Jason Downer - William T. Grant Foundation

Awarded Grants

Grant

Recasting the challenges of classroom management: Strengthening capacity of teacher-student interactions to engage diverse learners

How can professional development tools help teachers avoid racial disparities in their disciplinary practices?

Robert Pianta

The Rector And Visitors Of The University Of Virginia

2014 – 2016
$24,994

Grant

Development and Validation of Scalable, Multi-Method Approaches to Measuring Teacher-Student Interactions

The team that developed CLASS will use this grant to develop easy-to-administer tools that assess teacher-student interactions using student and informant (principal/supervisor) surveys.

Jason Downer

Morningside Center For Teaching Social Responsibility

2009 – 2014
$98,998

Grant

Collaborative Project to Continue Developing CLASS/My Teaching Partner

Support was given to Morningside Center for a collaborative project with the University of Virginia to continue to develop and bring to scale the CLASS/My Teaching Partner as a tool for the professional development of teachers.

Tom Roderick

Morningside Center For Teaching Social Responsibility

2009 – 2010
$25,000

Grant

Empirical and Theoretical Issues in Classroom Observation: Creating Practical Tools for School-Based Researchers and Practioners

Research shows that certain classroom relationships and certain types of student-teacher interactions predict achievement gains.

Robert Pianta

The Rector And Visitors Of The University Of Virginia

2007 – 2009
$200,000

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.