Can a light-touch intervention that provides information, nudges, and financial incentives to high-achieving, low-income students help them apply for and get into college?
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?
Does extending benefits and care beyond age 18 help youth in foster care achieve better economic and educational outcomes as they transition to adulthood?
The Fellowship will deepen Julia Henly’s understanding of the forces that shape state child care policy and local program implementation for low-income children.
This grant will support the University of Chicago and Abt Associates’ efforts to increase knowledge of what constitutes high-quality implementation studies.
The William T. Grant Scholars Mentoring Grant was designed to support the professional development of William T. Grant Scholars and help more researchers of color reach higher levels on the career ladder.
Roderick and Farrington will test alternative theories regarding why on-track ninth graders may have higher graduation rates, and whether any school improvements are associated with changes in student performance and ...
Funds were given to JOBSFIRSTNYC in support of their work with Public/Private Ventures on a project to develop a set of basic interim outcome measures that could be used across workforce development programs, particularly for young adult programs.
Raudenbush and Bloom will continue to develop the field’s ability to conduct more rigorous and cost-effective intervention and measurement studies. They will also advance methods for determining whether intervention ...
Funding was provided to create an ongoing professional community of practice to share findings and develop cross-city research projects across consortia nationally.
This is a special initiative at the Foundation, developed with the Principal Investigators to increase the capacity of practicing social scientists to design and carry out credible group-based intervention studies.
Do non-experimental methods provide a viable alternative to randomized experiments when trying to assess the effects of neighborhood on youth outcomes?
Fred Wulczyn is a PI on 3 grants to Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago; an author on 1 blog post and 1 publication; and is mentioned in 1 blog post.
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.