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Expanding the National Evaluation of the LEAP Initiative

What are the costs of implementing programs that improve the educational and employment outcomes of low-income youth transitioning out of foster care or justice systems?

Patrice Cromwell, Jeffrey Poirier, John Martinez and Louisa Treskon

MDRC

2018 – 2019

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Research-practice Partnerships White Paper 2.0

How has the field of research-practice partnerships (RPPs) evolved, and what lessons can be learned about when and how RPPs promote the use of research evidence?

Caitlin Farrell

University of Colorado

2018 – 2020

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Patrice Cromwell

Annie E. Casey Foundation and The Annie E Casey Foundation

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Jeffrey Poirier

Annie E. Casey Foundation and The Annie E Casey Foundation

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John Martinez

MDRC and The Annie E Casey Foundation

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Louisa Treskon

MDRC and The Annie E Casey Foundation

Grantee Voices

Why Should We Study the Use of Research Evidence as a Behavior?

The frameworks and tools of behavioral science have significant potential to overcome persistent challenges regarding the measurement, tracking, and analysis of research evidence use.

Itzhak Yanovitzky

5/30/2018

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Measuring Research Use and The Promise of Big Data

Big-data can provide a means of measuring research use that provides significant insights with a favorable balance of costs and benefits.

Jennifer Neal and Zachary Neal

5/30/2018

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Federal Evaluation Forum: Expanding the Capacity to Use Research Evidence in Decision Making

This grant will support an effort to expand the use of research evidence in federal decision making.

Demetra Nightingale

Rutgers University

2018 – 2021
$49,908.00

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American Sociological Association Sociology of Education Section Pre-Conference on Race, Racism, and Reducing Inequality

This grant will enable graduate students of color to attend the American Sociological Association Pre-Conference on Race, Racism, and Reducing Inequality organized by the Sociology of Education...

Jacob Hibel

University of California, Davis

2018
$14,893.00

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Demetra Nightingale

Rutgers University and The Urban Institute

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“Democratizing Evidence in Education,” from Connecting Research and Practice for Educational Improvement

In this chapter, Vivian Tseng, Steve Fleischman, and Esther Quintero explore what a more democratic evidence movement might look like in the years ahead. Discussing both efforts to build and use...

Vivian Tseng, Steve Fleischman and Esther Quintero

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Six Early Career Researchers Selected for 2018 Scholars Program

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 William T. Grant Scholars awards. Launched in 1982, the Scholars Program supports the professional development of promising researchers in the...

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Announcing the Foundation’s First Institutional Challenge Grantee

This grant challenges universities to reward faculty members whose research is directed to public service. The inaugural grantees will support research on one of our most vexing social problems, the...

Foundation Staff

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Three New-York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Improvement Grants, Spring 2018

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded three community-based organizations in New York City $25,000 grants to improve the quality of their youth programs. The...

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Implementing State-Level Policy Reform to Eliminate School Discipline Disparities: A Mixed Methods Examination

Can a state-level policy initiative that targets school discipline disparities on the basis of race reduce inequality in student outcomes?

Jessika Bottiani and Catherine Bradshaw

University of Virginia

2018 – 2023

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Technical Assistance and Uses of Research Evidence in Child Welfare: What do we know and where do we need to go?

What technical assistance strategies support locally-relevant and sustained uses of research evidence among child welfare providers?

Allison Metz

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2018 – 2021

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Expanding the National Evaluation of the LEAP Initiative

Research-practice Partnerships White Paper 2.0

Patrice Cromwell

Jeffrey Poirier

John Martinez

Louisa Treskon

Why Should We Study the Use of Research Evidence as a Behavior?

Measuring Research Use and The Promise of Big Data

Jennifer Neal

Zachary Neal

Federal Evaluation Forum: Expanding the Capacity to Use Research Evidence in Decision Making

American Sociological Association Sociology of Education Section Pre-Conference on Race, Racism, and Reducing Inequality

Demetra Nightingale

“Democratizing Evidence in Education,” from Connecting Research and Practice for Educational Improvement

Steve Fleischman

Six Early Career Researchers Selected for 2018 Scholars Program

Announcing the Foundation’s First Institutional Challenge Grantee

Three New-York City Nonprofits Awarded Youth Service Improvement Grants, Spring 2018

Implementing State-Level Policy Reform to Eliminate School Discipline Disparities: A Mixed Methods Examination

Technical Assistance and Uses of Research Evidence in Child Welfare: What do we know and where do we need to go?

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Announcing the 2026 Institutional Challenge Grantees: Foundations Award $2.6 Million for Research-Practice Partnerships

Seven Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2031

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