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Developing Research-Based Strategies to Reduce Inequality and Improve Outcomes for Young Adults in the Justice System

This grant will support the Council of State Governments Justice Center in its efforts to promote the development and use of research-based strategies to improve outcomes for young adults involved in...

Josh Weber

The Council of State Governments

2016 – 2017
$25,000.00

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Vincent Schiraldi

Vincent Schiraldi is a Senior Research Fellow directing the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School.

Columbia University, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York and Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

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Marcelo Suarez-Orozco

Harvard University, New York University, Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles and University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Ulrich Boser

Center for American Progress

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Josh Weber

The Council of State Governments

Grantee Voices

Leveraging RPPs to Address Racial Inequality in Urban School Districts

While RPPs have been defined in the literature as having five characteristics, the authors suggest that RPPS in urban school districts may benefit from a sixth feature: mechanisms for recognizing...

Angela Calabrese Barton and Bronwyn Bevan

9/27/2016

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Bronwyn Bevan

Bronwyn Bevan is an education researcher at the University of Washington College of Education. She has more than 25 years of expertise on how institutional settings influence learning opportunities.

University of Colorado and University of Washington

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President’s Comment: Will Latest U.S. Law Lead to Successful Schools in STEM?

ESSA challenges states to take advantage of new opportunities to improve STEM participation and learning in all schools.

Adam Gamoran

9/16/2016

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System/Policy Determinants of Inequalities in Child Welfare: The Case of Running Away From Foster Care

Do state policies regulating the use and quality of congregate care affect racial and ethnic disparities in youth running away from foster care?

Fred Wulczyn and Amy Dworsky

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

2016 – 2019

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Society for Research in Child Development, Congressional Fellowship Grant

This grant will support the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Congressional Fellowship Program to expand the pool of leaders who understand how research can contribute to the policy...

Lonnie Sherrod and Martha Zaslow

Society for Research in Child Development

2016 – 2017
$137,199.00

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Understanding the Experience of Majority and Minority Status through Photovoice

How can youth perspectives inform the development of community interventions that aim to improve adolescent behavioral health by promoting social inclusion and mitigating social exclusion?

Margarita Alegría and Kiara Alvarez

Harvard University

2016 – 2020

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