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Emily Ozer

Emily Ozer is a PI on 2 grants to University of California, Berkeley; an author on 1 blog post; and is mentioned in 1 blog post and 1 news article.
Emily Ozer
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Janelle Scott

Janelle Scott is a PI on 1 grant to University of California, Berkeley, a co-PI on 1 grant to University of Illinois, Chicago, and a co-PI on 1 grant to Bank Street College of Education; an author on 1 publication and 1 blog post; and ...
Janelle Scott
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Nikki Jones

Nikki Jones is a PI on 3 grants to University of California at Berkeley; an author on 1 publication; and is mentioned in 1 news article and 1 blog post.
Nikki Jones
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Seth Holmes

Seth Holmes is a PI on 3 grants to University of California, Berkeley.
Seth Holmes
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Daniel Schneider

Daniel Schneider is a Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. As Co-Director of The Shift Project, his current research focuses on how precarious and unpredictable work schedules affects household economic security and worker and family health and ...
Daniel Schneider
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Valerie Shapiro

Valerie Shapiro is a PI on 1 grant to University of California, Berkeley and is mentioned in 1 news article.
Valerie Shapiro
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Susan Stone

Susan Stone is a co-PI on 1 grant to University of California, Berkeley.
Susan Stone
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Jesse Rothstein

Jesse Rothstein is a PI on 1 grant to University of California, Berkeley.
Jesse Rothstein
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Travis Bristol

Travis Bristol is a co-PI on 1 grant to George Washington University.
Travis Bristol
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David Harding

David Harding is a PI on 1 grant to University of California, Berkeley.
David Harding
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Heather Harris

Heather Harris is a co-PI on 1 grant to University of California, Berkeley.
Heather Harris
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Prudence Carter

Prudence Carter is a PI on 2 grants to University of California, Berkeley.
Prudence Carter
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Judith Warren Little

Judith Warren Little is a PI on 1 grant to University of California, Berkeley.
Judith Warren Little

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  •  May 1, 2020

Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars Program

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the social, behavioral, and health sciences who have received their terminal degrees within ...
Boston University School of Public Health
,
Brown University
,
Regents of the University of California, Berkeley
,
University of Chicago
,
and University of Texas at Austin
Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars Program
Blog Post

Close to the edge: Service workers and their children at the front lines of a crisis

As the shock of the current health and economic crisis takes a heavy toll on millions of Americans employed in the service sector, we must remember that millions of children are also vulnerable to dire consequences.
Daniel Schneider
 and Kristen Harknett
Close to the edge: Service workers and their children at the front lines of a crisis
Digest, Issue 5: Winter 2019-20

The Long Shadow: Considering How Racism Shapes Justice System Inequality and Efforts to Disrupt it

What is needed is not a one-off intervention, but an informed understanding of how racism makes its way into encounters between youth and police and a commitment to addressing the ...
Nikki Jones
The Long Shadow: Considering How Racism Shapes Justice System Inequality and Efforts to Disrupt it
Blog Post

The Push and Pull of Research: Lessons from a Multi-site Study of Research Use in Education Policy

Despite widespread efforts by intermediaries to shape education by conveying research to policymakers, a recent study finds that very few of these policymakers report using research when making decisions. As ...
Christopher Lubienski
,
Elizabeth Debray
,
and Janelle Scott
The Push and Pull of Research: Lessons from a Multi-site Study of Research Use in Education Policy
Blog Post

Politics of Education Association Special Issue: The Politics of Research Utilization

Edited by Lubienski, Scott, and DeBray, this special issue of Educational Policy includes nine essays on topics related to research use in education, including the roles of district leaders and intermediary groups, school choice, research and diversity policy, and more.
Christopher Lubienski
,
Janelle Scott
,
and Elizabeth Debray
Politics of Education Association Special Issue: The Politics of Research Utilization
Blog Post

Inequality Matters: Framing a Strategic Inequality Research Agenda

We believe that improved inequality scholarship should be one component of efforts to improve young people’s opportunities.
Prudence Carter
 and Sean Reardon
Inequality Matters: Framing a Strategic Inequality Research Agenda
Blog Post

Inequality Matters

Talk of inequality, particularly economic inequality, in the public sphere is commonplace in twenty-first century America. Indeed, various aspects of social inequality—race, gender, class, sexual orientation, and immigrant status—have been the subject of protest, debate, legislation, and...
Prudence Carter
 and Sean Reardon
Inequality Matters

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