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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Exacerbated by the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising tensions between democracies and autocracies, growing repression in Iran, violent extremism in the Sahel, the plight of millions of migrants and refugees worldwide, and the ongoing deprivations caused by corruption and climate change, threats to basic human rights across the globe continue apace. Since its establishment in 1978, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has played a crucial role within the global ecosystem for human rights. With a staff of nearly 600 operating on six continents, HRW continues to investigate, expose, and promote change to defend fundamental rights and freedoms worldwide. This grant provides general support to HRW to continue advancing its important work whenever and wherever human rights are being undermined.
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As a final core support grant of YouthTruth
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
Too often, the voices of students – those at the very center of our education system – are missing from the conversation about improving education outcomes and experiences. YouthTruth, a national survey project operated by the Center for Effective Philanthropy harnesses student and stakeholder feedback to help school leaders and education funders make better decisions that lead to better outcomes for students. Since its founding in 2009, YouthTruth has surveyed over 2.6 million students and 589,000 family and staff members across thirty-nine states. With further support from the Corporation, Youth Truth will (1) Broaden its influence through research, thought leadership, and communications; (2) Expand funder engagement; (3) Target growth while prioritizing equity and efficiency; and (4) Deepen effectiveness through client engagement and support.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
The National Parents Union (NPU) is a national nonprofit formed by parents, for parents. Their member organizations, representing all fifty states, D.C., and Puerto Rico, are vetted by volunteer leadership. NPU supports family advocates in improving the quality of life for children. Their Parent Power Agenda outlines priorities for children and families, emphasizing family involvement in budget, policy, and decision-making, as well as equity in education recovery efforts. Through this final general support grant, NPU will implement its annual plan, including capacity-building and training programs such as parent advocacy workshops and mentorship programs.
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For core support of BuildUS, a collaborative fund aimed at ensuring federal funds are invested in local communities
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
With the enactment of recent federal legislation, an opportunity has opened to deliver economic relief, physical and clean energy infrastructure development, and significant worker and community investments into disadvantaged communities to promote a stronger workforce and improve communities throughout the country. BuildUS is a collaborative fund, fiscally sponsored by the Amalgamated Foundation, which aims to maximize implementation efforts and support the acceleration of the country’s transition to a lower carbon, worker centered, and fairer economy. BuildUS will work to ensure the fair and effective implementation of federal investments into American communities. It will provide grants and technical assistance to local organizations to access resources at the community level and support planning efforts to determine local priorities within the context of the federal funding. The long-term goal is to transition low-income and minority neighborhoods from gas-based energy to clean energy alternatives and ensure workers can transition to better-paying green jobs.
Project Title
For core support of The Campaign for Our Shared Future
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
In the midst of growing political polarization in the United States schools are getting caught up in local social and cultural debates. This follows a global pandemic that revealed to parents, among others, ongoing inequities in the public school system nationwide. Amidst these challenges, misinformation is spreading, and some families are questioning curriculum choices, which are posing threats to the public education system. Parental turnout in local school board meetings, community engagements, and local elections has been low. There is a need for a nonpartisan campaign that provides unbiased information to actively engage all parents in support of public schools. The Campaign for Our Shared Future (COSF) is such an initiative, seeking to amplify the voices of American families and mobilize them for equity and inclusion in K-12 education. With a renewal grant from the Corporation, COSF will continue its efforts to restore public trust and support for the education system by offering direct communications support, targeted outreach, and promoting stakeholder engagement for families, communities, and education leaders at the local level.
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For a final grant for core support of Organizations in Solidarity
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
To promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the peace and security field, Organizations in Solidarity (OiS) works with organizations active in the field to combat racist beliefs, attitudes, and acts of discrimination and to integrate diversity throughout their operations. With previous funding, OiS has established collaborative working groups to address specific DEI issues, created resources and tools for organizations to assess and improve their DEI efforts, facilitated information sharing, and provided resources of relevance to mentoring, internships, and job opportunities. With renewed funding, OiS will continue these activities and expand the existing network of partner organizations.
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For core support of NTI's nuclear program
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Russia’s war in Ukraine and the breakdown of U.S.-Russian relations pose significant challenges to a global nuclear order that was already being tested by weapons modernization in the United States, China, and Russia, as well as other nuclear possessor states. The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) has a longstanding reputation for research, analysis, and policy and public outreach on actionable steps to reduce nuclear risks. NTI partners with governments, current and former policy makers, and multinational organizations to promote dialogue and advocate for and implement policies to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism, as well as to increase strategic stability. With renewed funding, NTI’s nuclear program will continue these activities and begin a new initiative to build political will for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chinese and U.S. nuclear modernization, as well as heightened concerns about proliferation have contributed to an increased political salience for nuclear weapons and an uncertain future for arms control. The Arms Control Association (ACA) helps to reduce nuclear dangers by providing research and data-driven analysis, convenings for bipartisan and Track II dialogues, and policy-driven papers to inform the public debate on nuclear issues and the future for arms control. With renewed funding, ACA will continue its efforts with a focus on strategic stability, arms control, and disarmament. It will also address new risks to nuclear security posed by emerging technologies.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Today’s students require learning experiences that are personalized, mastery-based, and student-centered to prepare them to thrive in a dynamic future, and competency-based education offers a promising pathway to achieve this vision. The Aurora Institute (Aurora) was founded over twenty years ago to advance the field toward competency-based education and has evolved to become one of the leading organizations in education building demand for transformational change in K-12 systems, promoting best practices from across the globe, and tackling policy barriers. Continued Corporation support will enable Aurora to drive change at all levels of the system through four core strands of work: policy analysis, knowledge diffusion, action research on competency-based education, and convening. Aurora has directly supported forty-one states, 800 schools and organizations, 180 districts, and built a network of 25,000 education professionals; overall, this work has impacted more than 14,000,000 students. Aurora’s policy work has informed significant advances in federal and state policy toward competency-based systems.
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Project Title
For core support of the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
New models of career and technical education (CTE) can prepare students for long-term success by helping them navigate and adapt to an increasingly complex labor market. As demand for CTE grows, it is critical to build evidence about high-quality, equitable programming and policies. MDRC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social policy research organization with significant experience evaluating effective programs and policies to support educational attainment and economic mobility. With Corporation support in 2018, MDRC established the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education (the Center) to ensure that the expansion of CTE programs is informed by a robust evidence base. The Center serves as a hub for evidence building, innovation, technical assistance, and research synthesis related to CTE. With core support from the Corporation, the Center will expand partnerships with CTE organizations to ensure their programming is evidence-based and add to the sector’s knowledge about what works, identify gaps in the research focused on work-based learning and develop a learning agenda to inform future research, and expand CTE policy outreach and dissemination.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
Over the past decade, there has been significant progress in building and implementing robust education data systems at the district, state, and federal levels. However, the wealth of data that has been collected through these systems is not always accessible to parents, educators, and policymakers who need it to guide their decision-making. Data Quality Campaign (DQC) offers a deeply informed, nonpartisan approach to addressing this challenge, working to ensure that all stakeholders have the information they need to make decisions that support student success. Continued support from the Corporation will support DQC’s theory of action to make data work for students through two strands of work: 1) increase public understanding of the value of data in supporting the Pre-K–higher ed student journey 2) ensure that state leaders can use the policy levers available to them across Pre-K–higher ed to make data work for students and communities.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the United States and face myriad challenges in accessing essential government resources and political representation. Established in 1991, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) is one of the leading civil and human rights advocates for the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Using policy advocacy, litigation, and public engagement strategies, AAJC raises awareness of systemic challenges faced by Asian Americans and advances federal and state policy recommendations that would directly improve their lives. Among the organization’s core issue interests are the decennial census, immigration reform, voting rights, and, increasingly, combating anti-Asian hate crimes. AAJC works in collaboration with more than 250 community-based organizations and affiliates across the country that serve AAPI communities and is often a leading partner in national coalitions around issues that advance justice. With Corporation support, AAJC will continue to advance the rights of Asian Americans by amplifying their voice in federal and state policy discourse.
Project Title
For core support to American Diplomat Podcast
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The lack of awareness about the role diplomats play within the U.S. foreign affairs and national security establishments undermines public support for American diplomacy. Established in 1983, the American Academy of Diplomacy’s mission is to enhance public appreciation and support for U.S. diplomacy’s critical role in advancing the national interest. In pursuit of its goals, the Academy supports programs that highlight past achievements, failures, and future opportunities of U.S. diplomacy. The American Diplomat Podcast offers first-person storytelling from American diplomats who have contributed to newsworthy events overseas. Hosted by former ambassador, Pete Romero and writer, Laura Bennett, the conversations add context and details to the guests’ stories from behind the scenes of international diplomacy.
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For core support of the Center for Whole-Child Education
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
A central element of transforming the student experience is to integrate social and emotional development into academic learning. However, few education schools prepare educators to facilitate high quality socio-emotional learning (SEL) and teachers rarely receive the professional development they need to address the challenges their students face. Turnaround for Children (Turnaround) was established in the wake of 9/11 to address the impact of adversity on learning by empowering educators with the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to support students’ social, emotional, and academic development. Turnaround has worked with more than 3,000 schools and systems over its twenty-year history, directly supporting 50,000 educators and leaders, and established itself as an authoritative voice on the relationship between SEL and academic success. Effective July 2023 – in order to maximize impact as it enters its third decade – Turnaround has joined the Mary Lou Fulton Teacher’s College at Arizona State University as the Center for Whole-Child Education. Core support will enable the launch and development of the center, which will conduct action-focused research, promote practice change in schools, drive innovation in educator preparation, and catalyze change in educational measurement and policy.
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For core support of the New Americans Campaign
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
Naturalization is a foundational component of immigrant integration. It brings significant social, economic, and civic benefits not only to immigrants and their families, but also to their communities, their states, and the country. However, of the 9.2 million legal permanent residents (LPRs) who qualify for citizenship in the United States, less than 1 million apply for naturalization each year. Since its inception in 2011, the New Americans Campaign (NAC) has been funding and building the capacity of local nonprofits offering affordable direct immigration services. Fiscally sponsored by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the NAC, and its more than 200 local and national partners, have completed more than 580,000 naturalization applications and 195,000 fee waivers for immigrants, to date. The NAC is particularly focused on one segment of the eligible to naturalize population: the 3.1 million who are unlikely to pursue naturalization without significant help, particularly due to the cost. The total estimated value of the fee waivers and free and low-cost legal services provided by NAC partners exceeds $636 million. The NAC is also a leading advocate for more inclusive naturalization policies. With renewed Corporation support, the NAC will continue its efforts to educate immigrants about the importance of naturalization and strengthen the capacity of its network.
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Project Title
For core support of its civic engagement and immigration program
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
With the 2024 election approaching, it is important for the Latino community, the nation’s second largest voting-eligible population, to be informed and empowered to take part in public policy debates and elections at all levels. Founded in 1968, UnidosUS is the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy committed to amplifying the voices of Latinos in public policy debates that affect their communities, such as immigration, health access, education, and economic development. With renewed support, UnidosUS, and its affiliate network of more than three hundred community-based organizations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, will provide the Latino community access to nonpartisan voter information, voting rights protections, and information on immigration policies at the state and federal level.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
There remain long-standing inequities in the education system, and while some schools seek to disrupt these inequities, entire school systems must be transformed to challenge, engage, and empower all students and foster belonging, agency, and a purpose in learning. Research shows that to rectify inequities and establish this transformative approach to learning, high-quality, culturally affirming instructional materials and curriculum-based professional learning are critical in shifting the mindsets of teachers and district leaders. EL Education offers both a newly revised K-8 English language arts program and curriculum-based professional learning to schools and districts. Through this general support grant and informed by their four-year strategic plan, EL Education will continue to provide educators and districts with their transformative programming.
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For core support of Press Forward, a national journalism initiative aimed at improving local news coverage
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
60 months
Description
Since 2005, approximately 2,200 local newspapers have closed, resulting in twenty percent of Americans living in areas with little to no reliable coverage of news. In response, a coalition of twenty donors have established Press Forward, an ambitious national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information with an infusion of more than a half-billion dollars over the next five years. Press Forward will support new models and solutions that are ready to scale and close longstanding inequities in journalism coverage and practice. National, regional, local, and issue-specific funders co-designed Press Forward with the aim of deploying significant new resources to the field through greater coordination and peer learning. In addition to direct grantmaking, Press Forward has established a collaborative pooled fund, fiscally sponsored by the Miami Foundation, which the Corporation is joining, to make investments in geographic or other areas not covered by the direct grantmaking.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The United Nations (UN) Security Council is a core institution of the global community’s international peace and security architecture. The Security Council Report (SCR), an independent not-for-profit organization established in 2005, provides dedicated coverage of the Security Council and its thirty-three subsidiary bodies. In addition, SCR provides capacity building workshops on Security Council practice, procedures, and substance for Security Council candidate countries. Reporting materials published by SCR are shared free of charge for use by anyone interested in UN operations and processes.
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For core support to PassBlue, a digital publication that covers the United Nations
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The United Nations (UN) was founded in 1945 to maintain peace and security across the world, but its size and bureaucracy often hinder public understanding of its operations, politics, and programs. In response, PassBlue, a non-profit, digital publication administered through the Institute for Nonprofit News, provides reporting on breaking news, long-form journalism, and multimedia products on the UN’s far-ranging operations and their implications. It has become the go-to site for behind-the-scenes perspectives on the UN and the United States’ role in it. With Corporation support, PassBlue will continue to produce award-winning journalism to shed light on the complicated, essential, and often-misunderstood work of the UN during an era of changing and contentious international politics.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
In a world unfortunately consumed by misinformation, there’s a need to enhance public understanding, and to achieve that we need to deliver straightforward, precise, and in-depth reporting. With a seven-year track record of leading a fact-based conversation about what was broken in American schools and about the innovators working to fix them, The74, a nonprofit news organization mobilized to provide in-depth coverage in seven selected U.S cities. With renewed support from the Corporation, The74 will continue to cover both local and national topics that concern our communities and will focus its journalism on several issues that experts say are critical to getting students back on track in a post-pandemic world.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
The PIE Network serves as a unifying force, enhancing and energizing the efforts of education leaders and advocates from diverse communities and ideological backgrounds. Its goal is to drive the transformation of education, ensuring that every student in every community can attain a sustainable future. The Network includes ninety-eight state and local advocacy organizations and twenty-eight national partners in thirty-three states and D.C. Continued support from the Corporation will enable the PIE Network to 1. help leaders take stock, adapt, and innovate; 2. build skills; advance efforts to build public understanding and community engagement through their networks; 3. focus on what’s working; paint new, compelling pictures of what’s possible; and scale up innovative and effective education programs, policy, and advocacy.
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For core support of Chalkbeat
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
Efforts to improve educational equity are threatened by a weakening civic infrastructure — the policies, laws, and organizations that enable informed participation in public policy. One element of civic infrastructure that has been overlooked in recent investments —undercut by market forces — is a strong local press. The resulting lack of information has prevented parents, students, and educators from participating meaningfully in educational change efforts which were especially apparent during the last few years through the pandemic. Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization works to address this problem by providing unbiased, quality information at a time when education news has never been more vital. With renewed support from the Corporation, Chalkbeat proposes to elevate the voices of parents, students, and educators in eight local markets and nationally; to undertake reporting that drives an informed civic debate about educational equity; to reach a deeper and wider national audience to grow their impact; and to make Chalkbeat’s work sustainable for the long term.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
15 months
Description
Education is evolving every day and innovation within America’s schools is happening faster than ever before. To help the field address these changes, it is essential to provide accurate and accessible reporting to policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders. Since the nonprofit Editorial Projects in Education launched EdWeek in 1981, their experienced team of reporters and researchers has brought independent journalism to bear on issues that matter most in education. Today, the field’s leaders and stakeholders rely on EdWeek as an essential source for the news, information, and analysis that can drive critical changes in policy and practice. Considered the nation’s “must read” news source in elementary and secondary education, EdWeek explores both the struggles and successes, the local nuances and national issues, and the day-to-day events and big-picture perspectives that impact the field. With continued support from the Corporation, EdWeek will carry on delivering vital coverage to the field through their regular beat reporting, video, and visual journalism, and other activities.
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For core support of The Hechinger Report
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
The Hechinger Report is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan organization based at Teachers College, Columbia University. As a nonprofit newsroom focused on inequality and innovation in education, its mission is to inform the public about the challenges faced by students and educators in the United States and engage readers in the national debate on education improvement. They provide their work freely to readers, believing that reliable journalism is a public service that should be accessible to all. They collaborate with partner news outlets to reach a diverse audience and provide critical information to those who can make a difference.
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Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
A matrix of challenges in education stemming from the disruptionscaused by the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that recovery will require an equallyintricate matrix of solutions. In a world unfortunately consumed bymisinformation, there’s a need to enhance public understanding, and to achievethat we needed to deliver straightforward, precise, and in-depth reporting.With a six-year track record of leading a fact-based conversation about whatwas broken in American schools and about the innovators working to fix them,The 74, a nonprofit news organization mobilized to provide in-depth coverage ofthe pandemic deployed correspondents in seven U.S. cities to present uniquestories about the impact of the pandemic on education and how its disruptioncreated disproportionate impacts in low-income communities and communities ofcolor. With renewed support from the Corporation, The 74 will continue to coverboth local and national topics that concern our communities and will focus itsjournalism on a number of issues that experts say are critical to getting studentsback on track in a post-pandemic world.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Multilingual Learners (MLLs) make up an increasingly large segment of the nation’s public school population, yet they continue to be underserved by schools and systems that were designed primarily for native English speakers. Internationals Network (Internationals) works with educators to design, develop, and support schools and programs for recently arrived immigrants and refugees. The network has a nearly forty-year history and now comprises thirty-one schools and academies serving 10,000 immigrant and refugee youth, who perform better than students in comparison schools and graduate at significantly higher rates than their peers. Prior Corporation support enabled Internationals to launch and support schools, develop professional and leadership development resources, improve schools’ capacity to strategically use data for continuous improvement, and influence policy and practice by disseminating resources. Continued support will allow Internationals to strengthen school practice, build the capacity of school staff to address the needs of MLLs in the post-pandemic context, and share learning with the field.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
15 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 improving student learning outcomes through standards-aligned, culturally relevant teaching. With Corporation funding, they have developed the Essential x Equitable (e2) Instructional Practice Framework to support the next phase of a sector-wide movement to improve education. Through this renewal general support grant, SAP will continue to design evidence-based tools, resources, and professional learning to support teachers and district leaders. They will also explore a new business model to diversify funding sources to contribute to the organization’s sustainability.
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Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Building on previous Corporation-funded work, the African Leadership Centre (ALC), which co-exists at King’s College London (King’s) and in Nairobi as an independent center, will continue supporting African-led peacebuilding research and training on the continent. Among its key programs, ALC offers a master’s degree and a joint PhD program at King’s and the University of Pretoria. In 2017, it launched a research agenda on critical topics at the nexus of peacebuilding and leadership, emphasizing links between theory and practice. Research teams convene senior and emerging scholars and practitioners across disciplines. ALC’s growing alumni network connects African universities and policy bodies to conduct high-quality field research and share results with relevant policymakers. Renewed Corporation support would advance these practical and field-building efforts.
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For a project to develop classroom videos of OpenSciEd middle school instruction to support curriculum-based professional learning services
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
6 months
Description
The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) plays a pivotal role in reforming science education. They were a partner in the development of the Next Generation Science Standards and have significant experience in preparing science teachers to implement high-quality science materials. This renewal grant will allow NSTA to develop videos of OpenSciEd professional learning sessions for middle school science teachers. NSTA will use these videos to create a library of NGSS-aligned curriculum-based professional learning sessions using the OpenSciEd middle school curricula. This will allow other professional learning organizations in the field to have an exemplar of high-quality, science professional learning. As an August discretionary grant, NSTA can continue their partnership with Benchfly, a video production company that focuses on science education, and use this momentum to develop professional learning videos to strengthen the classroom videos currently in production.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
33 months
Description
Educators and innovators across the country have proven that it is possible to deliver high-quality learning experiences that support students’ diverse needs and interests. However, the field lacks the capacity to sustain these innovations at scale such that all students benefit. The Learning Accelerator (TLA) addresses this by connecting and accelerating efforts and catalyzing national transformation through greater collaboration, coordination, and action across actors at every level. With prior Corporation support, TLA developed and led several large, cross-sector initiatives to produce open resources for the field and support widespread change. This was especially critical during the pandemic, when TLA launched immediate response efforts including a coaching network that supported over 200 district leaders serving two million students in making strategic decisions about how to deploy their stimulus resources. Continued Corporation support will allow TLA to build the education sector’s capacity for aligned action by ensuring decision-makers have access to the information, tools, and networks they need to advance this vision in their contexts and catalyzing collective change to tackle critical shared challenges in service of a more equitable future.
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For core support of 100% Democracy: An Initiative for Universal Voting
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
In 2020, 154.6 million people turned out to vote in the United States presidential election. While it was the highest turnout of the 21st century, it represented only 66.8% of eligible voters. 100% Democracy: An Initiative for Universal Voting was launched in 2022 to advance the idea of universal voting. The initiative follows the publication of 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting, written by Miles Rapoport and E.J. Dionne, Jr., with Corporation support. By making voting a requirement for every citizen, the initiative hopes to reshape voting as both a fundamental right and a civic responsibility. In addition, it would remove barriers to voting, expanding the influence of communities whose voices and votes have been suppressed. With Corporation support, 100% Democracy will engage with voting rights leaders, advocates, and policymakers to encourage the adoption of universal voting and increase voter participation.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Fundamentaltransformations at the state and district levels will require the activeleadership of action-oriented state and district “chiefs,” leaders positioned to address many of the most pressing challenges facing oureducation system today. This includes direct support to district and stateleaders to implement proven improvement strategies, including ensuring thateducators receive the training they need to implement high-qualityinstructional materials; redesigning our K12 systems in alignment with better,more affordable postsecondary pathways; and embedding parent and communityengagement for equitable, sustainable change. Founded in 2015, Chiefs forChange (CfC) is a nonprofit organization led by bold and innovative Chiefsserving in bipartisan administrations that supports its members in tacklingthese challenges. Continued support from the Carnegie Corporation of New Yorkwill enable CfC to accelerate its impact on K-12 education through three keylevers: leadership development, policy and advocacy, and technical assistance.
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For core support of the LearnerStudio
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
There is no shortage of education innovations nor of appetite on the part of communities for improvement, however systemic transformation remains elusive. For the last two years, the Corporation has engaged a group of funders in a dialogue about the need and complexity of change required to respond to the educational toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of that inquiry, prior support enabled social entrepreneur Kim Smith, housed at Cambiar Education (Cambiar), to conduct an analysis of the landscape of innovation in the education sector and the implications for the future of learning as the system emerges from the pandemic. This analysis spurred the development of a new initiative, “the LearnerStudio,” to support the sector’s movement toward a learner-centered, whole child system. With seed funding from the Corporation, Cambiar will launch the LearnerStudio to create greater connectivity across the education ecosystem, organize stakeholders around lighthouse initiatives, and establish the knowledge infrastructure needed to galvanize shared vision and action toward a future learning system.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
EveryoneOn creates social and economic opportunities by connecting low-income families to affordable internet service and computers and delivering digital skills trainings. Since 2012 EveryoneOn has connected over a million people to high-speed internet, deployed thousands of devices, and facilitated hundreds of digital training across the nation for the most vulnerable among us. The pandemic exacerbated the negative impacts of the existing digital divide, namely the lack of high-speed internet at home, a reliable internet connection, and access to resources and support to prepare for postsecondary education for low-income students. Corporation support will allow for the continued implementation of their Bridges-to-Tech program, building pathways to digital resilience and equity, college access, and career exploration and readiness for high school students and adults in the Bay Area, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, South Salt Lake, and Jersey City.
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For core support of the College Access: Research & Action (CARA) model outside of New York City
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
College Access: Research & Action (CARA) ensures that first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color have the knowledge and support necessary to enroll in and persist through college. Continued support from the Corporation will allow CARA to complete a range of policy research projects and disseminate them to colleagues in New York City and beyond. CARA hopes to create a systemic impact in the field through this work and equip stakeholders with the data needed to change policy, practice, and resource flows.
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For core support for the CivXNow Coalition
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, student proficiency in civic knowledge has stagnated at 20 to 25 percent over the last twenty-five years. This is due to the decline in civic education that has been ongoing for decades. The 2021 Harvard Youth Poll found that the majority of youth from ages 18 to 29 believe that U.S. democracy is “failing” or “in trouble,“ which has resulted in civic disengagement and a lack of trust in government. While decades of research confirm that civic education yields positive impacts on youth beyond the classroom, civic education reform is needed to ensure civics is taught in the classroom. Founded and led by iCivics, CivXNow is a coalition of over 310 cross-ideological partners throughout the country advancing civic education policies at state and federal levels. With Corporation support, CivXNow will advocate for expanded civic education in the K-12 school curricula.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
12 months
Description
Many industries are in the process of outsourcing their entire computing power (store, manage, and process data) to cloud computing platforms which can reduce information Technology costs significantly. This shift to cloud computing represents a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity for companies and high-paying positions for individuals with skills in this field. However, there is a shortage of skilled workers that can support the massive migration and maintenance to cloud computing. Kura Labs bridges the gap by training high-performing, under-resourced students and graduates from CUNY, private colleges, and community-based organizations (CBOs). Continued Corporation support will allow Kura Labs to continue to engage employers and colleges to train and connect highly talented and diverse students to fill the need for a skilled workforce in Cloud Computing.
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For core support of Collaborative for Student Success
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
10 months
Description
It has been over a decade since the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards were released. These documents are transforming the way science is taught nationwide, but there is significant progress to be made to increase access to high-quality instructional materials and curriculum-based professional learning to support science educators. An emerging set of states are taking promising steps towards this effort. Thus, this is an opportune moment to convene state teams of K-12 science educators, advocates, and stakeholders to develop a shared agenda to expand high-quality science education. This grant will allow Collaborative for Student Success, in partnership with the National Science Teaching Association and the Council of State Science Supervisors, to organize a two-day convening designed to create cohorts of state teams to a) develop strategic communications tactics and techniques and b) support policies and practices that advance high-quality K-12 science education.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 09, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1982, the National Immigration Forum is a national organization that brings diverse audiences from across the political spectrum into the immigration debate, helping to generate constructive conversations about the value of immigration to the United States. The forum believes the most effective way to broaden support for pro-immigrant policies is to help people calibrate their attitudes toward immigrants based on their existing beliefs, self-perception, and community norms. Among the forum’s trademark initiatives is Bibles, Badges, and Business (BBB), a national network of leaders from faith, law enforcement, and business who are helping to influence hearts and minds across the country. With Corporation support, the forum will continue to build relationships with leaders of diverse backgrounds and create values-based frameworks through which all Americans can recognize the importance of sensible and compassionate immigration reforms.
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For core support of the Charles A. Dana Center
Date
Jun. 08, 2023
Duration
18 months
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The Charles A. Dana Center has taken up the challenge of replacing existing developmental and gateway math education models with mathematics pathways that propel students toward degrees, readiness for high-value careers, and informed, responsible citizenship. An accepted transformation moving to implementation at scale as a normative practice, the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways (DCMP) initiative creates pathways to educational and economic opportunity through systemic changes in mathematics education across the transition years from high school into higher education. The initiative replaces the one-size-fits-all approach of a single pathway through a procedural College Algebra course with multiple pathways such as statistics, quantitative reasoning, and mathematical modeling and analysis—all increasingly important for today’s workplaces. The project will increase stakeholder understanding of the value of a curriculum that includes statistics, quantitative literacy, and computational and data science.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
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The mission of Braven is to empower promising, underrepresented young people—first-generation college students, students from low-income backgrounds, and students of color—with the skills, confidence, experiences, and networks necessary to transition from college to strong first jobs, which lead to meaningful careers and lives of impact. Braven has served over 6,100 college students; over 2,500 Fellows are now in the professional workforce. With Corporation support, Braven-NYC successfully launched at Lehman College-CUNY in January 2020, with over 815 Fellows enrolling and or completing their Accelerator course, building on the proven model it has been refining at three other universities since Braven’s first campus partnership in 2014. Continued Corporation support will allow Braven to further expand in NYC through its partnerships with CUNY.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
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College Advising Corps (CAC) works to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students entering and completing higher education. In partnership with 35 colleges and universities throughout the country, CAC matches advisers from a corps of recent college graduates with under-resourced high schools to help students find and pursue their best post-secondary education path. CAC “near-peer” advisers are embedded in low-income, underserved high schools for a two-year service engagement as full-time college advisers that serve all students. Between 2018 and 2020, Corporation support allowed CAC to serve over half a million students with a growing pool of over 800 advisers. Continued Corporation support will allow CAC to continue supporting capacity building as they strengthen their core advisement work.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
Get Schooled’s mission is to build better pathways to postsecondary success and public understanding for youth experiencing firsthand the systemic and interlocking barriers to attaining a postsecondary degree. They provide free college and career guidance to young people nationwide, leveraging digital program delivery’s power to scale services. Past Corporation support allowed Get Schooled to launch the #WeBelongInCollege campaign. It was most impactful among BIPOC, 1st-Gen, and immigrant youth and received over 600 powerful stories from students sharing how they’ve persevered in college despite their many challenges. Continued Corporation support will allow Get Schooled to grow and implement its programming and expand its reach to students most needing these services.
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For core support of the Partnership Advancing Youth Apprenticeship's (PAYA) pathways to careers in education
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) was created to restore the link between American education and economic mobility and challenge the inequities that persist across our education and work systems. After extensive research on youth apprenticeship in the U.S. and abroad, New America founded PAYA in 2018 as a multi-year initiative to expand access to high-quality apprenticeship opportunities for high school-age students. Since its launch, New America and the PAYA National Partners have worked to lay a foundation for this emerging field by advancing a shared national vision for youth apprenticeship and providing direct support to state and city-led efforts through the PAYA Network. Corporation support of PAYA extended their efforts to provide youth with structured, paid, supportive pathways into postsecondary education and work by supporting their place-based partnerships, building a networked, self-sustaining field, and strengthening the case for youth apprenticeships. They were also able to initiate research and evaluation efforts to surface information about the conditions and strategies that make the work successful. By the end of 2022, PAYA grantees had engaged over 270 employers in hiring more than 1,700 youth apprentices. In addition to the work in their own regions, grantees have been instrumental in sharing their learnings and best practices with other communities across the country through the PAYA Network.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
Propel America offers a new way for young adults to move quickly to a job that gives them a stable career in healthcare while continuing their education. Too often, young people in the United States—especially BIPOC students from low-income backgrounds—are forced into a false choice after high school. They can forestall income and take on debt in hopes that a four-year degree will lead to a good job, or they can step into a low-wage job right away with little chance for advancement. With individual guidance and support, tuition-free training that also earns college credit, and guaranteed interviews with employer partners ready to hire, Propel removes these barriers by promoting a ‘jobs-first higher education’ model. Since its founding in 2019, with Corporation support, Propel has enrolled 375+ fellows across five regions and sustained a 63 percent completion rate while decreasing the cost per fellow by ~20 percent annually. Continued Corporation will allow Propel to increase the number of fellowships and expand its outreach towards reaching 1,000 young adults by 2025.
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For core support of the Cowen Institute
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
24 months
Description
The Cowen Institute at Tulane University’s mission is to advance public education and college and career success in the New Orleans community. As an organization, the Cowen Institute works to contextualize data and provide thought leadership, lead high-impact direct programming, build capacity in the education and workforce landscapes, and develop and shape innovative initiatives. Through this multi-faceted approach, the Cowen Institute is driving systemic change by leading efforts to increase postsecondary success for New Orleans youth. Past Corporation support allowed for publication of timely reports and resources related to youth disconnected from work and education in the city as a tool for practitioners serving this population. They were also able to move forward with a new partnership with the New Orleans Public Schools aligned to their Life After High School Work. Continued Corporation support will aid The Cowen Institute as they seek ways to remove the bottlenecks youth traverse as they move from K-12 to higher education to the world of work. They will also support, develop, and pilot innovative pathways to postsecondary success.
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For project support of the KIPP Postsecondary Success Collaborative
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
18 months
Description
KIPP, a non-profit network of 255 college-preparatory public schools, seeks to substantially improve student outcomes, reach more students, and find scalable ways to support thousands of alumni on to college and career while sharing practices to benefit others. KIPP’s expanded aspiration for students and alumni is that they should have the skills and confidence to pursue their paths—college, career, and beyond— to lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Corporation support allowed KIPP build out their college access and success strategies to continuously improve their college counseling, persistence, and career work; codified and scaled these strategies across the network; and began to share them with other CMOs and districts. This grant will build on that work focusing on KIPP’s high school and alumni success strategies.
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As a final core support grant of Scaling Student Success
Date
Dec. 14, 2023
Duration
36 months
Description
The mission of Scaling Student Success (SSS) is to prepare young people holistically and equitably for future success. Their growing Community of Practice (CoP) includes California (CA) school districts dedicated to engaging their community stakeholders to create a Graduate Profile, which offers a renewed vision and definition of the college and career-ready student, serves as an impetus for shifting instructional practices and engaging students in deeper learning, and requires a shift in assessments that provide students authentic ways to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Core support from the Corporation will allow SSS to continue supporting their CoP as well as their Reimagining CA Schools Innovation Pilot, engaging districts in constructing a community-informed, forward-thinking, student-centered strategy for redefining student success and dismantling longstanding inequities limiting opportunities and success of BIPOC students.
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For project support to promote pathways to postsecondary success through dual-enrollment, early-college and community-based campus programs
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
19 months
Description
The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) is New England’s largest community college and one of the only college systems nationally to serve an entire state. CCRI serves students from historically marginalized communities in a state with a declining working-age population. By 2040, RI’s working-age population (20 – 64 years old) will shrink by 50,000, or 8 percent of the workforce. Only 33.1 percent of Black Rhode Islanders and 21.2 percent of Latinx Rhode Islanders have earned postsecondary credentials. Therefore, closing these equity gaps is imperative for CCRI and the state. Continued Corporation support will allow CCRI to continue its Coaching4Success pilot and demonstrate its scalability as a model to improve outcomes for these student populations via wraparound academic, coaching, and engagement support.
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