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Social-Emotional Learning, School Outcomes, and Civic Engagement Equity: Leveraging Family and Community Influences

How can social-emotional learning practices promote civic engagement among Black and Latino youth?
Deborah Rivas-Drake
University Of Michigan
2019 – 2022
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Breaking the cycle of poverty and low expectations: How counseling activities predict college undermatch

What types of high-school counseling activities can help low-socioeconomic status students apply to colleges to which they are well-matched and thereby improve their college completion outcomes?
James Rosenbaum
Northwestern University
2019 – 2020
Grant

Do Relative or Absolute Spending Levels Matter More? Progressive Funding Allocations and Low-Income Student Achievement

How do progressive school funding systems affect academic achievement in low-income school districts?
Nathan Favero
American University
2019 – 2021
Grant

How Much Can Evidence from National Studies Improve Local Policy Decisions that Affect Youth?

What is the potential for local decision makers to improve youth outcomes by adopting programs that have yielded positive effects in other sites?
Elizabeth Stuart
Johns Hopkins University
2019 – 2023
Grant

Does Subsidized Public Health Insurance for Parents Improve Children’s Human Capital and Close Achievement Gaps?

Did the state-level expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act improve academic outcomes for low-income children?
Anuj Gangopadhyaya
The Urban Institute
2019 – 2021
Grant

The Effect of Requiring Structured English Immersion Training for General Education Teachers on Student Achievement

Does a state policy requiring general education teachers to receive training in working with English learners improve academic achievement?
Marcus Winters
Boston University
2019 – 2021
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Education Policy, Politics, and Evidence

How does politics influence incentives to acquire, interpret, and use research evidence in policymaking?
M. Stephen Weatherford
University Of California, Santa Barbara
2019 – 2020
$49,956
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IES-Men of Color College Achievement (MoCCA) Project

How can colleges improve services and outcomes for African American male students?
Lashawn Richburg-Hayes
Mdrc
2019 – 2023
$599,112

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  •  May 15, 2019

Five New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

We are proud to announce three new grants to support research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and two new grants to support research on improving the use of research evidence in policy and practice. Approved at the Foundation’s ...
Foundation Staff
Five New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas
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The Voice of Youth is Vital in Defining the Problem and Finding Solutions

Photovoice provides a platform for members of communities to share their narratives and articulate the assets and needs of their neighborhoods. This method can enable youth to promote critical conversations and move their neighbors toward collective identification of problems and ...
Margarita Alegría
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Kiara Alvarez
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and Amanda Nemoyer
The Voice of Youth is Vital in Defining the Problem and Finding Solutions

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