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RPPs in Education: The State of the Field

Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: The State of the Field

Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: The State of the Field expands on the 2013 white paper Research-Practice Partnerships: A Strategy for Leveraging Research for Educational Improvement in...

Caitlin Farrell, William Penuel, Cynthia Coburn, Julia Daniel and Louisa Steup

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William Penuel

William Penuel is Professor of Educational Psychology & Learning Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

University of California at Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley and University of Colorado

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Cynthia Coburn

Cynthia E. Coburn is a professor at the School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University.

Northwestern University, University of California at Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley

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John Easton

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Caitlin Farrell

University of Colorado

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Exploring Family Civics as a Lever for Building Power to Influence Education Among Youth and Parents of Color

Does an intergenerational leadership initiative support families of color in addressing educational inequalities?

Joanna Geller, Matthew Diemer and Gigliana Melzi

Michigan State University

2021 – 2026
$735,000.00

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Who Benefits from the Public PreK and Increased K-12 Funding? Dynamic Complementarity in California’s Education Policies

Does increased K-12 funding reduce inequality in academic and social-emotional outcomes, and are the effects stronger in contexts where students have had greater access to state pre-school and...

Rucker Johnson and Sean Tanner

University of California at Berkeley

2021 – 2026
$596,809.00

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The Impact of Black Lives Matter Mobilization on Police Departments’ Policies to Reduce Racial Inequality

Do Black Lives Matter mobilization and policing policy changes reduce police killings of Black youth?

Fernando Tormos-Aponte and Heidi Reynolds-Stenson

Colorado State University

2021 – 2026
$567,701.00

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Administrative Burdens in Free-College (Promise) Programs and Postsecondary Outcomes for Racially Minoritized Students

Do eligibility criteria and application processes in free-college programs disproportionately affect racial or ethnic minorities?

Denisa Gandara

University of Texas at Austin

2021 – 2028
$350,000.00

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EMBRacing Technology to Improve Black Youth’s Coping with Racial Discrimination to Reduce Psychosocial Inequalities

How can therapeutic interventions decrease the impact of racial discrimination on Black youth’s mental health?

Riana Anderson

Columbia University

2021 – 2027
$400,000.00

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How Ethnic Studies Teaching Reduces Racial Inequality: Identifying Effective Pedagogy and School Efforts to Promote It

How can school districts identify and support new teachers to develop the necessary pedagogical skills to teach ethnic studies?

Emily Penner

University of California at Irvine

2021 – 2026
$350,000.00

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Reducing Harm from Structural Xenophobia for Reproductive Equity

What state and federal immigration policies reduce inequalities in immigrant adolescent and young adult reproductive health behaviors, service utilization, and outcomes?

Goleen Samari

University of Southern California

2021 – 2026
$349,991.00

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The Role of Income and Housing Support in Reducing Inequality in Child Neglect

Can housing and income support policies reduce or prevent child maltreatment, particularly child neglect, among families facing economic hardship?

William Schneider

University of Illinois at Urbana

2021 – 2026
$350,000.00

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Do Tribal Casinos Affect Intergenerational Socio-economic Mobility and Reduce Inequality in Native American Children?

Do tribal cash transfers reduce the intergenerational transmission of poverty and improve outcomes for American Indian young adults?

Randall Akee and Emilia Simeonova

University of California, Los Angeles

2021 – 2025
$432,136.00

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Building a more holistic and inclusive workforce development system for Boston’s Youth

Northeastern University is partnering with The City of Boston’s Department of Youth Engagement and Employment to reduce inequality among young people through the Boston Summer Youth Employment...

Alicia Modestino and Rashad Cope

Northeastern University

2021 – 2026
$999,557.00

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Training and Coaching to Help Scholars Ensure that Research is Used to Improve Policy

This award will enable the Scholars Strategy Network to provide regular trainings and individual coaching to help Foundation-supported investigators engage in the policy process, with the goal of...

Paola Maynard

Scholars Strategy Network

2021 – 2022
$175,893.00

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Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Painter-Davis and Setter

Painter-Davis will use this grant to develop skills to better communicate across differences in perspectives, particularly related to racial-ethnic inequalities as they impact his students.

Noah Painter Davis

University of New Mexico

2021 – 2024
$59,998.84

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Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Rivas-Drake and Pinetta

With this award, Rivas-Drake aims to improve her capacity to support Latinas and other women of color to develop multigenerational mentoring networks.

Deborah Rivas-Drake

University of Michigan

2021 – 2024
$60,000.00

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Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Becker and Chu

Becker will use this award to make intentional space for reflection about how her and her mentees' racial identities shape their experiences in academia.

Kimberly Becker

University of South Carolina

2021 – 2024
$60,000.00

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Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Yeager and Dobson

Yeager will use this award to continue his journey of learning and growing with respect to inequality, privilege, and positionality, and to learn how to move toward more institutional change in his...

David Yeager

University of Texas at Austin

2021 – 2023
$110,000.00

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Research-Practice Partnerships in Education: The State of the Field

William Penuel

Cynthia Coburn

John Easton

Caitlin Farrell

Exploring Family Civics as a Lever for Building Power to Influence Education Among Youth and Parents of Color

Who Benefits from the Public PreK and Increased K-12 Funding? Dynamic Complementarity in California’s Education Policies

The Impact of Black Lives Matter Mobilization on Police Departments’ Policies to Reduce Racial Inequality

Administrative Burdens in Free-College (Promise) Programs and Postsecondary Outcomes for Racially Minoritized Students

EMBRacing Technology to Improve Black Youth’s Coping with Racial Discrimination to Reduce Psychosocial Inequalities

How Ethnic Studies Teaching Reduces Racial Inequality: Identifying Effective Pedagogy and School Efforts to Promote It

Reducing Harm from Structural Xenophobia for Reproductive Equity

The Role of Income and Housing Support in Reducing Inequality in Child Neglect

Do Tribal Casinos Affect Intergenerational Socio-economic Mobility and Reduce Inequality in Native American Children?

Building a more holistic and inclusive workforce development system for Boston’s Youth

Training and Coaching to Help Scholars Ensure that Research is Used to Improve Policy

Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Painter-Davis and Setter

Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Rivas-Drake and Pinetta

Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Becker and Chu

Mentoring and Career Development: 2021 Yeager and Dobson

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