What are promising strategies for engaging community-based groups in research partnerships to promote the use of research evidence in educational decision making?
Lisa Chamberlain, assistant professor and co-founder and director of the Community Pediatrics and Advocacy Rotation and the Pediatric Residency Stanford Advocacy track, will immerse herself in the office of California State Assembly member Richard Pan, M.D. She will work ...
Most English-language learners (ELLs) are taught in all-English language classrooms, and we know very little about what features of those classrooms are associated with higher levels of ELL achievement.
Is it possible to identify and accurately measure the instructional practices of middle school English/language arts classrooms that predict classroom effects on student achievement?
What are the characteristics of both students’ group dynamics and the culture of high schools that promote or discourage Black and Latino students’ inclusion in school life and academic advancement? Are these characteristics different in schools that are predominantly minority ...
Brian Jacob is a PI on 1 grant to Harvard University, a co-PI on 1 grant to Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, and a co-PI on 1 grant to Stanford University.
As we approach policy changes that present important opportunities for researchers, I would like to share some “meditations” about language, as well as the worlds of education policy and practice, which I have repeated to myself over the years as ...
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...
With more than five-million English-language learners in U.S. schools, a research-based consensus is needed to assess classroom practices that promote their school achievement. Classroom Qualities for English Language Learners in Language Arts Instruction (CQELL) is an observation tool that ...
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.
