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Jonathan Guryan

Awarded Grants

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Increasing the Reach of Promising Dropout Prevention Programs: Examining the Tradeoffs between Scale and Effectiveness

How can promising education interventions be delivered at scale?
Jens Ludwig
Chapin Hall At The University Of Chicago
2016 – 2020
$530,507
Grant

The Causes of Truancy and Dropout: A Mixed-Methods Experimental Study in Chicago Public Schools

What factors influence the effectiveness of structured mentoring and monitoring interventions designed to reduce school truancy and dropouts?
Jonathan Guryan
Northwestern University
2011 – 2015
$597,811
Grant

Project READS: Proposal for Multi-District Randomized Controlled Trial of a Voluntary Summer Reading Intervention

Can a voluntary summer reading intervention, including a family literacy program, improve the reading motivation and achievement of fourth graders?
James Kim
Harvard University
2007 – 2009
$609,001

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