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President’s Comment: Inequality Is the Problem—What’s Our Response?

From the mayor of New York to President Obama and Pope Francis, hardly a day goes by without a prominent leader decrying the degree of inequality in the United States and worldwide. Our view at the...

Adam Gamoran

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Amici and the Courts: A Case Study of the Research Use Process of Intermediary Actors

How do changes in social networks and available evidence affect the acquisition, interpretation, and use of research evidence when developing amicus curiae briefs

Patricia Marin, Catherine Horn, Karen Miksch and Liliana Garces

Michigan State University

2014 – 2017

Grant

How Beginning Elementary Teachers’ Social Networks Affect Ambitious Math Instruction in the Current Evaluation Climate

How do new teachers' colleagues influence their lesson planning and math instruction?

kenneth Frank, Kristen Bieda, Serena Salloum and Peter Youngs

Ball State University

2014 – 2019

Grant

Improving Chronically Underperforming School Settings? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from NCLB Waivers

Do policies that designate specific levels of functioning and support for schools result in elevated student achievement?

Thomas Dee, Brian Jacob and Steven Hemelt

Stanford University

2014 – 2017

Grant

A New Look at Neighborhood Ethnic Concentration: Implications for Mexican-Origin Adolescents’ Cultural Adaptation and Adjustment

How do ethnically concentrated neighborhoods influence Latino adolescents’ development?

Rebecca White

Arizona State University

2014 – 2021
$350,000.00

Grant

Critical Contexts for the Formation of Natural Mentoring Relationships among Economically Disadvantaged African American Adolescents: A Focus on Families and Neighborhoods

How can family and neighborhood settings support the development of mentoring relationships between economically disadvantaged African-American adolescents and the adults in their everyday lives?

Noelle Hurd

University of Virginia

2014 – 2021
$350,000.00

Grant

Toward a Sociological, Contextual Perspective on Psychological Interventions

How and to what extent do the effects of social-psychological interventions vary across different settings?

David Yeager

University of Texas at Austin

2014 – 2020
$350,000.00

Grant

Benefits and Challenges of Ethnic Diversity in Middle Schools: The Mediating Role of Peer Groups

Do ethnically diverse peer groups provide psychosocial and academic benefits to early adolescents?

Joanna Williams

University of Virginia

2014 – 2020
$350,000.00

Grant

Children in Limbo: A Transactional Model of Foster Care Placement Instability

Why do some children in the child welfare system experience placement disruptions that increase in frequency and speed over their time in care?

Michael MacKenzie

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

2014 – 2019
$350,000.00

Grant

Learning from Variation In Program Effects:Methods, Tools, and Insights from Recent Multi-site Trials

Why does a youth program work better in some places than others? What accounts for this variability?

Stephen Raudenbush and Veronica Wald

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

2014 – 2018

Grant

Equitable Discipline and Community-building in Schools: Developing a Coaching Model for High-Quality Restorative Circles

The grant will be used to develop, pilot, and codify a research-based “Restorative Coaching” model and manual to assist schools in implementing these approaches to discipline.

Tom Roderick and Anne Gregory

Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility Inc

2014 – 2015
$25,000.00

Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2014 Chi and Cruz

The Scholars Mentoring Grant was designed to support the professional development of William T. Grant Scholars and help researchers of color reach higher levels on the career ladder.

Donald Chi

University of Washington

2014 – 2018
$60,000.00

Grant

Mentoring and Career Development: 2014 Leech and Irby-Shasanmi

The Scholars Mentoring Grant was designed to support the professional development of William T. Grant Scholars and help researchers of color reach higher levels on the career ladder.

Tamara Leech

2014 – 2016
$85,000.00

Grant

Mentoring and Career Development-2014 Galvan and Goldenberg

The Scholars Mentoring Grant was designed to support the professional development of William T. Grant Scholars and help researchers of color reach higher levels on the career ladder.

Adriana Galvan

University of California, Los Angeles

2014 – 2017
$60,000.00

Grant

Recasting the challenges of classroom management: Strengthening capacity of teacher-student interactions to engage diverse learners

How can professional development tools help teachers avoid racial disparities in their disciplinary practices?

Robert Pianta and Jason Downer

University of Virginia

2014 – 2016

Grant

Building Capacity and Bridging Research, Practice, and Policy

Drawing on their relationships in the policy world and expertise in youth development, the Forum for Youth Investment helps the Foundation build connections and facilitate meetings between...

Thaddeus Ferber and Alicia Wilson-Ahlstrom

The Forum for Youth Investment

2014 – 2017
$774,095.00

Grant

URBAN Research Collaborative for Action and Equity in Education: A Conference Proposal

The Urban Research Based Action Network (URBAN) will convene two meetings to identify and address the critical issues facing community-based education research.

Mark Warren and Michelle Fine

City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

2014 – 2016
$25,000.00

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President’s Comment: Inequality Is the Problem—What’s Our Response?

Amici and the Courts: A Case Study of the Research Use Process of Intermediary Actors

How Beginning Elementary Teachers’ Social Networks Affect Ambitious Math Instruction in the Current Evaluation Climate

Improving Chronically Underperforming School Settings? Regression-Discontinuity Evidence from NCLB Waivers

A New Look at Neighborhood Ethnic Concentration: Implications for Mexican-Origin Adolescents’ Cultural Adaptation and Adjustment

Critical Contexts for the Formation of Natural Mentoring Relationships among Economically Disadvantaged African American Adolescents: A Focus on Families and Neighborhoods

Toward a Sociological, Contextual Perspective on Psychological Interventions

Benefits and Challenges of Ethnic Diversity in Middle Schools: The Mediating Role of Peer Groups

Children in Limbo: A Transactional Model of Foster Care Placement Instability

Learning from Variation In Program Effects:Methods, Tools, and Insights from Recent Multi-site Trials

Equitable Discipline and Community-building in Schools: Developing a Coaching Model for High-Quality Restorative Circles

Mentoring and Career Development: 2014 Chi and Cruz

Mentoring and Career Development: 2014 Leech and Irby-Shasanmi

Mentoring and Career Development-2014 Galvan and Goldenberg

Recasting the challenges of classroom management: Strengthening capacity of teacher-student interactions to engage diverse learners

Building Capacity and Bridging Research, Practice, and Policy

URBAN Research Collaborative for Action and Equity in Education: A Conference Proposal

Robert Pianta

Jason Downer

Tamara Leech

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