post_year

2021

Awarded Grants

Grant

Scaling and Sustaining the Future of the Marcy Lab School

This grant will support fundraising, development, and capacity-building at Marcy Lab.
Reuben Ogbonna
Marcy Lab Inc
2021 – 2024
$60,000

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News
  •  Feb 2, 2021

Call for Proposals: Theories of Blackness, Indigeneity, and Racialization in Research to Reduce Inequality in the Lives of Young People

This small, one-time writing fellowship incorporates three components for each participating Writing Fellow: publication of an original chapter in an edited volume, participation in a writing workshop, and presentation of ...
Foundation Staff
Call for Proposals: Theories of Blackness, Indigeneity, and Racialization in Research to Reduce Inequality in the Lives of Young People
Blog Post

Using Research Well: A Framework for Understanding Quality Use of Research Evidence

Improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth requires clarity not only about what counts as quality evidence, but also what counts as quality use.
Mark Rickinson
,
Lucas Walsh
,
Joanne Gleeson
,
Connie Cirkony
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and Mandy Salisbury
Using Research Well: A Framework for Understanding Quality Use of Research Evidence
News
  •  Jan 22, 2021

Five New York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Improvement Grants

We are pleased to announce that the Foundation has awarded five community-based organizations in New York City $25,000 grants to improve the quality of their youth programs. The Youth Service Improvement Grants (YSIG) program supports activities to improve the quality of ...
Foundation Staff
Five New York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Improvement Grants
News
  •  Jan 22, 2021

Four New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

We are proud to announce four new research grants, including three to support studies on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and one to support a study on improving the use of research evidence. Approved at the Foundation’s fall Board ...
Foundation Staff
Four New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas
News
  •  Jan 13, 2021

William T. Grant Foundation 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists

The William T. Grant Foundation is very pleased to announce the finalists for its 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant competition. Launched in 2017, the Institutional Challenge Grant encourages research institutions to build long-term research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit...
Foundation Staff
William T. Grant Foundation 2021 Institutional Challenge Grant Finalists
Digest, Issue 06: Winter 2020-21

Test Scores are Only a Symptom: The Challenge of Seeking to Close Educational Gaps While Ignoring Historical Legacies

In the quest to address income inequality and intergenerational poverty, it is critical to seek answers to the questions “What works?” and “For whom?” Education is a prime area in ...
Lashawn Richburg-Hayes
Test Scores are Only a Symptom: The Challenge of Seeking to Close Educational Gaps While Ignoring Historical Legacies
Digest, Issue 06: Winter 2020-21

Forging Connections: Grantee Experiences Reaching Audiences Beyond the Academic World

After five years of supporting research on reducing inequality, we’re proud of the body of work that grantees are producing and we’re inspired by their efforts to inform thought and action beyond the university gates.
Lenore Neier
Forging Connections: Grantee Experiences Reaching Audiences Beyond the Academic World
Digest, Issue 06: Winter 2020-21

Can Policy Interventions Reduce Inequality? Looking Beyond Test Scores for Evidence

Learning how particular government policies affect families requires well-designed and well-coordinated mixed-methods research that pays attention to a variety of indicators of success.
Richard Murnane
Can Policy Interventions Reduce Inequality? Looking Beyond Test Scores for Evidence
Digest, Issue 06: Winter 2020-21

Identifying and Testing Strategies to Improve the Use of Antiracist Research Evidence through Critical Race Lenses

Encouraging the use of evidence from antiracist research requires thinking differently about what is relevant, how antiracist perspectives are built into routines for using research, and what it means to ...
Fabienne Doucet
Identifying and Testing Strategies to Improve the Use of Antiracist Research Evidence through Critical Race Lenses

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