post_year

2019

Awarded Grants

Grant

Raising Academic Achievement in Under-Performing Schools through Improved Management: A Research-Practice Partnership

The University of Toronto and the Puerto Rico Department of Education will partner to produce and use evidence to improve school performance for youth in Puerto Rico.
Gustavo Bobonis
University Of Toronto
2019 – 2025
$649,999.05
Grant

Breaking the cycle of poverty and low expectations: How counseling activities predict college undermatch

What types of high-school counseling activities can help low-socioeconomic status students apply to colleges to which they are well-matched and thereby improve their college completion outcomes?
James Rosenbaum
Northwestern University
2019 – 2020
$50,000
Grant

Do Relative or Absolute Spending Levels Matter More? Progressive Funding Allocations and Low-Income Student Achievement

How do progressive school funding systems affect academic achievement in low-income school districts?
Nathan Favero
American University
2019 – 2021
$43,085
Grant

How Much Can Evidence from National Studies Improve Local Policy Decisions that Affect Youth?

What is the potential for local decision makers to improve youth outcomes by adopting programs that have yielded positive effects in other sites?
Elizabeth Stuart
Johns Hopkins University
2019 – 2023
$595,785
Grant

Education Funder Strategy Group

This award supports the Foundation’s continued membership in the Education Funder Strategy Group.
Frank Gettridge
National Public Education Support Fund
2019 – 2021
$50,000

Articles & More

Publication

“Using Evidence in the U.S.” from What Works Now

In this chapter from What Works Now: Evidence-informed Policy and Practice, Vivian Tseng and Cynthia Coburn delineate the evolution of evidence use in the United States, specifically the ways that research evidence has been used in public education. From the ...
Vivian Tseng
 and Cynthia Coburn
“Using Evidence in the U.S.” from What Works Now
Blog Post

The Voice of Youth is Vital in Defining the Problem and Finding Solutions

Photovoice provides a platform for members of communities to share their narratives and articulate the assets and needs of their neighborhoods. This method can enable youth to promote critical conversations and move their neighbors toward collective identification of problems and ...
Margarita Alegría
,
Kiara Alvarez
,
and Amanda Nemoyer
The Voice of Youth is Vital in Defining the Problem and Finding Solutions
Webinars

Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant: Proposing Strategies to Foster Institutional Change

In April 2019, the Foundation held a webinar, hosted by Institutional Challenge Grant selection committee members Adam Gamoran and Michael Gottfredson and senior program officer Kim DuMont, for a discussion of ...
Foundation Staff
Applying for the Institutional Challenge Grant: Proposing Strategies to Foster Institutional Change
News
  •  Apr 5, 2019

Two New Institutional Challenge Grants to Encourage Partnerships Between Universities and Public Organizations

The William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 Institutional Challenge Grant competition.
Foundation Staff
Two New Institutional Challenge Grants to Encourage Partnerships Between Universities and Public Organizations
Blog Post

President’s Comment: Producing Credible Knowledge in an Incredible Era

How can researchers find the motivation to continue to produce knowledge worth considering? And how can we, as supporters of research, best sustain our mission to support them?
Adam Gamoran
President’s Comment: Producing Credible Knowledge in an Incredible Era

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