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Do community college interventions reduce inequality in academic outcomes across racial groups?

This grant will strengthen the partnership between Washington University in St. Louis, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, Greater St. Louis Foundation. , and the Fathers and Families...

This grant will strengthen the partnership between Santa Clara University, the Latino Education Advancement Foundation, and The Foundation for Hispanic Education.

Do the benefits of prison education programs (PEPs) extend to family members, including youth, of people who are currently incarcerated?

Food insecurity, or inconsistent access to the quantity and quality of food needed to fuel a healthy life, is an important source of socioeconomic and racial inequality in youth outcomes. “Backpack”...

How do Black youth experience a youth participatory action research intervention meant to improve mental health outcomes?

What policies and practices can improve economic and educational post-secondary opportunities for low-income students and students of color?

This grant supports the Foundation’s 2024 membership in the Council on Foundations.

How can the Child Tax Credit be redesigned to better meet the needs of Black, Latinx, and mixed-immigration-status families to reduce economic inequality?

The grant will support National Public Radio’s (NPR) continuing coverage of trends and developments that affect children and youth in the United States.

Are programs that recruit local teachers from underrepresented backgrounds an effective way to build and retain teacher diversity and serve students of color?

Do policies that reduce administrative burden in social safety net programs reduce child poverty rates and narrow racial and ethnic disparities in benefit participation?

Do state laws limiting or prohibiting school expulsion reduce schools’ use of expulsion and racial disparities in expulsion rates?

How do state teacher diversity policies vary and what is the potential of teacher diversity to reduce ethnoracial inequalities in district academic outcomes?

How can a networked improvement community facilitate the creation of school-based solutions to improve literacy outcomes for Black and Latinx students?

This grant will strengthen an existing partnership between the Center for Urban Education Leadership at the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Chicago Public Schools.

The purpose of this grant is to build a new narrative and ultimately contribute to a social movement that counterbalances the current wave of hostility to antiracist education.

Can predictive modeling identify dangerous housing that puts low-income children at greater risk for asthma disparities?

Does exposure to misinformation give rise to state-level anti-transgender policies targeting youth? Can an intervention mitigate the effect of misinformation on attitudes toward transgender youth?

To what extent does carceral ideology—an orientation toward punitive practices—act as a structural barrier to reducing persistent educational inequalities for Black students?