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Immigration

Awarded Grants

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R3: Immigration, Deportation, and Child Welfare: Advancing Knowledge to Improve Practice

The Migration Policy Institute and American Public Human Services Association will support state and local child welfare agencies in the development of research-informed policies and practices to mitigate the harm to youth caused by heightened immigration enforcement.
Mark Greenberg
Migration Policy Institute
2018 – 2019
$70,000
Grant

Humanitarianism and Mass Migration

This grant will support the development of commissioned scholarly papers to identify levers of change to reduce the inequalities faced by refugee and immigrant origin youth.
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco
University Of California, Los Angeles
2016 – 2017
$25,000
Grant

Deferred Action and Postsecondary Outcomes: The Role of Migrant Youth Settings in Effective and Equitable Policy

How does the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program affect migrant youth?
Eve Tuck
University Of Toronto
2015 – 2022
$350,000
Grant

Children’s Responsibilities as Family Translators

How do the translating experiences of immigrant youth change over time in relation to their changing linguistic and social competencies, and their families’ changing circumstances?
Marjorie Orellana
2004 – 2006
$20,500

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  •  Mar 14, 2018

Webinar: Engaging English Learners with Rigorous Academic Content

Improving achievement for English learners by strengthening educational policy and practice would contribute meaningfully to reducing inequality in the outcomes of young people in the United States. In this webinar, Foundation president Adam Gamoran outlines lessons from the literature on ...
Foundation Staff
Webinar: Engaging English Learners with Rigorous Academic Content
Blog Post

Reducing Inequality for English Learners: Research Questions for the Field

At the William T. Grant Foundation, we have made it a priority to support research on reducing inequality among young people in the United States. A key area for progress is in the policies, programs and practices to reduce unequal ...
Vivian Louie
Reducing Inequality for English Learners: Research Questions for the Field
Blog Post

Toward a New Research Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Adolescent English Learners

Systematically considering programs, practices, and policies that may move the needle in some of these important areas is the next frontier of research if we want to address inequality for this fast growing group of students.
Carola Suarez-Orozco
 and Vivian Louie
Toward a New Research Agenda to Improve Outcomes for Adolescent English Learners
Blog Post

Intersecting Inequalities: Research to Reduce Inequality for Immigrant-Origin Children and Youth

Carola Suárez-Orozco and colleagues explore how inequality plays out along six dimensions of disadvantage particular to immigrant-origin families. The authors outline how developments in educational and family contexts can ...
Carola Suarez-Orozco
,
Vivian Tseng
,
and Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Intersecting Inequalities: Research to Reduce Inequality for Immigrant-Origin Children and Youth
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