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New Rapid Response Research Grants Address Pressing Issues Facing Young People in the U.S.

The William T. Grant Foundation has awarded six Rapid Response Research Grants that will leverage research to address major challenges facing young people in the United States. These awards, the...

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From the Field

What does youth civic engagement have to do with inequality?

By expanding and equalizing youth civic engagement, we can begin improve youth outcomes. Research helps by making diagnoses and solutions more rigorous and precise, but youth must be part of the...

Peter Levine

3/15/2018

Grantee Voices

Can policies on foster care settings reduce racial and ethnic disparities in youth outcomes?

Fred Wulczyn and Amy Dworsky are investigating how the outcomes of youth in congregate care settings vary by state, and whether and how this variability contributes to racial and ethnic differences...

Foundation Staff

3/15/2018

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Amy Dworsky

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

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Peter Levine

Tufts University

Applicant Guidance

Webinar: Engaging English Learners with Rigorous Academic Content

Improving achievement for English learners by strengthening educational policy and practice would contribute meaningfully to reducing inequality in the outcomes of young people in the United States....

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