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Ten Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Program

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 William T. Grant Scholars Program. Ten early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 62 applicants after a rigorous review by our staff...

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Vivian Tseng on “No Jargon” Podcast, Episode 197: Making Research Matter

Vivian Tseng joins the Scholars Strategy Network No Jargon podcast to talk about how research has traditionally been used to shape education policy in the U.S. and how more recent approaches may pave...

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Grantee Voices

How School Finance Research Can Sharpen the Debate, Strengthen Policy, and Improve Student Outcomes

New research has the potential not only to shape the school finance debate in years ahead, but improve policies and ultimately reduce inequalities in student opportunities and outcomes.

Robert Kim

11/5/2019

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Robert Kim

Education Law Center and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Building Teachers’ Race-Related Competencies to Promote Youth Ethnic-Racial Identity and Reduce Academic Inequalities

How might teachers’ abilities to promote adolescents’ ethnic-racial identity development be increased to ultimately reduce academic disparities?

Adriana Umana-Taylor

Harvard University

2019 – 2022

From the Field

Forming and sustaining a research-practice partnership: Lessons from our experience at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Many research-practice partnerships begin when two initially unaffiliated partner organizations decide to pursue collaborative work. Having formed a partnership between our respective offices within...

Lauren Supplee, Charisse Johnson, Seth Chamberlain and Samantha Illangasekare

10/10/2019

Grant Announcements

Five New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

We are proud to announce four new grants to support research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and one new grant to support research on improving the use of research evidence. Approved at the...

Applicant Guidance

Social Movement Research to Reduce Inequality for Young People

The Foundation is interested in funding studies that examine social movements as a strategy to target macro-structural inequalities that affect youth outcomes. Such studies might focus on youth-led...

Jenny Irons and Vivian Tseng

9/19/2019

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“Using Evidence in the U.S.” from What Works Now

In this chapter from What Works Now: Evidence-informed Policy and Practice, Vivian Tseng and Cynthia Coburn delineate the evolution of evidence use in the United States, specifically the ways that...

Vivian Tseng and Cynthia Coburn

Staff Perspectives

Vivian’s Voice: Evidence use across sectors, around the globe, and back at home

I share my reflections on the past decade of work in this area, as well as my current thinking, with the hope that we, along with fellow travelers on a similar journey, can find ways to forge a more...

Vivian Tseng

9/17/2019

Grantee Voices

Lead Remediation: A Surprising Policy Solution for Reducing the Educational Achievement Gap

In June 2019, Michigan’s Attorney General dismissed all criminal cases connected to the Flint water crisis. This crisis, which hit the headline news in early 2016, exposed as many as 8,000...

Lucy Sorenson, Erika Martin, Ashley Fox and Heyjie Jung

9/3/2019

Staff Perspectives

“Seeing the light of evidence in dark times”

There are signs that data, evidence, and rigorous evaluation persist even in these dark times for science and public policy in the United States. What will it take to keep the light of evidence...

Applicant Guidance

Webinar: Applying for Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants

In this webinar, held in August 2019, grants coordinator Sharon Brewster provides an overview of the Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants program, details eligibility and selection criteria, and...

Foundation Staff

Grantee Voices

How an ongoing research project is shedding light on efforts to improve outcomes for youth in foster care

For over three decades, research has shown that young people transitioning to adulthood from foster care in the United States have fared very poorly compared to their peers who have not been in care....

Foundation Staff

8/6/2019

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Mark Courtney

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, University of Chicago and University of Washington

Applicant Guidance

Proposing Strategies to Foster Institutional Change: Key Considerations for Institutional Challenge Grant Applicants

The bottom line: universities can incentivize faculty to become engaged in responding to real-world problems and having a social impact. Join us in figuring out how to make this happen.

Kim DuMont

8/1/2019

Grant

Integrated Data to Reduce Disproportionality in School Discipline Referrals and Increase Access to Supports

How might an integrated data-based decision making framework reduce racial and ethnic disparities in school discipline referrals and access to school-based mental health supports?

Shereen Naser

Cleveland State University

2019 – 2021
$49,630.00

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Shereen Naser

Cleveland State University

Grantee Voices

Partnering for Community Change: How the Institutional Challenge Grant Has Shaped Our Work

The Institutional Challenge Grant has provided my colleagues and I at the Cornell Cooperative Extension-Tompkins County with an opportunity to expand an existing working relationship with researchers...

Anna Steinkraus

7/18/2019

Grant

Subjectivity and bias in college admissions: Can letters of recommendation promote fairer decisions?

Does the inclusion of reference letters in a selective college’s admissions process reduce inequality in admissions decisions?

Jesse Rothstein

University of California at Berkeley

2019 – 2021
$265,223.00

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Ten Finalists Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Program

Vivian Tseng on “No Jargon” Podcast, Episode 197: Making Research Matter

How School Finance Research Can Sharpen the Debate, Strengthen Policy, and Improve Student Outcomes

Robert Kim

Building Teachers’ Race-Related Competencies to Promote Youth Ethnic-Racial Identity and Reduce Academic Inequalities

Forming and sustaining a research-practice partnership: Lessons from our experience at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Five New Research Grants to Build Theory and Evidence in our Focus Areas

Social Movement Research to Reduce Inequality for Young People

“Using Evidence in the U.S.” from What Works Now

Vivian’s Voice: Evidence use across sectors, around the globe, and back at home

Lead Remediation: A Surprising Policy Solution for Reducing the Educational Achievement Gap

“Seeing the light of evidence in dark times”

Webinar: Applying for Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants

How an ongoing research project is shedding light on efforts to improve outcomes for youth in foster care

Mark Courtney

Proposing Strategies to Foster Institutional Change: Key Considerations for Institutional Challenge Grant Applicants

Integrated Data to Reduce Disproportionality in School Discipline Referrals and Increase Access to Supports

Shereen Naser

Partnering for Community Change: How the Institutional Challenge Grant Has Shaped Our Work

Subjectivity and bias in college admissions: Can letters of recommendation promote fairer decisions?

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