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Reducing Inequality

Awarded Grants

Grant

Understanding Teacher Quality Gaps: How Did They Form, and How Can We Close Them?

What are the key sources of gaps in teacher quality? What policies can help close these gaps?
Dan Goldhaber
University Of Washington
2015 – 2018
$460,433
Grant

Transforming Police Interactions with Youth of Color

This grant will support the first phase of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, an effort by the Council for a Strong America to create a program to improve police interactions with young people, especially youth of color.
Miriam Rollin
Council For A Strong America
2015 – 2016
$25,000
Grant

Indicators of Educational Inequality in U.S. States 1993 – 2011

Can better indicators of school financing reduce the poverty achievement gap?
Bruce Baker
Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey
2015 – 2016
$257,039
Grant

Reducing Inequality In Between-Neighborhood Disparity Through Youth Civic Empowerment and Participation

Does civic participation and collective efficacy reduce disparities in educational, economic, and social outcomes for youth?
Peter Levine
Tufts University
2015 – 2018
$125,000
Grant

Adolescent Well-Being in an Era of Family Complexity

How do unstable and complex family structures affect adolescents’ well-being?
Laura Tach
Cornell University
2015 – 2022
Grant

Teacher Effects on Students’ Non-Cognitive Competencies: A Study of Impacts, Instruction, and Improvement

What teaching practices support the development of students’ non-cognitive competencies? Can a coaching program help teachers to strengthen these practices?
Matthew Kraft
Brown University
2015 – 2020
$350,000
Grant

Transiciones: Examining the Latino Transition to College in Support of Academic Equality

How do daily stress experiences and health behaviors contribute to successful academic achievement and integration in college for Latino students? Do cultural or institutional resources influence these pathways and ultimately college persistence?
Leah Doane
Arizona State University Foundation
2015 – 2021
$350,000
Grant

Deferred Action and Postsecondary Outcomes: The Role of Migrant Youth Settings in Effective and Equitable Policy

How does the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program affect migrant youth?
Eve Tuck
University Of Toronto
2015 – 2022
$350,000

Articles & More

Webinars

Webinar: Applying for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality (2015)

In this video, Program Officer Vivian Louie leads a discussion and Q&A on strategies for applicants to develop strong letters of inquiry for research grants in our reducing inequality focus area.
Webinar: Applying for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality (2015)
Publication

The Future of Educational Inequality: What Went Wrong and How Can We Fix It?

Education is a gateway for opportunity—a pathway to progress through which young people acquire the skills, knowledge, and experiences to obtain good jobs and prosperous futures. Yet in the U.S., education is highly unequal. On average, students from ...
Adam Gamoran
The Future of Educational Inequality: What Went Wrong and How Can We Fix It?

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