Can a youth participatory action research intervention successfully improve the use of youth-generated research evidence in school decision-making to influence school climate outcomes for youth?
Kornbluh will use the award to pursue culturally responsive and equity centered formal mentorship training, foster peer learning communities to reflect on mentoring practices, and cultivate networks that connect mentees to policy-relevant research within Oregon.
Does participating in forecasting improve community members’ support for policymakers’ evidence use? Can community forecasting improve school district administrators’ support for evidence use in their decision-making?
Is it feasible to study evidence requirements in school districts’ requests for proposals (RFPs) as a lever for improving the use of research evidence in public education?
How does a national alliance of higher education intermediaries and advocacy organizations shape decision-makers’ use of research evidence on racial equity in higher education settings?
Can a model designed to strengthen infrastructure to support institutions in facilitating researcher–policy engagement improve research use in policymaking?
Does a county-focused intervention for research outreach to county policymakers increase their use of research evidence on matters affecting youth and families?
Evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM) is a critical pathway to more effective policies, programmes, and practices. EIPM is supported through interventions such as capacity-building, evidence platforms, and evidence-to-policy communities of practice. Such efforts to improve the use of research...
With the courts serving as a space than can reduce or exacerbate youth inequity, studies can illuminate strategies to improve the use of research evidence in the courts to inform youth-related court rulings.
We need studies to cultivate routine use of high-quality research in legal decision-making, rigorous tests to examine the effectiveness of these strategies, and causal assessments of whether increased research use translate to better youth outcomes eventually.
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.
