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Announcing Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

The William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations today announced three new Rapid Response Research grants to support collaborations between researchers and policymakers, with the central goal of reducing...

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Panel Discussion: Critical Race Perspectives on the Use of Research Evidence

On October 1, 2020, the Foundation hosted a virtual panel discussion with three researchers who offered ideas about ways to center race in efforts to improve the use of research in policy and...

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Staff Perspectives

President’s Comment: Anti-Racist Education is Essential for Research Universities

In early September, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget issued a directive that barred federal agencies from providing staff training on concepts including critical race theory and White...

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10/13/2020

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Addressing LGBTQ Youth Inequalities through Reducing Social Isolation

What programs, policies, and practices can reduce inequalities for LGBTQ youth, especially LGBTQ youth of color?

Natacha Blain and Suzanne Le Menestrel

National Academy of Sciences

2020 – 2022
$120,000.00

Grant

School Rezoning and Educational Inequality: Narratives, Processes, and Outcomes

Does school rezoning reduce racial segregation and influence the distribution of teachers within school attendance zones and across schools?

Andrene Castro, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley and Kim Bridges

Virginia Commonwealth University

2020 – 2023
$49,972.00

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Natacha Blain

National Academy of Sciences and The National Academies

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Suzanne Le Menestrel

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Society for Research in Child Development and The National Academies

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Andrene Castro

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Genevieve Siegel-Hawley

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Kim Bridges

Virginia Commonwealth University

Around the Foundation

William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Lauren Supplee as Senior Program Officer

In this role, Dr. Supplee will lead the Foundation’s initiatives on improving the use of research evidence and its Institutional Challenge Grants program.

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Developing an Effective White Bystander Intervention to Reduce Racial Inequality in Higher Education

Does an online intervention increase the willingness of White students to publicly confront online racial discrimination?

Noelle Hurd and Sophie Trawalter

University of Virginia

2020 – 2026
$446,869.00

Grant

Anti-racism training and curriculum revision for Opening Act’s After School Theater Program

Opening Act wants to improve its after-school programs, which are offered to both students in public schools with lower than average graduation rates and those in alternative high schools after...

Deborah Steinglass

Opening Act

2020 – 2021
$25,000.00

Grant

Tailoring and Expanding Wellness Supports for OppNet Fellows: Improved Check-Ins and Resource Sharing for Our Students

Wants to improve its Fellows program, which provides services to New York City youth from the summer after 10th-grade through college graduation.

AiLun Ku

The Opportunity Network

2020 – 2021
$25,000.00

Grant

Bridging the ELA and Math Gap

Kids Creative wants to improve its Rock 2 The Bronx after-school program, which serves students from three elementary schools in community district 9.

DJ Rouzeau

Kids Creative

2020 – 2021
$25,000.00

Grant

BioBus for Spanish Speakers

BioBus wants to improve its introductory Discover programs and its Explore Lab courses, which provide hands-on science education to K-12 students in New York City.

Ben Dubin-Thaler

BIOBUS INC

2020 – 2021
$25,000.00

Grant

LGBTQ Inclusivity Project

Kingsbridge Heights Community Center wants to improve its Teen Center, which serves Bronx high school students ages 13-21.

Margaret Della

Kingsbridge Heights Community Center

2020 – 2021
$25,000.00

Grant

Reducing Racial Disparities in Bail Decisions: An Experiment on Public Accountability and Feedback in Texas

Can measures that increase accountability and transparency reduce racial inequality in bail judges’ pretrial decisions?

Will Dobbie

Harvard University

2020 – 2021
$49,897.00

Grant

Testing Research Communication Strategies and Impact among Policymakers to Reduce Inequalities Precipitated by COVID-19

Can a research communication intervention increase policymakers’ use of research evidence to improve the lives of youth and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic?

Jennifer Taylor Scott, Daniel Crowley, Elizabeth Long and Cagla Giray

Pennsylvania State University

2020 – 2021
$38,280.00

Grant

R3-Including Children of Immigrants in the Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Efforts and Safety Net.

UnidosUS and the Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy seek to leverage a unique policy window to ensure that the children of immigrants are included in safety net programs and post-pandemic...

Dolores Acevedo-Garcia and Charles Kamasaki

Brandeis University

2020 – 2022
$83,332.00

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Announcing Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Panel Discussion: Critical Race Perspectives on the Use of Research Evidence

President’s Comment: Anti-Racist Education is Essential for Research Universities

Addressing LGBTQ Youth Inequalities through Reducing Social Isolation

School Rezoning and Educational Inequality: Narratives, Processes, and Outcomes

Natacha Blain

Suzanne Le Menestrel

Andrene Castro

Genevieve Siegel-Hawley

Kim Bridges

William T. Grant Foundation Welcomes Lauren Supplee as Senior Program Officer

Developing an Effective White Bystander Intervention to Reduce Racial Inequality in Higher Education

Anti-racism training and curriculum revision for Opening Act’s After School Theater Program

Tailoring and Expanding Wellness Supports for OppNet Fellows: Improved Check-Ins and Resource Sharing for Our Students

Bridging the ELA and Math Gap

BioBus for Spanish Speakers

LGBTQ Inclusivity Project

Reducing Racial Disparities in Bail Decisions: An Experiment on Public Accountability and Feedback in Texas

Testing Research Communication Strategies and Impact among Policymakers to Reduce Inequalities Precipitated by COVID-19

R3-Including Children of Immigrants in the Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery Efforts and Safety Net.

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