How do historical, social, and economic factors within school districts affect their response to receiving a federal citation for racial disproportionality in special education?
Robert Putnam will lead working groups of scholars and practitioners to develop research-informed responses for reducing class gaps in youth opportunities.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Equality of Educational Opportunity Report, now commonly known as the Coleman Report, Johns Hopkins University will assemble leading experts to engage with research and policy questions related to the educational opportunity of the ...
Across Europe and the United States, unequal opportunities for advancement are a major impediment to improving the lives of children and youth. Thomas DiPrete will coordinate a two-day workshop and follow-up project on lessons of the European experience with reducing ...
In “The New Forgotten Half and Research Directions to Support Them,” James Rosenbaum and colleagues find that many young people who enroll in community college fail to complete their studies and attain a degree, and that these youth fare no ...
John H. Laub is Distinguished Professor Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland, College Park. From 2010 to 2013, Dr. Laub served as the Director of the National Institute of Justice in the Office of Justice Programs in ...
What do we know about inequality in the justice system? What can researchers do about it? John Laub, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland and former Director of the National Institute ...
I’d like to share advice with potential applicants about developing a letter of inquiry for our reducing inequality focus area, the critical first step in the grant application process. How can applicants persuade reviewers of their projects’ potential to ...
My recent six-year stint at the Ford Foundation gave me a chance to support and co-lead a very ambitious project that convened dozens of esteemed scholars, media professionals, and activists to study how scholarly knowledge could confront and help remedy ...
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.
