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Youth in Relation to Returned Land

How do Indigenous youth experience the return of land to the Ohlone community?

Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang and Corrina Gould

2021 – 2024
$743,658.00

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School Bonding and Low-Income Students from Immigrant Families in a Peer-Mentoring Program

Can bilingual peer mentors foster feelings of attachment, commitment, and involvement in school in English language learners?

Melanie Gast and James S. Chisholm

University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc.

2021 – 2024
$49,985.00

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Rethinking School Budgets: Principals’ Resource Allocation Decisions and the Promise of Equity

Can a financing system structured to provide students with the greatest educational need the highest distribution of resources improve test-based student achievement for English language learners,...

Christopher Candelaria

Vanderbilt University

2021 – 2022
$44,471.00

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Using a Virtual, Culturally Based Parenting Program to Reduce American Indian/Alaska Native Child Welfare Inequality

Does a culturally-based parenting program that provides training in how to parent children from birth to age 13 help reduce child welfare inequalities for American Indian/Alaska Native communities?

Puneet Sahota

National Indian Child Welfare Association

2021 – 2025
$65,000.00

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Transforming Evidence Network

This grant will support the launch of the Transforming Evidence Network.

Angela Bednarek, Kathryn Oliver, Annette Boaz and Christie Senft

The Pew Charitable Trusts

2021 – 2026

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Announcing Ten William T. Grant Scholars Program Finalists

The William T. Grant Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2021 William T. Grant Scholars Program. Ten early-career researchers were selected from a pool of 44 applicants after a...

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Webinar: Proposing Studies of Strategies to Address Structural Roots of Inequality

In this webinar, recorded on November 9, 2020, Program Officer Jenny Irons discusses the Foundation's focus on reducing inequality and shares guidance for prospective applicants interested in...

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Matthew Desmond

Harvard University and Princeton University

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Building Trust in Science Will Require Democratizing Evidence

In a new post published by The Hill, Vivian Tseng outlines how incorporating democratic principles will be key to building trust in science in the coming years, writing: “Democratizing evidence...

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Research for Reimagining Community Safety

In collaboration with the City of Oakland's Reimagining Safety Taskforce, a UC Berkeley working group will identify alternatives to law enforcement that are responsive to community needs and address...

Nikki Jones, James Burch and Rucker Johnson

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY

2020 – 2022
$125,000.00

Person

James Burch

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY and University of California at Berkeley

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An Investigation of a Cultural Humility & Social Justice Training and Support Intervention for Mentors of Youth of Color

Does a program to train youth mentors in cultural humility and social justice improve their relationships with and outcomes for low-income youth of color

Bernadette Sanchez, David DuBois and Carla Herrera

University Of Illinois

2020 – 2025
$570,000.00

Person

David DuBois

University Of Illinois, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois, Chicago

Person

Carla Herrera

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Higher Achievement Program, Portland State University, Public/Private Ventures, University Of Illinois and University of Illinois, Chicago

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Announcing Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

The William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations today announced three new Rapid Response Research grants to support collaborations between researchers and policymakers, with the central goal of reducing...

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Webinar

Panel Discussion: Critical Race Perspectives on the Use of Research Evidence

On October 1, 2020, the Foundation hosted a virtual panel discussion with three researchers who offered ideas about ways to center race in efforts to improve the use of research in policy and...

Foundation Staff

Blog Post

President’s Comment: Anti-Racist Education is Essential for Research Universities

In early September, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget issued a directive that barred federal agencies from providing staff training on concepts including critical race theory and White...

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10/13/2020

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Addressing LGBTQ Youth Inequalities through Reducing Social Isolation

What programs, policies, and practices can reduce inequalities for LGBTQ youth, especially LGBTQ youth of color?

Natacha Blain and Suzanne Le Menestrel

The National Academies

2020 – 2022
$120,000.00

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School Rezoning and Educational Inequality: Narratives, Processes, and Outcomes

Does school rezoning reduce racial segregation and influence the distribution of teachers within school attendance zones and across schools?

Andrene Castro, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley and Kim Bridges

Virginia Commonwealth University

2020 – 2023
$49,972.00

Person

Natacha Blain

National Academy of Sciences and The National Academies

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Youth in Relation to Returned Land

School Bonding and Low-Income Students from Immigrant Families in a Peer-Mentoring Program

Rethinking School Budgets: Principals’ Resource Allocation Decisions and the Promise of Equity

Using a Virtual, Culturally Based Parenting Program to Reduce American Indian/Alaska Native Child Welfare Inequality

Transforming Evidence Network

Announcing Ten William T. Grant Scholars Program Finalists

Webinar: Proposing Studies of Strategies to Address Structural Roots of Inequality

Matthew Desmond

Building Trust in Science Will Require Democratizing Evidence

Research for Reimagining Community Safety

James Burch

An Investigation of a Cultural Humility & Social Justice Training and Support Intervention for Mentors of Youth of Color

David DuBois

Carla Herrera

Announcing Three New Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Panel Discussion: Critical Race Perspectives on the Use of Research Evidence

President’s Comment: Anti-Racist Education is Essential for Research Universities

Addressing LGBTQ Youth Inequalities through Reducing Social Isolation

School Rezoning and Educational Inequality: Narratives, Processes, and Outcomes

Natacha Blain

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