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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Latinos are 19 percent of the U.S. population, and 14 percent of the voting age population. Despite the size of the population, Latinos continue to face discrimination, including in access to voting. Founded in 1972, LatinoJustice PRLDEF (LJP) is a national civil rights organization committed to decreasing discrimination toward Latino communities through advocacy, education, and litigation. LJP, along with peer civil rights organizations, community-based organizations, and pro bono firms and lawyers, have successfully challenged systemic discriminatory practices. The collective impact has benefited Latinos and American society at large. With renewed Corporation support, LatinoJustice PRLDEF will continue its voting rights and immigrant civic integration work in the states.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1978, Human Rights First (HRF) is an organization dedicated to realizing free and equal societies. For over forty years, HRF has held human rights offenders accountable and fortified systems that protect and uphold universal rights. HRF has established partnerships with the legal community, advocates, technologists, military veterans, security experts, and human rights supporters to strengthen its impact made through direct service and advocacy. These unique connections have offered HRF the tools to increase support for human rights from the public, private actors, and the U.S. government. With renewed Corporation support, HRF will continue its public policy advocacy in the United States and globally, focusing on reducing authoritarianism, extremism, and the misuse of technology.
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For core support of the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Since the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder (2013), which gutted major voting rights protections under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), states have proposed hundreds of changes to election procedures designed to increase barriers to voting, even at the risk of reducing voter participation. As advocates work to restore federal protections once offered by the VRA, voting rights attorneys have been the main line of defense against laws that restrict the right to vote in states across the country. Housed at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and established with Corporation support, the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group is comprised of twelve organizations with historic involvement in prominent voting rights litigation. With Corporation support, the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group, will continue to leverage its collective expertise to consult and collaborate on litigation and pre-litigation efforts to defend the voting rights of all American citizens.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
30 months
Description
While the nation has made impressive strides toward greater high school completion, college and career readiness have not kept pace. PENCIL brings together business leaders and educators to provide work-based learning (WBL) experiences that help prepare New York City students to succeed in today’s workforce. Prior Corporation support enabled PENCIL to develop and implement the Career Explorers Program, which provides WBL experiences designed to mirror real-world industry work decoupled from internship placements. The program has yielded strong student outcomes and provided a blueprint for scaling summer youth employment. Corporation support also allowed PENCIL to conduct an evaluation of program strengths, opportunities for improvement, and gaps in the field, which PENCIL shared in a series of research briefs. Continued Corporation support will allow PENCIL to expand its programming in New York City schools, broker industry partnerships for schools, and deepen organizational impact through strategic partnerships with other community organizations and higher education institutions.
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For a project to continue into Year 3 of the NEXUS Academy for Science Curriculum Leadership
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) require teachers to shift instruction to engage students in relevant phenomena using science and engineering practices. As a result, there is a growing demand for high-quality science instructional materials designed for the Framework and the NGSS. Now that the OpenSciEd middle school science curriculum is completed, many schools and districts around the country are ready to formally adopt and implement OpenSciEd. WestEd and BSCS Science Learning are developing the capacity of state and district leadership teams through the NEXUS Academy for Science Curriculum Leadership. They will provide professional learning and support a cohort of four state and eight district leadership teams to lead effective implementation of the OpenSciEd middle school curriculum in their individual contexts. They also plan to work with Horizon Research to conduct an impact evaluation of the three-year curriculum leadership program.
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For a final grant to the Center for Educational Equity's continued work on civics education and equity
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Readying young people for their civic responsibilities in a democracy has historically been an essential role of U.S. schools; today it is more important than ever. Yet, one of the many harmful effects of ongoing race- and class-based educational inequities is that large numbers of students, particularly students in poverty and students of color, leave high school without the knowledge, skills, experience, and dispositions to engage effectively in political and civic life. Founded in 2005, the Center for Educational Equity (CEE) is a nonprofit policy and research center at Teachers College, Columbia University, that utilizes a rights-based approach to ensure that school systems are preparing young people to participate meaningfully in civic life. Support from the corporation will further CEE efforts to improve the capacity of New York Schools to prepare their students for civic participation and strengthen the national movement for civic education by increasing public understanding of constitutional rights to civics education.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Urban Schools Human Capital Academy (USHCA) is the national leader in human capital reform in education and is dedicated to the development, support, and networking of leaders with human capital responsibilities. The mission of USHCA is to ensure that all students, especially those who have been historically marginalized, have access to effective teaching. Since its founding in 2011, USHCA has supported states, districts, schools, and partner organizations to align, manage, and leverage their people’s knowledge, skills, and abilities to meet student learning goals and improve retention of teachers, leaders, and other school staff. They do this by strengthening the capacity of district human resource (HR) departments to better align with the needs of schools. Through this renewal grant, USHCA will continue to work to more closely align talent work across all levels of the system and support a dialogue to create coherence across talent strategies.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Research has demonstrated that proximate leaders positively impact the outcomes of the populations they serve. However, in the field of education reform, leaders often do not reflect the socio-economic or racial diversity of the communities they work with. Today more than ever, the sustainability of efforts to improve outcomes for young people depends on the inclusion of leaders who reflect those being served. With support from the Corporation, the Surge Institute has graduated nearly 350 fellows with alumni working with and leading organizations that collectively serve more than 3.4 million students across the United States. Additional support will allow further organizational and program development required to support and accelerate the impact of leaders of color to drive equitable access, outcomes, and experiences for young people, families, and communities.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Latinos for Education’s (L4E) mission is to develop, place and connect essential Latino leadership in the education sector while mobilizing Latino voice to promote practices and policies that remove barriers to educational opportunity. Their programs accelerate leadership pipelines, mobilize leaders and communities, and connect Latino leaders through technology. They have in-person hubs in New England and Greater Houston and virtual sites in eight different cities across the country. Their signature programs include the Aspiring Latino Leaders Fellowship; the Latino Board Fellowship; the Latinx Teachers Fellowship; and the School Board Preparation Program. Working from within and around educational systems, they are developing a local-national mobilized base of teachers and leaders to promote a shared advocacy platform to elevate Latino voices.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Collective Change Lab (CCL)was founded based on the belief that no single individual, intervention, or organization can scale change alone; and that achieving population-level impact requires a focus on both the cultural dimensions (e.g. attention to power, relationships and mental models) of systems transformation as well as the structural (policy, practice, resource flow). From this foundation, CCL aims to catalyze, along with other contributors, a collective shift in how we address social challenges so that the approaches taken balance cultural change with structural change, to produce systemic change. Continued support will allow CCL to further its work to elevate concrete examples of transformational change and develop the capacity of practitioners to operate in ways that produce more equitable outcomes for those they serve.
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As a final grant for the Coherence Lab
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Disconnected and sometimes dueling education reform initiatives cause inefficiency, confusion, alienation and lackluster results. This lack of integration occurs at the federal, state, district, and school levels due in part to lacking organizational capabilities, structures, and incentives for effective cross-agency integration and collaboration. With support from the Corporation, the Coherence Lab Fellowship was launched in 2017 as a practical solution to addressing these challenges. Based on the success of the Fellowship, in 2022, CCSSO stood up the Coherence Lab, which offers multiple supports for education leaders who intentionally and strategically build coherence in their own agencies. With continued support from the Corporation, CCSSO will apply the coherence framework to the thirteen states that are members of the High-Quality Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network CCSSO. CCSSO will also expand access to professional learning on coherence by developing new learning modules that can be used with existing CCSSO networks.
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For support of the Advancing Social and Economic Opportunity through Education Initiative
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is driven by its mission to catalyze change in education so that every student has the opportunity to live a healthy, dignified, and fulfilling life. With a planning grant in 2022 from the Corporation, CFAT developed a strategy to advance educational and economic opportunity at national scale through four intersecting aims that they will advance over the next decade .With continued support from the Corporation, CFAT will focus on two of these areas: 1) Create a bridge between time and credit-based models of attainment to outcomes-based models of learning that accelerate success in school, career and life 2) Fully leverage networked improvement science in support of CFAT’s strategic priories to make improvement methods, routines, and tools accessible at broad scale.
Project Title
For projects toward Leadership in Equitable Systems
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2015 with Corporation funding, Transcend’s mission is to support communities to create and spread equitable learning environments with a vision that all children can thrive in and affect change in the world. This grant will focus on two distinct but complementary leadership development and recognition programs to support system-level leaders. Namely, 1) The Learner-Centered Leadership Lab will scale a pilot program to support district superintendents to lead equitable, learner-centered, and continuous-improvement organizations. 2) Profiles in Collective Leadership, which aims to lift up and learn from individuals and organizations who have successfully collaborated across sectors to build stronger, more equitable education systems.
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For final core support of JerseyCan
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
New Jersey, like many other states, has been challenged with long-standing, persistent achievement gaps that have only been exacerbated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), while less than half (49 percent) of New Jersey’s middle- and high-income fourth-graders are proficient in reading, only 19 percent of their low-income peers are performing at grade level. JerseyCAN is a trusted voice on education, advocating for high-quality educational opportunities for all New Jersey students and working to bolster efforts to support students’ educational recovery. Continued support will allow JerseyCAN to implement a targeted approach to closing the achievement gap through: advancing effective approaches to literacy instruction, increasing the diversity of the educator workforce by making entry into the workforce more accessible, and advancing efforts to equitably fund charter schools.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Creating pathways to help high-achieving, low-income students and students of color advance and demonstrate college readiness is essential to ensure their chances of socioeconomic mobility. The National Education Equity Lab (Ed Equity Lab), launched in 2019, takes existing online credit-bearing courses from top colleges and universities and delivers them to talented students in Title 1 high schools. With continued support from the Corporation, the Ed Equity Lab works toward its goal to serve twenty-five percent of all Title I high schools in the nation, which are concentrated in forty districts. It currently serves nearly half of those districts.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The 5 million students who are undocumented or live in a household with at least one undocumented parent face challenges in schools due to poverty, language barriers, and unfamiliarity with the education system. With educators lacking understanding of how to support them, students experience stress, which negatively impacts their school performance. This grant will be the Corporation’s first to ImmSchools, an organization founded in 2018 that fills a critical gap in the field by providing resources and professional development to school districts, leaders, and teachers, focusing on supporting immigrant students by creating safe schools. The grant’s intended impact includes expanding ImmSchools’ reach to thirty-five schools in New York City, Camden (NJ), San Antonio, and Dallas (TX), enhancing the competencies of school leaders and educators in supporting immigrant students, strengthening partnerships between schools and families, and increasing access to local services for students and families.
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As a final grant for a project to provide curriculum-based professional learning for New York City district leaders and high school Biology teachers
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
New York State adopted new science standards that were adapted from the Next Generation Science Standards and articulated a vision for science teaching and learning that radically shifts from prior state science standards. However, there have been limited state and local efforts to develop new science curriculum or to provide professional learning support to schools. For over three decades, New Visions for Public Schools has been a driving force for significant improvements in many of the high schools in New York City Public Schools. In this final grant, New Visions will build the capacity of high school science stakeholders – such as district science leads, superintendents, school leaders, and science teachers – across New York City districts to spread and sustain instructional change through the implementation of New Visions Biology curriculum.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
21 months
Description
Science education, like other areas in the K-12 education field lacks coherent implementation of innovations that lead to improvements in student outcomes. Curriculum, assessment, teacher learning, organizational change, and policy are frequently siloed from each other by people and organizations. This expertise and knowledge are also not easily accessible by the school districts that need it most. For over sixty years, BSCS Science Learning has been working on the challenge of implementing meaningful reform that substantially improves student outcomes, fosters a coherent system, and sustains after the initial investment ends. Through this general support grant, BSCS will continue to improve implementation of high-quality instructional materials and curriculum-based professional learning, develop performance assessment tasks for high school biology, as well as iterate on their business model to continue offering integrated, systemic services to schools and districts to improve outcomes for students in science education.
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For a project to build their capacity to support science teaching and learning
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
8 months
Description
The widespread influence of the National Research Council’s Framework for K-12 Science Education and many states’ adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) provide an opportunity to improve science instruction and achievement in the United States. However, many districts have a long way to go in their transition from rote teaching of facts to an integrated focus on the three-dimensional learning that the NGSS embodies. That shift will take many different efforts to achieve, but it can begin with the adoption of higher quality instructional materials. Achievement Network has helped schools and districts improve instruction in ELA and math for nearly two decades. Through this grant, Achievement Network will build their capacity to help schools and districts support stronger science instruction. This grant will enable them to: a) support a cohort of six staff members on the NGSS, b) adapt their current coaching tools and tactics to support ten districts in Kentucky adopt high-quality science curricula, and c) support learning about the NGSS to the larger group of Achievement Network coaches.
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For the China Intelligence Project
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
China’s technological and military advances are reshaping the international peace and security environment. Yet, clear understanding of these developments are limited by the Chinese government’s attempts to control information and the challenge of communicating in-depth research findings to broad audiences in the United States. With continued Corporation support, The China Intelligence project, led by New America Foundation in partnership with an open-source intelligence organization and the media outlet, DefenseOne, will identify new data and insights from Chinese language documents and media, and translate that information into accessible articles designed for a broad audience.
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For support of African doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships in public policy
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) was formed in 2011 with the initial aim of developing a collaborative master’s degree program in public policy. As of 2023, 13 universities in seven African countries offer the Master’s in Research and Public Policy program, graduating 317 students to date. Building on this program, in 2019, PASGR launched a network doctoral program which aims to strengthen training of social scientists, with a focus on policy-relevant research, through strengthening university capacity to design and implement high-quality doctoral programs. With its first four graduates expected in 2023, the doctoral program combines coursework and the production of a dissertation, along with requirements of university partners. With Corporation renewed support, PASGR will offer fellowships, research, faculty mobility grants, and training workshops for doctoral students and supervisors, among other activities.
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For doctoral and postdoctoral support focused on women and agriculture
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Women play a critical role in African agriculture, accounting for nearly half of Africa’s smallholder farmers and producing 70 percent of Africa’s food. Yet women make up only 22 percent of agricultural scientists and are underrepresented when it comes to shaping research agendas, setting priorities, decision-making, and leadership in agricultural research and development. To address the urgent need for female agricultural scientists, Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), founded in 2004 by ten African universities, seeks to strengthen postgraduate training in agriculture at its member universities and provide greater accessibility for women to postgraduate qualifications, while supporting innovative solutions to food security and climate change issues that affect rural women farmers. Corporation renewed support will contribute to postdoctoral and doctoral fellowships, small research grants, workshops, and conference participation.
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For a doctoral program in social studies at the Makerere Institute of Social Research
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Support for the social sciences and humanities disciplines in sub-Saharan Africa is critical to developing future African leaders and engaged citizens. Yet the disciplines are often characterized by weak undergraduate training, and doctoral programs that lack coursework, research, and theory rooted in Africa. To address these gaps, the doctoral program in social studies at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), launched in 2012, has developed a rigorous coursework and research-based, interdisciplinary curriculum. With support from the Corporation and others, fifty-seven masters and twelve PhDs have graduated to date. Corporation renewed support will fund additional doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships and visiting fellows; augment MISR’s digital library and publications; and strengthen MISR’s capacity to provide materials and instruction online.
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For research and policy dialogues on university faculty challenges in the East African Community
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Faculty challenges in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are linked to an ageing workforce, underqualified academic staff, and an inadequate pipeline. With Corporation support, UK-based Education Sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA), within a consortium comprised of International University Council of East Africa (IUCEA), Association of African Universities (AAU), and Population Reference Bureau (PRB), conducted a study on the demographics of faculty in East Africa with aims to increase the capacity of higher education stakeholders to plan and implement evidence-informed solutions. The study identified gaps and weaknesses in data availability, collection, and consolidation. With Corporation renewed support, ESSA and consortium members will provide training on data collection and analysis; develop indicators on faculty staffing; institutionalize data collection in three countries; and exchange findings with stakeholders through workshops and policy dialogue.
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For two advanced international courses on new technologies and strategic stability
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Instability and unpredictability in geopolitics, plus the rapid pace of technological change, make understanding nuclear risks more important but also more difficult. This is especially the case for people new to, or seeking to enter, the nuclear security field. With renewed funding, ISODARCO will offer short courses that provide an intensive introduction to nuclear issues, both traditional and new. These courses bring together established experts and emerging scholars for a week of seminars, panels, and discussions on nuclear risk and have a track record of equipping young professionals with the tools to build their knowledge bases and networks. In the past, ISODARCO has successfully used the courses to create a cohort of young professionals and established itself as a reliable entry into nuclear studies.
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For a project to provide training in the analysis of strategic forces
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
10 months
Description
Analysts and scholars of nuclear weapons have few opportunities to learn how to conduct technical analysis of nuclear strategy, weapons capabilities, and the impact of emerging technologies. This is especially true for people new to the field. With this grant, Dartmouth College will conduct a residential workshop to train junior scholars, advanced graduate students, and early-career professionals in some of the tools and skills necessary to understand the impact of nuclear weapons and related technologies on strategic stability, deterrence, arms control, and related topics. This training, in turn, will enable them to engage in more nuanced research and analysis of the role of nuclear weapons in national security.
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For Track II dialogues among nuclear weapon possessor states on artificial intelligence and international security
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
The increasing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into weapons and military decision- making processes has raised concerns about the potential for accidents, problems with reliability, and inadvertent escalation due to automation or human misunderstandings. These issues are particularly acute with respect to nuclear weapons. With renewed support, the Center for a New American Security will continue a Track II dialogue that brings together U.S., European, Russian, and Chinese experts in military AI. This project aims to improve the shared understanding of the risks of AI to nuclear operations as well as develop potential steps that states can take to reduce these risks.
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For a project educating congressional staff on nuclear weapons-relevant issues
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Nuclear weapons policy issues have assumed a new urgency with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the buildup of China’s arsenal, including its space-based nuclear-relevant assets. To expand and deepen the nuclear expertise Congress can apply to these issues, a project at the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center will provide nuclear and space policy courses, primarily for U.S. congressional staff. Through lectures, simulations, and research retreats, these courses will provide the historical, technical, and legal fundamentals needed to understand new, as well as longer term, nuclear and nuclear-related space threats.
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For support to the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Key organizations that support the global nonproliferation regime are under-resourced and many low income-states that are parties to these organizations lack the capacity to train and educate their diplomats in legal, technical, and scientific issues related to nonproliferation. Filling these gaps is especially important now in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine, which has increased the disinformation about these issues and put significant strains on the existing arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation regimes. With renewed support, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) will help fill these gaps by providing education, training, facilitation, dialogue, and research aiming at considering solutions to their many challenges.
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For support of a project on United States-Iran relations
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
For the United States, the relationship with Iran remains an intractable foreign policy challenge. Although there was an increase in communication leading up to and following the agreement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the Iran nuclear deal), these channels were severely reduced after the U.S. withdrawal from the deal. However, notwithstanding the obstacles, the U.S.-Iran Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has been able to continue providing opportunities for expert-level engagements between the United States and Iran. Through Track II dialogues, policy-relevant research, and a series of bilateral and multilateral roundtable discussions, the initiative considers mutually acceptable strategies for managing a range of issues between the United States and Iran. This initiative will seek to remain complementary to future U.S. policies regarding Iran.
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For rebuilding the Public Education Coalition for Opportunity
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
The Aspen Education & Society Program (Aspen Education) advances equity for students of color and students from low-income families by inspiring, informing, and influencing education leaders across policy and practice. They provide off-the-record venues for authentic learning and honest dialogue among education leaders and produce a range of resources and tools. To build a deeper bench of education leaders who see value in engaging across lines of difference, they will facilitate a second cohort of politically conservative education policymakers in exploring race and racism in education. The goals are to support these leaders in clarifying their own leadership stance on these issues and to make them more confident participants in discussions focused on addressing issues of race and racism in education. Through this deep engagement with politically conservative education leaders, the Education & Society Program is better able to convene across lines of difference in service of a rich vision for public education.
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For a final grant for a project to connect national security policymakers with academia
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
38 months
Description
Bridging the gap between academic research and policy relevance has been a persistent problem in foreign policy. Scholars and policymakers often speak in their own jargon, focus on different aspects of an issue, and have incompatible deadlines. This project helps remedy these issues by connecting foreign policy practitioners with policy-relevant scholarly work. Activities include providing summaries of relevant research and quarterly compendiums of published work in language that is accessible to policymakers, and regular roundtables that enable conversation between scholars and practitioners. With renewed funding, the project will also commission short, timely, policy-focused papers from academics on issues of interest to policymakers, including issues related to nuclear weapons and emerging technologies.
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For a project for the Center for Public Research and Leadership to advance curriculum-based professional learning at the local and field levels
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
6 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials (HQIM) and curriculum-based professional learning (CBPL) are powerful ways to deepen teachers’ knowledge of content and standards, drive school- and district-wide collaboration, and support delivery of rigorous, student-centered instruction. However, a recent RAND Corporation survey reveals that about half of teachers report receiving less than five hours of professional learning on how to implement their materials during the academic year. For HQIM and CBPL to take hold in the deep, widespread way that is essential for improving student outcomes, the field of CBPL must be developed with a pointed strategic plan to accelerate and fortify this work. At the local level, change leaders need insight into how teachers and other users of HQIM are experiencing implementation, what they are doing with the adopted materials, and what next steps are required to strengthen, deepen, and scale implementation. The Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University designed the new Curriculum Implementation Change Framework (CICF) to help change leaders with these problems. Through this grant, CPRL will pilot CICF and develop a roadmap for further developing the field of CBPL.
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For a project to integrate curriculum-based professional learning into their culturally responsive leadership framework, services, and resources
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
A central problem for schools nationwide is that a student’s demographic characteristics continue to be a predictor of their academic achievement, especially as achievement gaps continue to persist for students across races. The Leadership Academy recognizes that the work of leading for equity in school systems is not an easy charge. Their mission is to develop, support, and empower district members to become culturally responsive leaders. They believe this is the key level for creating positive change through leveraging the skills, knowledge, and beliefs to disrupt racial and economic inequities in the classroom. A part of culturally responsive learning environments requires the need for teaching with high-quality instructional materials supported with curriculum-based professional learning and coaching, as well as goals-based evaluation to teachers and school staff to ensure equity of opportunities and outcomes for all students. Through this grant, The Leadership Academy will integrate curriculum-based professional learning into their culturally responsive leadership approach.
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For a project to develop classroom videos of OpenSciEd middle school instruction to support curriculum-based professional learning services
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
6 months
Description
There is a gap in educators’ ability to use high-quality instructional materials efficiently due to the lack of exposure to the new Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). One approach to address this need is to provide depictions of NGSS-aligned instruction in actual classrooms where students are engaged in learning with high-quality instructional materials such as OpenSciEd. The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) was a partner in the development of the NGSS, are a certified OpenSciEd professional learning provider, and have significant experience working to prepare educators to implement high-quality science materials. This project will fund the first stage of development for a library of video examples of instruction aligned to NGSS using the OpenSciEd curricula in middle school science classrooms. Through this grant NSTA will work with Benchfly, a video production company that focuses on science education, and a) develop a plan for filming, interview protocols, and prepping teachers and their classrooms, b) film a 7th grade teacher and an 8th grade teacher over ten days during the teaching of an OpenSciEd unit, and c) conduct interviews with teachers, students, school/district administrators, and parents.
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For a project to support K-12 science education in the Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
While district and school systems are charged with the selection, adoption, and implementation of instructional materials, states can still have an influence on these processes through policies and guidance. This work is further along in English language arts and math curricula, but support is still needed for science. The Instructional Materials and Professional Development Network at the Council of Chief State School Officers supports thirteen states in developing these policies that support districts to equip teachers with high-quality instructional materials and aligned professional learning. Through this renewal grant, the Network will continue to support their participating states in developing a statewide vision for strong science instruction, demand for high-quality science instructional materials, and incentivize districts in adoption efforts.
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For a project supporting NextGenScience to review OpenSciEd instructional units
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
10 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials are an essential component of any meaningful effort to improve K–12 science outcomes at scale. The science instructional materials market, however, currently includes few high-quality, standards-aligned K–12 science programs, particularly curriculum for high school science courses. NextGenScience at WestEd provides formative feedback to instructional materials developers so they can improve the quality of their materials designed for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Over the past several years, NextGenScience’s reviews of OpenSciEd’s middle and high school units have supported the development of a free and publicly available program designed for the NGSS. Using a peer review panel of teachers and the EQuIP rubric for science, NextGenScience will review OpenSciEd’s instructional units for three high school science courses in biology, chemistry, and physics. Those that earn the highest rating will be designated with the NGSS Design Badge, a recognized mark in the field indicating high-quality science instructional materials. This ten-month grant includes ongoing training of the peer reviews by classroom science teachers and will complete initial reviews of four units across three high school science courses and six final reviews prior to the public release of new high school science units designed for the NGSS.
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For support of Across the Aisle: Bridging the Educational Divide
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Over the past year and a half, The Hunt Institute (The Institute), in partnership with the Honorable Bob Wise, established the Across the Aisle initiative (formerly the COVID Constituency) in direct response to the pandemic and its long-lasting impact on students, families, and the education system. Through mediums such as polling, focus groups, and surveys, Across the Aisle has gathered opinions from parents, teachers, and others to identify a shared set of priorities and lift up demand over a transformed education system. With continued support from the Corporation, the Institute will support state and local education leaders as they consider ways to thoughtfully and intentionally spend down their federal funds over maximum impact by developing state ESSER guides, providing technical support to state leaders.
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For project support of the District Leader Family Engagement Clearinghouse
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
Decades of research shows that family engagement matters for student success, but despite the importance of family engagement, many schools struggle to prioritize and implement equitable and effective approaches that bring families and educators together in support of students’ learning and wellbeing. National Congress of Parents and Teachers (National PTA) sits at the intersection of school, home, and community, and is a trusted messenger to parents about critical issues affecting the success and safety of their children. A key part of PTA’s role is to both provide guidance on what effective family-school partnerships look like and to advocate for schools to follow that guidance as they make crucial decisions. With support from the Corporation, the PTA will build an online database that is a one-stop shop for district leaders to identify more evidence-based family engagement programs. This will be the first phase of a five-year plan to raise the awareness of family engagement amongst district leaders with “buying power” and make it easier for them to navigate the marketplace of providers offering family engagement programs and interventions.
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For applying international insights to the Russia-Ukraine War
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Russia’s aggressive war on Ukraine continues to cause widespread destruction. While there are few realistic approaches to bring the conflict to an end, there are many possibilities for the war to mutate into an even more destructive and enduring conflict. With Corporation support, the European Leadership Network (ELN) will facilitate convenings of expert representatives from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council along with Ukraine to participate in an ongoing dialogue with the goal of de-escalating the conflict. The grant will produce briefings to be shared with relevant policymaking communities.
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As a final grant for the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
The Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS)—a network of over 150 scholars based in the United States and in the countries of the former Soviet Union—was launched by the Corporation in 1996. Through individual and collective research, writings, publications, public events, and policy-oriented conferences, PONARS addresses an array of foreign, security, and domestic policy challenges related to Russia and Eurasia. It is designed to connect scholarship to policy and to foster community among scholars committed to developing and disseminating policy-relevant and collaborative research. With renewed funding, PONARS will continue activities and outputs, while also striving to deepen and expand its impact, broaden and empower its international network of social scientists, and develop and institutionalize innovative modes of partnership, collaboration, and exchange within the network and beyond.
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To support the development of the Competitiveness and Opportunity Agenda
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
6 months
Description
We are at a critical juncture in our nation’s history, facing a unique set of challenges unprecedented in scale and seriousness since the national and global economic, political, and military crises of the 1930’s and 40’s. While we are facing these challenges, however, we also live in a moment of unique and enormous opportunity. To leverage this opportunity, we will need to work across different levels of government, business, educational institutions, philanthropy, and nonprofit organizations to provide better and more equitable education and skills pathways to as many of our citizens as possible. With support from the Corporation, America Achieves aims to develop a regionally driven nationwide agenda that will catalyze aligned, bipartisan leadership, policies, and strategies for an inclusive economic competitiveness and opportunity effort led by states and regions across the country.
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For strengthening doctoral and postdoctoral training in applied science, engineering, and technology in Africa
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
28 months
Description
Africa needs to increase the number of engineering professionals for continental advancement and global competitiveness. Without high-quality engineers, development in key sectors such as agriculture, energy, mining, water, and disaster reduction will forestall Africa’s progress. Part of the problem is insufficient faculty in engineering and related fields to meet the demand. Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF), an Africa-led, World Bank-affiliated initiative implemented and administered by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), aims to develop the next generation of African university engineering faculty through advanced training and research in partnership with African and international universities. Corporation support will provide doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships, capacity-building workshops, and a policy convening on postgraduate training and research.
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For incubating new learning models, leading citywide initiatives, and building the conditions needed to sustain innovation in Washington, DC
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Traditional school models were designed to achieve a different set of goals than those to which we aspire today. Today’s students require learning experiences that are personalized, mastery-based, and student-driven, and that prepare them to succeed in college and career. CityBridge Education (CityBridge) is a regional portfolio organization that has a long track record of incubating innovative new models in Washington, DC. With prior Corporation support, CityBridge has incubated a portfolio that now includes fourteen schools, and cultivated a diverse talent pipeline of school, community, and system leaders. In recent years, CityBridge has expanded its work to include education ventures beyond school walls, including CityWorks DC, which builds strong pathways for youth into high-wage, high-demand careers, and to lead large-scale initiatives such as CityTutor, which provides citywide access to high-impact tutoring for 10,000 students who experienced COVID-related disruption to their learning. With continued Corporation support, CityBridge will support a cohort of innovators developing new models, lead citywide initiatives to address widespread challenges, and engage stakeholders to build support for improvement and innovation.
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For support of Fund IV
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The education sector has not adequately invested in the leadership necessary to drive innovation, particularly among community-based entrepreneurs who are deeply connected to the challenges they seek to solve. Founded in 2010 to address this gap, 4.0 builds the capacity of entrepreneurs to develop early-stage education ventures that provide student-centered learning experiences and meet the needs of their communities. Corporation support will enable 4.0 to support 240 entrepreneurs as they develop new ventures, refine the fellowship model, expand programming for aspiring education funders, and provide leadership development for alumni. 4.0 creates positive impact in the sector both by cultivating a strong talent pipeline and supporting the development of each new venture. They have worked with more than 1,600 entrepreneurs to create hundreds of ventures that collectively reach more than 9,000,000 students across the country. A recent external evaluation revealed that the majority of 4.0 entrepreneurs are considered leaders in the education sector and report that 4.0 was instrumental in their development as leaders. 4.0 ventures have a range of focus areas, such as literacy, college access, and socio-emotional learning, and have demonstrated success in improving student experiences and outcomes.
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For project support of continued development of an equity-focused Future of Work
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
The combined health and economic crisis have exacerbated inequalities long endured by communities. The Center for American Progress (CAP), a nonpartisan policy institute, seeks to improve American lives by proposing policy solutions that cut across K-12, postsecondary, and workplace training systems to empower Americans seeking quality, sustained employment and employers hiring and retaining skilled workers. Continued support from the Corporation will allow CAP to advance several policy goals centered on workforce development grounded in our theory of action, including industrial strategy implementation delivering on its promise of providing equitable access to good jobs and training for workers; continue developing and promulgating policies supporting a progressive view of workforce development centering the worker and ensuring businesses fulfill their talent needs; focus on critical occupations and workers by partnering with external organizations to promulgate existing recommendations and policy work and updating as the landscape shifts.
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For the development and launch of education research and development hubs
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
In order to transform the student learning experience at scale, schools and districts need to develop new approaches and the sector needs the mechanisms to disseminate effective practices beyond individual schools. The Rennie Center for Education & Policy (Rennie) improves public education in Massachusetts and beyond by pairing research with support for practitioners and policymakers. With Corporation support, Rennie will establish a research and development (R&D) hub in Massachusetts, which will pilot new education practices and share them broadly so that more schools have access to effective approaches. This will help fill a gap in the system, as it is estimated that only .4 percent of the national education budget is spent on R&D causing President Biden to recently call for increased public investment in innovation. Since its founding in 2002, Rennie has engaged an extensive network of policymakers and established itself as the authoritative source of research and policy recommendations for leaders across the state. As an example, Rennie conducts an annual review of student progress and offers recommendations for action. Rennie’s strong networks and reputation with policymakers resulted in the adoption of many of these recommendations, including expanding early childhood programming, providing holistic student supports, and offering early college models to high school students.
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For project support to explore a strategic merger in service of educational equity
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
The Graduate! Network was incorporated in 2011 to replicate and build a community of practice around communities that were helping adults with some college, no degree (potential “Comebackers”) re-enroll in college and complete a degree. Over the next decade, their work evolved and expanded; today, they define themselves as a national “think and do” tank catalyzing movement toward educational equity. Specifically, they are working toward a future where the likelihood of earning a postsecondary degree cannot be predicted by geography, gender, race, cultural heritage, or socioeconomic status. Although the organization has the expertise and tools required to execute its strategy, they do not have the bandwidth to advance its mission. They have determined that the most appropriate path is to explore a merger partnership. Corporation support will allow them to underwrite the work required to achieve this goal of a strategic merger.
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For a project to develop tools to support districts in adoption and implementation of high-quality instructional materials
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
9 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials alone cannot improve student learning and the need for curriculum-based professional learning is evident. District leaders need support in making decisions about materials selection and successful implementation through an evidence-based process that effectively plans for curriculum-based professional learning. Student Achievement Partners (SAP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising student achievement through evidence-based action and challenging K-12 academic standards through culturally relevant teaching. Through this grant, SAP will a) refine a materials adoption audit tool designed to help district leaders make decisions about materials selection and successful implementation, and to engage in an evidence-based process to effectively plan curriculum-based professional learning, and b) provide high-quality, standards-aligned online professional learning that are relevant to the development of instructional skills that support skillful implementation of instructional materials.
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For support of EdPrepLab initiative
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Learning Policy Institute (LPI) was established in 2015 to bring high-quality evidence into policy and practice conversations at the federal, state, and local levels. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, LPI connects policymakers and stakeholders with the evidence, ideas, and actions needed to strengthen the education system from preschool through college and career readiness—with the goal of creating empowering and equitable learning over each and every child. With continued support from the Corporation LPI aims to (1) strengthen equity-focused, SoLD-aligned education preparation practice and policy through the Education Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab) (2) expand and deepen the work of the Teacher Licensure Collaborative (TLC) to incorporate SoLD principles and whole child practices into state educator licensing and preparation systems; and (3) inform federal and state policymakers on key strategies over developing an equity-focused educator workforce, working in coalition with key partners and lifting up evidence-based research and examples of effective policies and practices.
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