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Vivian Louie

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Moving it Forward: The Power of Mentoring, and How Universities Can Confront Institutional Barriers Facing Junior Researchers of Color

While the longstanding structural challenges in the professional development of junior scholars of color can be confronted through strong mentoring relationships, the potential power of effective mentoring will only be ...
Vivian Louie
 and Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom
Moving it Forward: The Power of Mentoring, and How Universities Can Confront Institutional Barriers Facing Junior Researchers of Color
Publication

Moving it Forward: The Power of Mentoring, and How Universities Can Confront Institutional Barriers Facing Junior Researchers of Color

While the longstanding structural challenges in the professional development of junior scholars of color can be confronted through strong mentoring relationships, the potential power of effective mentoring will only be ...
Vivian Louie
 and Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom
Moving it Forward: The Power of Mentoring, and How Universities Can Confront Institutional Barriers Facing Junior Researchers of Color
Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Meditations on Language and Learning: ESSA in Policy and Practice

As we approach policy changes that present important opportunities for researchers, I would like to share some “meditations” about language, as well as the worlds of education policy and practice, which I have repeated to myself over the years as ...
Kenji Hakuta
Meditations on Language and Learning: ESSA in Policy and Practice
Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Toward New Research and New Data

Strengthening practice and policy in state and local education systems will be an essential part of reducing inequality for young people in the coming years. And a fundamental piece of the effort to raise student outcomes will be building and ...
Vivian Louie
Toward New Research and New Data
Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Learning English in the Era of the Every Student Succeeds Act

By moving accountability systems from the federal to the state level and highlighting the importance of English learner progress in accountability, ESSA provides an opportunity to develop state accountability systems that better support the learning of ELs. Assessments and data ...
Vivian Louie
Learning English in the Era of the Every Student Succeeds Act
Blog Post

Reducing Inequality for English Learners: Research Questions for the Field

At the William T. Grant Foundation, we have made it a priority to support research on reducing inequality among young people in the United States. A key area for progress is in the policies, programs and practices to reduce unequal ...
Vivian Louie
Reducing Inequality for English Learners: Research Questions for the Field
Blog Post

Toward a New Research Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Adolescent English Learners

Systematically considering programs, practices, and policies that may move the needle in some of these important areas is the next frontier of research if we want to address inequality for this fast growing group of students.
Carola Suarez-Orozco
 and Vivian Louie
Toward a New Research Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Adolescent English Learners
Digest, Issue 01: Summer 2016

The Value of Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research: Examples from our Portfolio on the Social Settings of Youth Development

Taken together, these studies produced deep insights that would not have been accessible through quantitative research alone.
Vivian Louie
The Value of Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research: Examples from our Portfolio on the Social Settings of Youth Development
Digest, Issue 01: Summer 2016

How and Why: Questions that are Well-suited for Qualitative and Mixed Methods

Understanding the social processes that involve interactions between individuals, or between individuals and their contexts, is essential to responding to inequality.
Vivian Louie
How and Why: Questions that are Well-suited for Qualitative and Mixed Methods
Digest, Issue 01: Summer 2016

Why Qualitative Research?

We believe that qualitative and mixed-methods research is essential to building, understanding, testing, and improving responses to inequality.
Vivian Louie
Why Qualitative Research?
Webinars

Webinar: Applying for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality (2015)

In this video, Program Officer Vivian Louie leads a discussion and Q&A on strategies for applicants to develop strong letters of inquiry for research grants in our reducing inequality focus area.
Webinar: Applying for Research Grants on Reducing Inequality (2015)
Blog Post

Changing the Conversation About Inequality—The First Step: Writing the Letter of Inquiry

I’d like to share advice with potential applicants about developing a letter of inquiry for our reducing inequality focus area, the critical first step in the grant application process. How can applicants persuade reviewers of their projects’ potential to ...
Vivian Louie
Changing the Conversation About Inequality—The First Step: Writing the Letter of Inquiry
Blog Post

Changing the Conversation About Inequality: Applying for Research Grants

After reviewing nearly 400 letters of inquiry, we share some thoughts about the research we want to support, along with recommendations for future applicants.
Vivian Louie
Changing the Conversation About Inequality: Applying for Research Grants

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