental Evidence

What are the effects of having a parent who works a low-wage job with an unstable and unpredictable work schedule on child health and well-being? Are policies designed to reduce ...
Daniel Schneider
Harvard University
2018 – 2023
$350,000
Grant

Do School Disciplinary Structures Ameliorate or Exacerbate Inequality?

How do disciplinary practices in schools affect inequality, particularly on the basis of race and gender?
Anjali Adukia
The University Of Chicago
2018 – 2023
$350,000
Grant

Creating More Equitable and Developmentally Attuned Disciplinary Environments for Adolescent Students

How can school discipline approaches be improved to reduce racial inequality and be more developmentally appropriate for adolescents?
Simone Ispa-Landa
Northwestern University
2018 – 2023
$350,000

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  •  Jul 18, 2018

Ten New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas, Summer 2018

We are proud to announce ten new grants to support research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people. Approved at the Foundation’s spring and summer board meetings, ...
Ten New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas, Summer 2018
Blog Post

A Piece of the Puzzle for Promoting Educational Equity: Adults in Youth Organizing

Youth organizing efforts are opportunities for adults in key positions of leadership to hear, reflect on, and partner with youth to reduce inequity in schools for marginalized youth of color.
Elise M. Harris
A Piece of the Puzzle for Promoting Educational Equity: Adults in Youth Organizing
Blog Post

Research Grantee David Yeager is Using a National Sample to Examine Variability in Intervention Effects

Research grantee David Yeager is studying whether an exercise that instills in students the idea that intelligence can be developed over time can reduce disparities in math achievement. While numerous ...
Foundation Staff
Research Grantee David Yeager is Using a National Sample to Examine Variability in Intervention Effects

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