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What would change if schools approached immigrant families as people whose knowledge educators need, rather than people schools need to teach how to participate? Federal and state policies shape many...

A highlight of my year is spending time with William T. Grant mentoring grantees at our annual retreat, which is designed to create community and inspire and support mentor dyads. Our particular...

Since 2014, the Foundation has called on social scientists to shift their orientation from understanding the causes and consequences of inequality to examining ways to reduce it. And we provide...

Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images U.S. immigration policies and their enforcement disproportionately affect Latinx families, consequently impacting the mental health of Latinx adults, adolescents,...

One hundred and fifty years ago this month, on June 27, 1876, visionary entrepreneur and retailer William T. Grant was born in Stevensville, Pennsylvania. Grant opened his first department store,...

Immigrant-origin youth in the United States are being targeted in today’s hostile political climate. But supportive responses exist at multiple levels, from federal, to state, to local, to...

When staff present at conferences or talk with interested applicants, we sometimes encounter the misperception that the William T. Grant Foundation funds only quantitative intervention studies. While...

Amid the 2020 racial reckoning following George Floyd’s murder, school districts nationwide ushered in new policies to implement inclusive, antiracist curriculum. In the following years,...

The Institutional Challenge Grant supports university-based research institutes, schools, and centers in building sustained research-practice partnerships with public agencies or nonprofit...

Evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM) is a critical pathway to more effective policies, programmes, and practices. EIPM is supported through interventions such as capacity-building, evidence...

Federal actions in the second Trump administration have placed higher education institutions at a critical crossroads as they navigate how best to support undocumented and international students...

I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the 2026 Meeting of the American Education Research Association. Over the course of the week, staff and grantees of the Foundation will participate...

Career development is a cornerstone of the Foundation’s approach to grantmaking. One way we do this is through investing in efforts that foster supportive environments for scholars from groups...

Photo courtesy of San Francisco Unified School District-UC Berkeley RPP Improving outcomes for students, families, and communities increasingly depends on new forms of collaboration that bring...

In the face of organized efforts to silence research, the Foundation will continue to leverage our funding to strengthen the field and advance institutional reforms that value community-engaged...

Local students celebrating the end of the Starr Hill Pathways summer camp. Photo courtesy of the UVA Center for Community Partnerships. Photo credit: Sydney Shuler. As an R1 institution, the...

Photo courtesy of Brave House. Credit: @just_a_spectator Finding a sanctuary to feel safe, seen, and supported can be life-changing. This is especially true for young immigrant women navigating...

The deadline for our Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants (YSCG) program, which supports activities to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of small nonprofit organizations in New York City...

"The rapidity, constancy, and mean-spiritedness of the moment is demoralizing. We would be well advised to look to history for guidance."

Next week, education researchers will convene at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Denver. We come together at a critical moment. The research...