post_year

2016

Awarded Grants

Grant

Reducing Inequalities through Student Networks: Social Network Influences on Academic Engagement and Achievement

Can students’ peer networks be leveraged to reduce racial and ethnic inequalities in academic outcomes?
Patrick Tolan
University Of Virginia
2016 – 2022
Grant

APT Validation Study III: Reducing Cultural Bias in Youth Program Quality Observations

How can cultural bias in observations of youth program quality be minimized?
Linda Charmaraman
Wellesley College
2016 – 2018
Grant

State Education Agencies (SEAs) Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice in School Improvement Plans

This grant will enable the CCSSO to support its members, top officials, and staff from every state education agency (SEA) in implementing the evidence-based provisions for school improvement of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
Carrie Phillips
Council Of Chief State School Officers
2016 – 2017
$25,000
Grant

Rapid Response Fund

This grant will support the creation of a Rapid Response Fund (RRF) to build the capacity and knowledge of teachers and school staff to support vulnerable youth.
Kent McGuire
Southern Education Foundation
2016 – 2017
$50,000
Grant

The Harvard Grant Study Documentary

This grant will provide continued support for the production of a documentary that chronicles the last years of the participants of the Grant Study of Adult Development.
Jeremy Cohan
New York Foundation For The Arts (for Artmakers)
2016 – 2017
$25,000
Grant

Making Community Colleges Engines for Social Mobility: A Century Foundation Working Group on Financial Resources

What is the cost of providing high-quality undergraduate instruction at two-year public community colleges, particularly for low-income students?
Richard Kahlenberg
The Century Foundation
2016 – 2019

Articles & More

Publication

Urban Regimes, Intermediary Organization Networks, and Research Use: Patterns Across Three School Districts

This study examines the role that local intermediary organization networks play influencing the use of research evidence in the education policymaking process.
Janelle Scott
,
Elizabeth Debray
,
Christopher Lubienski
,
Priya Goel La Londe
,
Elise Castillo
,
and Stephen Owens
Urban Regimes, Intermediary Organization Networks, and Research Use: Patterns Across Three School Districts
Blog Post

Yes, Your Research can Matter in the Real World

By bringing racial justice to the work I’m already doing, I can make it matter.
Joanna Williams
Yes, Your Research can Matter in the Real World
Tools

Guides for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement

The Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) has developed State Education Agency and Local Education Agency Guides for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement which will be required under the Every Student Succeeds Act. These Guides were made possible with ...
Florida Center for Reading Research
Guides for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement
Blog Post

Creating Partnerships: Learning New Ways to Connect

Building an RPP is hard work. They are complex organisms, with structures, processes, and roles that evolve as partnerships mature and adapt. However they form, we have observed five elements that seem to come together in successful partnerships.
John Easton
,
Lauren Supplee
,
and Vivian Tseng
Creating Partnerships: Learning New Ways to Connect

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