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This grant will support the Forum for Youth Investment to produce three papers that share key learnings from the Foundation-supported Cross-Agency Learning Community on Federal Investments in...

Thaddeus Ferber

The Forum for Youth Investment

2016 – 2017
$25,000.00

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Thomas Toch

Education Sector, Education Writers Association and Georgetown University

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Sandra Newman

Johns Hopkins University

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Sherick Hughes

North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Pamela Garner

George Mason University and North Carolina State University

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C. Scott Holupka

Johns Hopkins University

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The Next Phase in our Research Focus: Improving the Use of Research Evidence

We are shifting our focus from understanding how and under what conditions research is used to understanding how to create those conditions in order to improve the use of research evidence.

Kim DuMont

12/15/2015

Doing Research to Reduce Inequality

Inequality and Opportunity: The Role of Exclusion, Social Capital, and Generic Social Processes in Upward Mobility

While many macro-level policies and interventions to address poverty are essential to the survival of the poor, a closer consideration of how these policies or programs are experienced at the...

Linda Burton and Whitney Welsh

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Linda Burton

Boston College, Duke University and Pennsylvania State University

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Whitney Welsh

Duke University

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Evidence at the Crossroads Pt. 6: Evidence is Only as Good as What You Do With It

We need a cookbook full of recipes for effective practice, but even better is knowing how to create recipes for effective practice from the ingredients on hand in the local kitchen.

Mark Lipsey

12/10/2015

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Mark Lipsey

Mark Lipsey is a Research Professor in the Dept. of Human & Organizational Development and Director of the Peabody Research Institute and Vanderbilt University.

Vanderbilt Institute of Public Policy Studies and Vanderbilt University

From the Field

Evidence at the Crossroads Pt. 5: Improving Implementation Research

If our search for effective reforms for educational practice is successful, having strong and reliable evidence on implementation will be crucial for enacting real reform in our schools.

Barbara D. Goodson

12/1/2015

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Mechanisms of Change in a Coping Skills-based Prevention Program for Adolescents in Low-income Urban Neighborhoods

How does a coping skills program help youth from low-income urban neighborhoods cope with stressors that are common to their communities?

Angela Clarke

West Chester University

2015 – 2019

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Barbara D. Goodson

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Angela Clarke

West Chester University

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Can Housing Assistance Reduce Inequality Among Youth?

Tracking Policymakers’ Acquisition and Use of Research Evidence Regarding Childhood Obesity in the News Media

Education Opportunity Monitoring Project (EOMP)

School Performance Measurement in California’s CORE School Districts: A Policy Analysis

Cross-Agency Learning Community on Federal Investments in Research and Evaluation

Thomas Toch

Sandra Newman

Sherick Hughes

Pamela Garner

C. Scott Holupka

The Next Phase in our Research Focus: Improving the Use of Research Evidence

Inequality and Opportunity: The Role of Exclusion, Social Capital, and Generic Social Processes in Upward Mobility

Linda Burton

Whitney Welsh

Evidence at the Crossroads Pt. 6: Evidence is Only as Good as What You Do With It

Mark Lipsey

Evidence at the Crossroads Pt. 5: Improving Implementation Research

Mechanisms of Change in a Coping Skills-based Prevention Program for Adolescents in Low-income Urban Neighborhoods

Barbara D. Goodson

Angela Clarke

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