Capacity-Building and Communications

This grant will support the formation of another learning community to strengthen our work on improving research-practice connections.

There has been a recent push by policymakers to reduce the federal footprint in education policy and shift the responsibility for education reform to states. NASBE plans to establish a Center for Evidence-based State Policy to promote collaboration between state ...

This grant will support the dissemination of grantee work on the use of research evidence to policymakers and practitioners.

This grant will support the formation of a learning community of research-practice networks.

How can we motivate informed political participation by young Americans?

Support for the Collaborative to Enhance Diversity in Science (CEDS) workshop of organizational leaders involved in developing scientists from under-represented groups.

What are the costs and benefits of Philanthropic investments in K-12 education approaches?

What is the status of California’s after-school movement?

Lieber will provide consultation services to build grantee capacity in conducting mixed-methods research. Lieber and his team will also organize the Foundation’s mixed-methods workshop.

The goal of this project is to develop a conceptual framework that assists in the identification and measurement of factors that contribute to the success of scale-up efforts.