M. Stephen Weatherford - William T. Grant Foundation

Awarded Grants

Grant

Education Policy, Politics, and Evidence

How does politics influence incentives to acquire, interpret, and use research evidence in policymaking?

M. Stephen Weatherford

Regents Of The University Of California, Santa Barbara

2019 – 2020
$49,956

Grant

Research Use RFP 2009: Policy Ideas, Entrepreneurs, and Education Research

The common standards movement, which seeks to establish similar academic standards across multiple states, is rapidly gaining traction—the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers have developed a set of core standards and the ...

Lorraine McDonnell

Regents Of The University Of California, Santa Barbara

2010 – 2013
$453,620

Articles & More

Blog Post

Expanding the Definition of Evidence in Studies on the Use of Research Evidence in Policy

During the COVID pandemic, policy debates about how to address the crisis have often been portrayed as scientific knowledge in competition with political rhetoric for public attention. Yet even in this unprecedented case, rarely has evidence of only a single ...

Lorraine McDonnell

and M. Stephen Weatherford

Expanding the Definition of Evidence in Studies on the Use of Research Evidence in Policy

Blog Post

Evidence Use and the Common Core State Standards Movement: From Problem Definition to Policy Adoption

Despite calls for research-based policies, other types of evidence also influence education policy, including personal experience, professional expertise, and normative values. This article focuses on the Common Core State Standards (...

Lorraine McDonnell

and M. Stephen Weatherford

Evidence Use and the Common Core State Standards Movement: From Problem Definition to Policy Adoption

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.