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Bringing Rigor to Relevant Questions

Put simply, the dichotomy of rigor versus relevance is false. There is no inevitable trade-off between producing rigorous research and producing research with relevance for the real world....

Vivian Tseng and Adam Gamoran

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How Can Youth Perspectives Inform Interventions to Reduce Inequality?

Community-based mixed-methods research can be especially valuable in identifying and understanding strategies to reduce inequality in youth outcomes.

Foundation Staff

4/10/2017

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Researchers as Navigators: Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice

When knowledge developers are better attuned to the needs of practice and policy, the use of research evidence may thrive, and our efforts as researchers can be more valuable to those who work every...

Bryan Samuels

4/10/2017

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What Makes a Broker a Broker?

Recognizing that structure and function are complementary ways of understanding brokerage will be important to facilitating the use of research evidence.

Jennifer Neal and Zachary Neal

4/10/2017

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Bryan Samuels

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

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Community Foundation Opportunity Network

This grant will support a two-year membership in the Community Foundation Opportunity Network (CFON).

Amy Daly-Donovan

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

2017 – 2018
$5,000.00

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Amy Daly-Donovan

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation

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AAFSC’s Toolkit of Trauma-Sensitive Classroom Strategies

This grant will support the creation and implementation of a trauma-sensitive aide that will help staff better respond to students’ mental health needs.

Hannah McIntire

Arab-American Family Support Center

2017 – 2018
$25,000.00

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Bridge Curricula

This grant will support the development of curricula and training activities for frontline staff.

Catherine Shugrue dos Santos

Fresh Youth Initiatives

2017 – 2018
$25,000.00

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YCPT Curriculum Development Project

This grant will support the development of a culturally-relevant, youth-led curriculum.

Bomsinae Kim

Korean American Family Service Center

2017 – 2018
$25,000.00

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Program Improvements: Equity and Inclusion Training, Curriculum, and Communication

This grant will support the development of an equity and inclusion toolkit and training activities to prepare participants for college and careers.

Jessica Pliska

The Opportunity Network

2017 – 2018
$25,000.00

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Reducing Inequality Initiative – Grantee Meeting & Support

This grant will support the first convening of grantees under the Foundation’s reducing inequality initiative.

Kristin Romens

MANY

2017
$159,779.00

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Issues in Evidence Based Policy Making in US

This award supports the development of fifteen papers on the evidence-based policy movement for a volume of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Ron Haskins

The Brookings Institution

2017

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Travel Awards to the RC28 Columbia Meeting for Underrepresented Student Populations

This grant will support ten travel awards to enable graduate students of color who are enrolled in Ph.D. programs in U.S. universities to attend the 2017 Research Committee in Social Stratification...

Thomas DiPrete

Columbia University

2017 – 2018
$11,500.00

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Ron Haskins

Ron Haskins is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program and co-director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution and senior consultant at the Annie E. Casey...

The Brookings Institution

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Bringing Rigor to Relevant Questions

How Can Youth Perspectives Inform Interventions to Reduce Inequality?

Researchers as Navigators: Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice

What Makes a Broker a Broker?

Bryan Samuels

Community Foundation Opportunity Network

Amy Daly-Donovan

AAFSC’s Toolkit of Trauma-Sensitive Classroom Strategies

Bridge Curricula

YCPT Curriculum Development Project

Program Improvements: Equity and Inclusion Training, Curriculum, and Communication

Reducing Inequality Initiative – Grantee Meeting & Support

Issues in Evidence Based Policy Making in US

Travel Awards to the RC28 Columbia Meeting for Underrepresented Student Populations

Ron Haskins

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Bomsinae Kim

Jessica Pliska

Kristin Romens

Hannah McIntire

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