Awarded Grants

Did the state-level expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act improve academic outcomes for low-income children?

Does a state policy requiring general education teachers to receive training in working with English learners improve academic achievement?

This award supports the Foundation’s continued membership in the Education Funder Strategy Group.

How does politics influence incentives to acquire, interpret, and use research evidence in policymaking?

This award will enable the Pew Charitable Trusts and the William T. Grant Foundation to develop a cross-sector network of funders, researchers, and practitioners focused on improving the use of research evidence in policy and practice

This award will support the attendance of graduate students and early-career researchers at a one-day American Educational Research Association (AERA) preconference on diversity, equity, and inclusion in education research.

How can colleges improve services and outcomes for African American male students?

This award provides grantees with consultations and a workshop to build their capacity to conduct mixed-methods research that integrates qualitative and quantitative methods.

Do Black and Latinx students in large urban school districts experience improved academic, disciplinary, and persistence outcomes when assigned to teachers of the same ethnoracial background?

How can teachers better identify English Language Learners (ELLs) at risk for learning disabilities?