post_year

2020

Awarded Grants

Grant

Are Racial Equity Policies an Effective Lever to Reduce Educational Inequality for Black Students?

How can policymakers, school district leaders, and school leaders develop and implement racial equity policies that reduce inequalities for Black students?
Terrance Green
University Of Texas At Austin
2020 – 2025
$350,000
Grant

Consistently Crucial but Invariably Ignored: Testing the Role of Coordination in The Use of Research Evidence

Can the Coordinated Knowledge System for improving the use of research evidence in mental health be made less intensive yet still impactful?
Kimberly Becker
University Of South Carolina
2020 – 2025
$638,475
Grant

Understanding the Impact of Integration Policies in New York City Public Schools

Can two NYC district-wide plans to diversify middle schools through student assignment policies result in greater diversity, improve student outcomes, and reduce the achievement gap by race and class?
Parag Pathak
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
2020 – 2024
$499,526.40
Grant

Can Ethnic Studies Courses Reduce Racial Inequality as They Scale? Evidence from Three Research Practice Partnerships

Do ethnic studies courses reduce racial and ethnic inequalities in students’ academic and socio-emotional outcomes?
Emily Penner
University Of California At Irvine
2020 – 2025
$695,000
Grant

The impact of upstream prevention of homelessness on youth educational and developmental outcomes

Boston College of Social Work and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley will address homelessness for youth and families.
Gautam Yadama
Boston College
2020 – 2026
$677,615
Grant

The Northwestern-Evanston Education Research Alliance (NEERA): Designing for Equity and Excellence in Education

Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy will partner with the Evanston Township High School District 202 and Evanston/Skokie District 65 to provide more equitable school experiences for low-income students and students of color.
Mesmin Destin
Northwestern University
2020 – 2026
Grant

Understanding and Intervening on Inequities in Chronic Absenteeism and its Consequences among High School Students

The University of California, Berkeley, and the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) will pursue a research agenda to reduce inequalities in chronic absenteeism, and, in turn, academic difficulties and school dropout.
Emily Ozer
University Of California At Berkeley
2020 – 2026
$687,487

Articles & More

Blog Post

Fostering Equitable and Effective Use of Digital Tools in K-12 Classrooms

Digital educational tools are touted for their promise in increasing equitable access to enhanced learning opportunities and improving educational outcomes for K-12 students. Yet there is a growing consensus that the thorniest challenges schools and educators face in integrating educational ...
Carolyn Heinrich
,
Jennifer Darling-Aduana
,
and Annalee Good
Fostering Equitable and Effective Use of Digital Tools in K-12 Classrooms
Blog Post

President’s Comment: Research Can Help us Chart the Path to Racial Justice

As we make our way through this terrible time, with the health and economic devastation of the pandemic disproportionately manifested in communities of color compounded by searing examples of racial injustice, we reflect on what more we, as a funder ...
Adam Gamoran
President’s Comment: Research Can Help us Chart the Path to Racial Justice
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  •  Jun 1, 2020

William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations Award Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

The swift, systematic review of existing research is jointly designed by both partners to ensure that the questions guiding the synthesis are responsive to real information needs of decision makers.
Foundation Staff

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