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Can better indicators of school financing reduce the poverty achievement gap?

Does civic participation and collective efficacy reduce disparities in educational, economic, and social outcomes for youth?

What organizational conditions facilitate the absorption of new research knowledge by school districts?

How can youth programs leverage the knowledge and experiences of Latino parents to promote the literacy development of children of immigrants?

Does extending benefits and care beyond age 18 help youth in foster care achieve better economic and educational outcomes as they transition to adulthood?

Do peer networks help reduce inequality in educational and socioeconomic outcomes for immigrant and non-immigrant students?

Do interventions that promote the idea that intelligence is developed, not fixed, reduce inequalities in math achievement?

How do urban schools, libraries, and community-based organizations use digital technologies to help young people become engaged learners?

How can programs help low-income students make informed high school choices?

How do state legislatures form trusting relationships and how do these relationships shape the use of research evidence?

Do scholarship programs that provide academic and social supports help high-achieving, low-income students enroll in and graduate from flagship colleges?

This grant will help researchers and district leaders assess the effectiveness of research–practice partnerships and develop and establish processes to improve partnerships’ effectiveness.

How do desegregation policies and the resulting changes in school settings affect students’ college enrollment, college persistence, and outcomes after college?

How do research–practice partnerships promote the use of research evidence in school districts?

What indicators can help policymakers monitor educational equity?

How do young people’s peer networks and school settings affect the decisions they make about their educational futures?

Can a scholarship program offering college tuition subsidies reduce gaps in college enrollment, credits attempted, and post-secondary credentials earned?

How do historical, social, and economic factors within school districts affect their response to receiving a federal citation for racial disproportionality in special education?

How does foundation-funded research influence policies about teacher quality?

How do school choice policies affect the racial and socioeconomic composition of schools?