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In Studying the Use of Research Evidence: A Review of Methods, Drew Gitomer and Kevin Crouse highlight measures and methods from a range of methodological traditions that have been employed by...

Drew Gitomer and Kevin Crouse

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Education Policy, Politics, and Evidence

How does politics influence incentives to acquire, interpret, and use research evidence in policymaking?

M. Stephen Weatherford and Lorraine McDonnell

University of California, Santa Barbara

2019 – 2020
$49,956.00

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Research Partnerships

This award will enable the Pew Charitable Trusts and the William T. Grant Foundation to develop a cross-sector network of funders, researchers, and practitioners focused on improving the use of...

Angela Bednarek

The Pew Charitable Trusts

2019 – 2020
$50,000.00

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How Summer Jobs Programs Can Help Reduce Inequality Among Youth

With funding from the William T. Grant Foundation, I have been engaged in a multi-year evaluation with the Boston Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development to assess the impact of the city’s summer...

Alicia Modestino

2/21/2019

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AERA Institute on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education Research

This award will support the attendance of graduate students and early-career researchers at a one-day American Educational Research Association (AERA) preconference on diversity, equity, and...

George Wimberly

American Educational Research Association

2019 – 2026
$15,000.00

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George Wimberly

American Educational Research Association

Issue 04: Winter 2018-19

A New Agenda for Eliminating Racial Inequality in the United States: The Research We Need

A genuine confrontation with racial inequality will require a new way of thinking that challenges the structural roots of racial disadvantage and the consequences of generations of anti-Black...

William Darity

Issue 04: Winter 2018-19

Research on reducing inequality: Why programs and practices matter, even in an unequal society

Ultimately, with an eye toward the root of the challenge, approaches to reducing inequality at the branch can lead to change in the long run.

David Yeager

Issue 04: Winter 2018-19

Once More from the Top: Examining Macro-Social Structures of Inequality to Improve Youth Outcomes

In this essay, Tim Smeeding discusses how new research may aim toward finding policy solutions that disrupt the larger foundations of inequality in the United States in order to improve youth...

Timothy M. Smeeding

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Does Subsidized Public Health Insurance for Parents Improve Children’s Human Capital and Close Achievement Gaps?

The Effect of Requiring Structured English Immersion Training for General Education Teachers on Student Achievement

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Robert Olsen

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Studying the Use of Research Evidence: A Review of Methods

Education Policy, Politics, and Evidence

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How Summer Jobs Programs Can Help Reduce Inequality Among Youth

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George Wimberly

A New Agenda for Eliminating Racial Inequality in the United States: The Research We Need

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Once More from the Top: Examining Macro-Social Structures of Inequality to Improve Youth Outcomes

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