Robert Putnam will lead working groups of scholars and practitioners to develop research-informed responses for reducing class gaps in youth opportunities.
This award will support a consultation service and workshop to extend grantees’ capacity to conduct research that integrates qualitative and quantitative methods.
This project will leverage opportunities created by the i3 Learning Community to bring the perspectives of practicing educational reformers to bear on conversations about the use of evidence in educational and social innovation.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Equality of Educational Opportunity Report, now commonly known as the Coleman Report, Johns Hopkins University will assemble leading experts to engage with research and policy questions related to the educational opportunity of the ...
Across Europe and the United States, unequal opportunities for advancement are a major impediment to improving the lives of children and youth. Thomas DiPrete will coordinate a two-day workshop and follow-up project on lessons of the European experience with reducing ...
This grant will support the planning and coordination of a roundtable on the use of research evidence aimed at policymakers and practitioners within the education landscape.
What do we know about inequality in the justice system? What can researchers do about it? John Laub, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland and former Director of the National Institute ...
In their new book, funded in part by the Foundation, Ron Haskins and Greg Margolis analyze how President Obama’s administration has incorporated rigorous evidence of program effectiveness into domestic initiatives on issues ranging from K-12 education to teen pregnancy ...
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.
