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Immigrant Inclusion in the U.S. Tax and Transfer System: Reviewing Evidence to Inform State Policy Action

The Institute for Equity in Child Opportunity & Healthy Development (IECOHD), the Center for Poverty and Social Policy, and Children’s Health Watch seek to leverage a policy window to extend ...
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia
Brandeis University
2025 – 2026
$150,000
Grant

Assessing the Impacts of Plyler v. Doe on Immigrant Students

Sophia Rodriguez will partner with the National Immigration Law Center to examine the consequences of undoing the constitutional rights protected by Plyler v. Doe for undocumented students.
Sophia Rodriguez
New York University
2025 – 2026
$149,552
Grant

New York City Reducing Inequality Network (RIN)

This grant will provide an additional five years of funding to the Reducing Inequality Network, which supports sociology and social work doctoral students from underrepresented backgrounds whose research focuses on reducing inequality.
Dale Maglalang
New York University
2024 – 2029
$50,000
Grant

Centering Equity and Improving Evidence Use in NYC’s Education Ecosystem

This grant will provide continued core operating support for the Research Alliance for New York City Schools, support the Alliance’s efforts to center equity and racial justice in their work, and leverage their partnerships to improve the use of ...
Cheri Fancsali
New York University
2024 – 2027
$180,000
Grant

Examining the Influence of Teacher Leader Diversity on Outcomes for Teachers and Students of Color

To what extent is the presence of teacher leaders of color associated with positive perceptions of school climate by students of color?
Luis Rodriguez
New York University
2024 – 2026
$50,000
Grant

Using Big Data to Understand and Reduce Inequality in Youth Connectedness in an Era of Economic Polarization

Do community characteristics buffer low-income youth from the isolating effects of economic polarization?
Siwei Cheng
New York University
2023 – 2028
$349,899
Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2023 Rodriguez and Lopez-Escobar

With this award, Rodriguez will share what she learns about mentoring with her department chair and dean and host a brown bag lunch series to share research and key learning about mentoring with other faculty and graduate students.
Sophia Rodriguez
New York University
2023 – 2026
$59,975.54
Grant

Reducing Inequalities in Opportunities to Learn Mathematics through Adaptive Teacher Professional Development

How can schools design teacher professional development to incorporate asset-based, culturally relevant approaches to math instruction for Latinx students?
Rossella Santagata
University Of California At Irvine
2022 – 2026
$600,000
Grant

Reducing Inequalities for Immigrant, Multilingual Students in Secondary Schools

Do the International Academies, an approach designed to meet the academic needs of English Learners, improve their school performance and attainment?
Adriana Villavicencio
New York University
2022 – 2026
$698,647
Grant

Welcoming Central American newcomer immigrant students: A mixed-methods study of school-community partnerships to reduce inequalities

Rodriguez will explore how school districts and school personnel can facilitate the educational success and social inclusion of recently arrived Central American immigrant students.
Sophia Rodriguez
New York University
2022 – 2027
$350,000
Grant

Directing Change: A Novel Approach to Addressing Disparities in Suicidal Behaviors among Latinx and LGBTQ+ Youth

Does a youth filmmaking suicide prevention program have significant impacts on Latinx and LGBTQ+ youth?
Pamela Morris-Perez
New York University
2022 – 2025
$750,000
Grant

Exploring Family Civics as a Lever for Building Power to Influence Education Among Youth and Parents of Color

Does an intergenerational leadership initiative support families of color in addressing educational inequalities?
Joanna Geller
New York University
2021 – 2026
$735,000
Grant

W.T. Grant Foundation Mixed Methods Consultancy

This grant will support consultations for applicants and grantees and a biennial workshop for grantees to build their capacity to conduct mixed-methods research that integrates qualitative and quantitative methods.
Nancy Deutsch
University Of Virginia
2021 – 2026
$302,800
Grant

A Lever for More Equitable Access to Schools? Evidence from San Francisco

Do school choice plans that prioritize families in underserved neighborhoods reduce educational inequality for low-income students and students of color?
Damon Clark
University Of California At Irvine
2020 – 2026
$519,868
Grant

Prosecutorial Reform Initiative

What is the viability of prosecutorial reform as a way to reduce inequality in the justice system?
Anna Harvey
New York University
2020 – 2024
$539,589
Grant

R3: Science-Based Policy and Practice to Protect Five Million American Youth in a Time of Crisis

Yoshikawa, Chaudry, CLASP, and NILC will collaborate on research-based responses to policy and legal challenges threatening the ability of unauthorized youth and citizen youth with unauthorized parents to access health ...
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
New York University
2017 – 2018
$91,870
Grant

Youth Organizing Trajectories: Critical Consciousness, Developmental Competencies, and School Engagement

Can youth organizing experiences help young people develop critical consciousness and developmental competencies and promote their school engagement?
David Kirkland
New York University
2017 – 2021
Grant

Improving Experiences and Outcomes of Immigrant Youth: An Examination of the Internationals Network for Public Schools

How can high schools better serve newly arrived immigrant students?
Hua-Yu Cherng
New York University
2017 – 2021
$588,189
Grant

Subsidized Housing and Children’s School Outcomes: Evidence from Housing Lotteries

Does moving into newly constructed, place-based subsidized housing improve the educational experiences and outcomes of near-poor children?
Ingrid Ellen
New York University
2016 – 2021
Grant

Leveling the Playing Field for High School Choice through Decision Supports: A Randomized Intervention Study

How can programs help low-income students make informed high school choices?
Sean Corcoran
Vanderbilt University
2015 – 2018
Grant

Paradoxes and Inequities in Special Education and the Law

How do historical, social, and economic factors within school districts affect their response to receiving a federal citation for racial disproportionality in special education?
Adai Tefera
University Of Arizona
2015 – 2016
Grant

Strengthening Connections Between Education Research and Practice in New York City

This grant will support the Research Alliance for New York City School’s efforts to be a sustainable source of high-quality, nonpartisan evidence that helps advance equity and excellence in the city’s public schools.
James Kemple
New York University
2014 – 2018
$150,000
Grant

Asian American Students in an Urban Public School District: Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice

Sumie Okazaki, a professor of applied psychology at New York University, will immerse herself in two vastly different organizations to observe how they limit and facilitate opportunities for Asian American ...
Sumie Okazaki
New York University
2014 – 2015
$151,974
Grant

Advancing Research on Youth Settings by Exploring Program Quality and Outcomes for Runaway/Homeless Youth

How do long-term care facilities for runaway, homeless youth promote positive development?
Marya Gwadz
New York University
2014 – 2017
Grant

Income Instability, Family Processes, and Youth Development

Morris and her colleagues will leverage data from an existing randomized control trial of a conditional cash transfer program—Opportunity New York City-Family Rewards Program (ONYC)—to examine if and how income instability affects family processes and youth school outcomes.
Lisa Gennetian
Duke University
2013 – 2016
Grant

An Experimental Study of Neighborhood Stigma and the Penalty of Place

This grant will tackle the persistent challenge of whether residence in disadvantaged neighborhoods leads to economic disadvantage.
Patrick Sharkey
New York University
2013 – 2015
Grant

Contexts That Support Effective Teaching in New York City Schools

What contexts support effective teaching in New York City schools?
James Kemple
New York University
2012 – 2013
Grant

Contextualizing Gay-Straight Alliances: Who They Serve and Variability in How They Function as Youth Settings

Poteat will investigate the composition and social dynamics of an important after-school activity, Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs).
Paul Poteat
Boston College
2012 – 2013
Grant

Crime, Context and Academic Performance

Investigators will examine the impact of recent exposure to violent crime on academic achievement and how the impact varies with respect to the timing of the incident, its physical proximity to the student, and the degree of violence.
Amy Ellen Schwartz
New York University
2011 – 2014
Grant

Board Strengthening and Organizational Sustainability

The Forum will work with an outside consultant to focus on three areas: board strengthening, board growth and transitioning, and fund development.
Karen Pittman
The Forum For Youth Investment
2010 – 2011
$25,000
Grant

The Role of Settings on Relational and Academic Engagement for Latino Community College Students

Latinos are the largest and fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S., but they are significantly underrepresented in higher education.
Robert Teranishi
New York University
2010 – 2013
Grant

The Impact of Acute Violence and Other Environmental Stressors on Cognitive Functioning and School Performance

How do incidents of extreme violence or other stressors in adolescents’ neighborhoods affect their cognitive functioning and school performance?
Patrick Sharkey
New York University
2010 – 2015
$350,000
Grant

Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards: An Embedded Child and Family Study of Conditional Cash Transfers

How do conditional cash transfers (CCTs) to low-income families affect youth time use, family interactions, youth academic expectations and motivations, and youth mental health and behavior problems?
James Riccio
Mdrc
2009 – 2012
Grant

15th Annual Black Graduate Student Conference in Psychology

Support was given for the 15th Annual Black Graduate Student Conference in Psychology, which is hosted by New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development.
Jacqueline Mattis
New York University
2009 – 2010
$5,000
Grant

Changing Classroom Climate and Other School Micro-Contexts: The 4Rs Setting-Level Study

Can a school-wide social-emotional learning and literacy program improve how classrooms function? Do the effects of the program also extend to non-classroom school settings?
Joshua Brown
Fordham University
2006 – 2010
Grant

Improving Conditions of Children and Youth in Distressed Urban Areas: National Framework, Local Experience

Ms. Holleman will work with faculty at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, including coursework in statistics and policy analysis, analyses of research questions, and participation in ...
Martha Holleman
Safe And Sound: Baltimore's Campaign For Children And Youth
2006 – 2008
$178,725
Grant

Children’s Health, its Relationship to Their Family’s Routines and Rituals, and Parent Strategies

What are the relationships between children’s health and family daily routines and rituals? What strategies do parents use to construct and maintain family routines and rituals?
Ruth Segal
New York University
2004 – 2005
Grant

Changing Settings to Foster Adaptive Development Among Adolescents

What are the critical mechanisms in social settings that create positive youth development? By what means can we improve these positive settings?
Marybeth Shinn
New York University
2004 – 2007
$79,749
Grant

Reading, Writing, Respect, and Resolution: The Causal Effects of a School-Wide Social-Emotional Learning and Literacy Intervention on Teachers and Children

Can the school-wide implementation of the 4Rs curriculum intervention–focusing on reading, writing, respect, and resolution–improve student outcomes?
J. Lawrence Aber
New York University
2004 – 2008
Grant

Mental Health Treatment in the Context of Welfare Reform Policy: An Experimental Examination of the Effects of Maternal Depression on Children and Youth

How and when do changes in mothers’ depression and stress affect the psychological and physiological development of children and adolescents in low-income families? How can we create welfare policy that ...
Pamela Morris-Perez
New York University
2004 – 2009
$320,000
Grant

Parental Socialization Influences on Academic Engagement and Performance Among African American, Chinese, and Dominican Adolescents

How does parent socialization influence academic engagement across cultural groups?
Diane Hughes
New York University
2004 – 2008

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Subha Varadarajan

Subha Varadarajan is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Subha Varadarajan
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Pamela Joshi

Pamela Joshi is a co-PI on 1 grant to Boston University.
Pamela Joshi
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Adriana Villavivencio

Adriana Villavivencio is a co-PI on 2 grants to University of California at Irvine and a co-PI on 2 grants to New York University.
Adriana Villavivencio
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Luis Rodriguez

Luis Rodriguez is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Luis Rodriguez
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Leslie McCall

Leslie McCall is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Leslie McCall
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Dale Maglalang

Dale Maglalang is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Dale Maglalang
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Cheri Fancsali

Cheri Fancsali is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Cheri Fancsali
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Sophia Rodriguez

Sophia Rodriguez is a PI on 3 grants to New York University; an author on 2 blog posts; and is mentioned in 2 news articles.
Sophia Rodriguez
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Sean Corcoran

Sean Corcoran is a PI on 2 grants to Vanderbilt University.
Sean Corcoran
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Siwei Cheng

Siwei Cheng is a PI on 1 grant to New York University and is mentioned in 1 news article.
Siwei Cheng
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Lisa Gennetian

Lisa Gennetian is a PI on 3 grants and a co-PI on 1 grant to Duke University, and is mentioned in 1 news article.
Lisa Gennetian
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Adriana Villavicencio

Adriana Villavicencio is a PI on 1 grant and a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University and a co-PI on 2 grants to University of California at Irvine, and is mentioned in 1 blog post.
Adriana Villavicencio
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Hua-Yu Cherng

Hua-Yu Cherng is a PI on 1 grant and a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Hua-Yu Cherng
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Marguerite Lukes

Marguerite Lukes is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Marguerite Lukes
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Pamela Morris-Perez

Pamela Morris-Perez is a PI on 2 grants to New York University, a co-PI on 1 grant to Duke University, and a co-PI on 1 grant to MDRC.
Pamela Morris-Perez
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Rachel Abenavoli

Rachel Abenavoli is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Rachel Abenavoli
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Jana Sczersputowski

Jana Sczersputowski is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Jana Sczersputowski
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Stan Collins

Stan Collins is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Stan Collins
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Judith McVarish

Judith McVarish
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Joshua Aronson

Joshua Aronson
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Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Hirokazu Yoshikawa is a PI on 2 grants to New York University and a co-PI on 1 grant to Boston College; an author on 1 publication; and is mentioned in 1 news article.
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
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Matthew Diemer

Matthew Diemer is a co-PI on 2 grants to New York University and is an author on 1 publication.
Matthew Diemer
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Joanna Geller

Joanna Geller is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Joanna Geller
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Gigliana Melzi

Gigliana Melzi is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Gigliana Melzi
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Katrina Debnam

Katrina Debnam is a co-PI on 1 grant to University of Virginia.
Katrina Debnam
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Vincent Guilamo-Ramos

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is a PI on 2 grants to Duke University and is mentioned in 1 news article.
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos
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Jennifer Doleac

Jennifer Doleac is a PI on 1 grant to Texas A&M University and a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University and is mentioned in 1 news article.
Jennifer Doleac
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Anna Harvey

Anna Harvey is a PI on 1 grant to New York University and is mentioned in 1 news article.
Anna Harvey
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Amanda Agan

Amanda Agan is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University and is mentioned in 1 news article.
Amanda Agan
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David Colarusso

David Colarusso is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
David Colarusso
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David Kirkland

David Kirkland is a PI on 1 grant to New York University and is an author on 1 publication.
David Kirkland
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Ajay Chaudry

Ajay Chaudry is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Ajay Chaudry
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Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng

Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng is mentioned in 1 blog post.
Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng
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Rosann Tung

Rosann Tung
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J. Lawrence Aber

J. Lawrence Aber
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Pamela Morris

Pamela Morris
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Sara McAlister

Sara McAlister is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Sara McAlister
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Reva Jaffe-Walter

Reva Jaffe-Walter is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Reva Jaffe-Walter
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Marcelo Suarez-Orozco

Marcelo Suarez-Orozco is a PI on 1 grant to University of California, Los Angeles and a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco
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Ingrid Ellen

Ingrid Ellen is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Ingrid Ellen
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Jeanne Brooks-Gunn

Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
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Elyzabeth Gaumer

Elyzabeth Gaumer is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Elyzabeth Gaumer
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Jennifer Jennings

Jennifer Jennings is a co-PI on 1 grant to Vanderbilt University.
Jennifer Jennings
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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj is a co-PI on 1 grant to Vanderbilt University.
Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
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Sarah Cohodes

Sarah Cohodes is a co-PI on 1 grant to Vanderbilt University.
Sarah Cohodes
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Pedro Noguera

Pedro Noguera is a co-PI on 1 grant to University of Arizona.
Pedro Noguera
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Catherine Voulgarides

Catherine Voulgarides is a co-PI on 1 grant to University of Arizona.
Catherine Voulgarides
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James Kemple

James Kemple is a PI on 2 grants to New York University.
James Kemple
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Sumie Okazaki

Sumie Okazaki is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Sumie Okazaki
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Marya Gwadz

Marya Gwadz is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Marya Gwadz
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Charles Cleland

Charles Cleland is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Charles Cleland
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James Bolas

James Bolas is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
James Bolas
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Margo Hirsch

Margo Hirsch is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Margo Hirsch
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Noelle Leonard

Noelle Leonard is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Noelle Leonard
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Heather Hill

Heather Hill is a PI on 1 grant to University of Washington and a co-PI on 1 grant to Duke University.
Heather Hill
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Patrick Sharkey

Patrick Sharkey is a PI on 2 grants and a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Patrick Sharkey
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Jacob Faber

Jacob Faber is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Jacob Faber
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William Marinell

William Marinell is a co-PI on 1 grant to New York University.
William Marinell
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Amy Ellen Schwartz

Amy Ellen Schwartz is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Amy Ellen Schwartz
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Joshua Brown

Joshua Brown is a PI on 2 grants to Fordham University, a co-PI on 1 grant to Strategic Education Research Partnership, and a co-PI on 1 grant to Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility Inc.
Joshua Brown
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Niobe Way

Niobe Way is a PI on 1 grant to Society for Research on Adolescence.
Niobe Way
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Lynda Zimmerman

Lynda Zimmerman is a PI on 1 grant to Creative Arts Team, Inc.
Lynda Zimmerman
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J. Lawrence Aber

J. Lawrence Aber is a PI on 1 grant to New York University and a co-PI on 1 grant to The Forum for Youth Investment.
J. Lawrence Aber
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Robert Teranishi

Robert Teranishi is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Robert Teranishi
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Stephanie Jones

Stephanie Jones is a co-PI on 1 grant to Strategic Education Research Partnership, a co-PI on 1 grant to Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility Inc, and a co-PI on 1 grant to Fordham University.
Stephanie Jones
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Jacqueline Mattis

Jacqueline Mattis is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Jacqueline Mattis
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Beth Weitzman

Beth Weitzman is a co-PI on 1 grant to Safe and Sound: Baltimore’s Campaign for Children and Youth.
Beth Weitzman
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Ruth Segal

Ruth Segal is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Ruth Segal
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Marybeth Shinn

Marybeth Shinn is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Marybeth Shinn
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Diane Hughes

Diane Hughes is a PI on 1 grant to New York University.
Diane Hughes

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  •  May 1, 2020

Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas — Spring 2020

We are proud to announce six new research grants, including five to support studies on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and one to support a study on improving the use ...
Foundation Staff
Six New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas — Spring 2020
Digest, Issue 05: Winter 2019-20

No Small Matters: Reimagining the Use of Research Evidence From A Racial Justice Perspective

We can no more afford methodologically rich research studies that lack racial consciousness than we can afford racially conscious studies that lack methodological rigor.
David Kirkland
No Small Matters: Reimagining the Use of Research Evidence From A Racial Justice Perspective
Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Integrating Rigor and Relevance in Research: Three Questions

How can research to improve the lives of youth in the United States also benefit the other 95 percent of the world’s youth? Questions like this highlight the urgency of bringing the highest levels of rigor to relevant research.
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Integrating Rigor and Relevance in Research: Three Questions
Blog Post

Intersecting Inequalities: Research to Reduce Inequality for Immigrant-Origin Children and Youth

Carola Suárez-Orozco and colleagues explore how inequality plays out along six dimensions of disadvantage particular to immigrant-origin families. The authors outline how developments in educational and family contexts can ...
Carola Suarez-Orozco
,
Vivian Tseng
,
and Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Intersecting Inequalities: Research to Reduce Inequality for Immigrant-Origin Children and Youth

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