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Project Title
As a final grant for the Joyful Impact Accelerator project
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
15 months
Description
Since 2012 Building Impact has worked with social entrepreneurs, forward-thinking philanthropists, and change agents to catalyze systemic change around the most pressing social issues. Advisors Academy, piloted in September 2021, is a companion program to the Joyful Impact Accelerator, previously supported by the Corporation. The Advisor Academy brings together a diverse, visionary group of advisors who work directly with individual and institutional donors. The goals of the program are two-fold. First, enhance the skills, capacity, and trust-based connections among existing philanthropy advisors, helping them better link their donors with the most promising opportunities for impact in their chosen fields of focus. Second, to diversify and deepen the ranks of those advising high-capacity donors, focusing particularly on social entrepreneurs with proximity to the communities with which donors seek to engage. With our continued support, Building Impact will expand the Advisor Academy to serve, at minimum, ten additional philanthropy advisors in the second half of 2022.
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For project support for the Learner Centered Leadership Lab’s strategic planning
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Despite its tremendous challenges, the pandemic has opened a brief window of opportunity where demand for a more responsive, resilient, and equitable education system has increased and readiness for new solutions is more widespread than ever before. And never has it been more clear that system leaders play a critical role in creating the enabling conditions for innovation. Deep redesign work can be significantly accelerated by a learner-centered, equity-focused system leader, or conversely it can be hindered by a disengaged or misaligned organization head. In response to the need to increase leaders’ capacity to lead school and system transformation, Transcend developed and piloted the Learner-Centered Leadership Lab (LCLL). LCLL promotes learner-centered system leadership development as a key lever in enabling transformational change across the education sector. This grant will allow Transcend to engage in a strategic planning process with the aim of clarifying and scaling the LCLL.
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For policy convenings on global philanthropy and higher education in Africa
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (IU)seeks to advance knowledge and practice of philanthropy globally. IU has collaborated with a network of local and global researchers to launch the 2022 Global Philanthropy Environment Index (GPEI), providing insights on how the philanthropic context is changing in the continent by generating knowledge on philanthropy in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on higher education. With Corporation support, and along with Africa-based partners, IU will conduct research to inform a white paper directed at African higher education philanthropy stakeholders, engage stakeholders in onein-person and two virtual convenings to advance knowledge and practice of philanthropy for higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa, and disseminate findings at academic conferences and at an African philanthropy forum.
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For a project to develop a research community in science education focused on the study of OpenSciEd curriculum implementation
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
OpenSciEd is an initiative that brings together state science leaders, expert curriculum developers, researchers, and classroom teachers to develop and support a complete set of high-quality open-source science instructional materials and associated professional learning resources. There is an increasing number of schools and systems across multiple states that are adopting and implementing the OpenSciEd curriculum, creating a unique opportunity for the science education research community to contribute to the knowledge about effective and equitable curriculum implementation and ongoing curriculum-based professional learning. Digital Promise Global is committed to improving research efforts in education, and this renewal grant will ensure they continue engaging diverse science education community members to articulate a field-driven and equity-centered research agenda focused on the implementation of OpenSciEd curriculum.
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For support of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Since 1912, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh has been dedicated to building a thriving, engaged Jewish community in the Pittsburgh area. In 2021, the federation launched the inaugural Eradicate Hate Global Summit, which served as a forum to discuss and promote ideas for combatting hate, preventing hate crimes and other acts of hate-induced violence, and advancing justice for victims of such crimes. The conference was inspired by the October 27, 2018, mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh—the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history. With Corporation support, the federation will host the 2022 and 2023 Eradicate Hate Global Summits. It will bring together experts from a wide range of disciplines and geographies and encourage constructive dialogue on how communities and governments can counter the proliferation of hate-induced violence.
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For a final grant to support a web publication on the history and social impact of philanthropy, nonprofits, and civil society
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Housed at the Urban Institute, the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy has committed to being a credible and reliable source of data and historical insight into the nonprofit sector for more than twenty years. Among the center’s projects is its History of Philanthropy program, which aims to bridge academic and practitioner interest in the historical analysis of philanthropy and its role in civil society. With Corporation support, the center will advance its research on philanthropy—especially through HistPhil, a web publication on the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors—and encourage nuanced studies of how philanthropy has impacted and continues to impact social change. The center will forge links between scholars and practitioners across disciplines who share an interest in philanthropy.
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For research and policy dialogues on higher education reforms in Ghana
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
32 months
Description
Ghana is undergoing major growth in its higher education sector with a planned increase in enrollment from 18 to 40 percent by 2030. The sector needs an ongoing, independent platform for stakeholder discussion on higher education policy reform including implications on university staffing, infrastructure, pedagogy, financing, governance, graduate employability, and quality. The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), a learned society founded in 1959, aimsto use its established role as convenorand independent resource for government to develop aplatform for evidence-gatheringand consensus-building for higher education policy reform in Ghana and West Africa. Corporation support will contribute to research, policy dialogues, and a regional conference resulting inpolicy recommendations that promote equity and sustainability in the sector.
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For the Artist Protection Fellowship Program
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1894 the American Academy in Rome (AAR) is one of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the arts and humanities. The Academy offers support and an inspiring environment to some of America’s most gifted artists and scholars who come to the Academy as Rome Prize Fellows, Affiliated Fellows, and Residents. With Corporation support through August 2025, the AAR will offer threatened artists safety and security, time and space to think and create, mentorship, a stimulating and supportive environment with the companionship and collegiality of artists and scholars, and exposure to gallerists, patrons, and the international artistic community.
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For conducting a learner-centered, whole child ecosystem mapping and gap analysis
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
10 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated and exacerbated longstanding inequities in K-12 education, creating the opportunity and imperative to reimagine the system. Furthermore, school systems have received an unprecedented infusion of federal funding to support recovery andtransformation. These circumstances havealready led toa number ofnew innovative approaches and practices in K-12 education, which have the potential to drive systemic changeif they can be aggregated, coordinated, and disseminated effectively. Corporation support enabled Cambiar Education to launch an analysis of these approaches and practices by conducting interviews withover one hundred diverse stakeholders and innovative leaders. Continued support will allow Cambiar Education to continue convening education leaders to analyze the system,complete a gap analysis, and develop a set of recommendations for the field to seize this moment of opportunity in acoordinated way.
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For support of a series of events designed to support districts in (re-)building practices, communications, and community-building activities for families
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
While research has shown that families are essential to student and school success, too few schools embrace effective family engagement practices that build relationships and capacity that are linked to student learning. Parent-Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) address a critical gap in K-12 education practice by equipping educators with the training needed to develop trusting relationships with families in service of student success and school improvement. PTHV will strategically leverage its 25thanniversary to not only celebrate its history and success but also to deepen and broaden the impact of its model across the country. This approach is particularly timely as schools navigate the ongoing uncertainties, outcomes, and traumas of the coronavirus pandemic. With support from the Corporation, PTHV will support districts in (re-)building enthusiasm and motivation for their home visit practices via special events, communications, and community-building activities.
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For project support of National Parent's Union's Parent Power Summit
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
4 months
Description
For far too long, parents have been left out of the conversation between educators and elected officials about the future of education.Founded in January 2020, the National Parents Union (NPU) is a network of highly effective parent organizations and grassroots activists across the country that is united behind a set of common goals and principles to channel the power of parents. They are the only national organization representing families in all 50 states in Puerto Rico addressing the issue of educational equity and access. The Corporation’s grant will support the ParentPowerSummit, an annual meeting held by the NPU to support the organization’s mission, develop the potential and skills of their membership and ensure that the individual and collective voices of parents and families are heard by the country’s elected officials and thought leaders.
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For support of a design model focused on affordable college completion that will evaluate the feasibility in a cohort of five higher-ed institutions
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Come to Believe Foundation (CTB) is a nonprofit organization formed to provide higher education institutions with an innovative, results-oriented, affordable two-year college model that is accessible to students who are underrepresented at selective universities. CTB’s model is designed to ensure that students complete their degrees with little to no debt and are prepared for either a 4-year higher education institution or the workforce. Corporation support will allow CTB to implement the Design Grant program, a new cohort-learning model that will allow interested colleges and universities to explore the model in-depth and begin to plan for implementation in their respective contexts. This project will allow CTB to gain critical insight into the potential for the model’s replication across the national landscape while also guiding participating institutions toward the launch of the model on their campuses.
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For support of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse’s immigration projects
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
The immigration debate in the United States is mired in misinformation and misleading or false claims, and the public is often unable to access reliable sources and data from federal officials, who often erect barriers to block the free flow of information about their own practices. Since 2005, the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University has been using the Freedom of Information Act to collect, validate, analyze, and distribute immigration data from the federal government. With Corporation support, TRAC will continue to obtain and analyze records on immigration enforcement practices and their impact on individuals and communities. TRAC will compile this data into understandable forms for widespread distribution to advocates, public interest lawyers, journalists, and other stakeholders in the immigration field.
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For improving diversity in the study of nuclear security
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Calls for greater diversity resonate across the sectors of American society, including in the field of nuclear security. Addressing this challenge requires strengthening the pipeline of individuals entering the field as practitioners and creating opportunities for diversifying tenure-track scholars in academia. With these goals, a project at MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy will recruit, mentor, and train a research assistant from a diverse background aiming for admission to competitive PhD programs or policy-relevant careers in the field of nuclear security. Corporation support will enable the university to host a research assistant through the provision of a fellowship.
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For project support of planning and initial district engagement of the Family Engagement Community of Practice
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
8 months
Description
Although creating true partnerships with families to support student success and socio-emotional development is critical to building equitable education systems, most schools in America have not been designed to promote family-school partnerships. Through this planning grant, The Leadership Academy will partner with Learning Heroes to create a community of practice with three districts to co-design and implement family engagement strategies with their communities. Communities of practice will support leaders in building a vision for how to lead effective engagement strategies. The Leadership Academy and Learning Heroes will also design a suite of services, including professional learning sessions for leaders, walk-through observation cycles, and strategic consulting to districts to determine how central offices can support leaders and teachers in engaging families.
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For Coaching4Success, a pilot project that connects black male students with mentors who will put them on a path toward post-secondary degrees
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 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% of the workforce. Only 33.1% of Black Rhode Islanders and 21.2% of Latinx Rhode Islanders have earned a postsecondary credential. Therefore, closing these equity gaps is imperative for CCRI and the state. With support from the Corporation, CCRI will pilot Coaching4Success, a program that connects black male students with mentors who will put them on a path toward postsecondary degrees. The goal of the program will be to demonstrate its scalability as a model to improve outcomes for these student populations via wraparound academic, coaching, and engagement support.
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For project support of iCivics/National Parents Union (NPU) Partnership for Civic Engagement Education at NPU Parent Power Summit
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
8 months
Description
Civic knowledge and civic health have been in decline for decades in the United States. Among others, one cause of the problem is a near absence of civic learning in the K-12 education system. Today, civic knowledge is inadequate not just among school age children, but among adults as well. The National Parents Union (NPU) is a network of parent organizations and grassroots advocates across the country that work to improve the quality of life for children and influence the education conversation. In partnership with K-12 civic education experts, NPU is engaging parents in the civics process. With Corporation funding, NPU will support parents to advocate on behalf of their children for better civic education in K-12 curricula.
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For analyzing national school data and building a data dashboard
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
9 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated and exacerbated longstanding disparities in educational opportunities available to students across the country. In order to address these inequities, practitioners and policymakers need access to comprehensive data about the gaps in the system and the opportunities to improve. With Corporation support, MarGrady Research began building a data dashboard to track segregation in states and school districts across the country and interviewed a variety of stakeholders about how this dashboard could be most useful. Continued support will allow MarGrady to complete the national dashboard and evaluate at least one integration initiative as a proof of concept for researchers and policymakers.
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For training, research, and outreach to bridge the gap between academia and the policy world
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Scholars of international relations traditionally receive little to no training in the production of policy-relevant research or its dissemination to policymakers or the broader public. This problem is compounded by university hiring, tenure, and promotion standards, which typically discourage policy-relevant scholarship aimed at non-academic audiences. The result is that public conversations and policy debates might not be informed as they could be by academic insights. Bridging the Gap (BTG) is a flagship project of the Corporation’s work addressing this issue based for the last eight years at American University (AU). With the program moving to the University of Denver (UD) for its next phase, renewed support will continue to advance efforts to foster policy-relevant scholarship within universities, provide scholars with the tools and skills necessary to bring their knowledge and insights to bear on policy and practice, strengthen networks of policy-relevant scholars, and work with university leaders to identify and address obstacles limiting policy engagement.
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For project support of iCivics Educating for American Democracy pilots on family engagement
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
23 months
Description
Over the last few years due to the ongoing pandemic, parents have increasingly assumed a greater role in their children’s education. Simultaneously, the battle over accurate social studies curriculum and instruction has been all too present in news across the country. As we think of how to best prepare our communities for this struggle, it is imperative that civic education begins a sustained conversation with parents to garner support for the field. iCivics exists to re-imagine civic learning in America. Founded in 2009, iCivics makes civic education relevant to new generations of Americans. With support from the Corporation, iCivics will engage families and community members in their Educating for American Democracy (EAD) pilots in three districts. Families in the process will be copartners in the efforts to advocate for accurate teaching of U.S. History and Civics. iCivics will alsooffer direct training to parent-advocates on best practices to elevate this work in their districts.
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For a project to research and expand youth civic engagement in rural communities
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
26 months
Description
According to research by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), sixty percent of rural-dwelling youth do not have access to civic opportunities. Known as “civic deserts,” these areas of the country lack physical access to various institutions where people tend to gather, build networks, and solve challenges. Such institutions include churches, arts and culture institutions, preschools where parents become involved in children’s education, among other civic organizations. Established in 2001, CIRCLE has become the nation’s premiere research institution in the field of youth civic engagement and development. With Corporation support, CIRCLE will research promising practices to increase civic engagement among youth in rural communities and will partner with local institutions for a series of pilot projects that network rural organizations to further this goal.
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For support of cross-sector leadership initiative
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
3 months
Description
A cross-sector systems-change orientation offers a lens to address the complex challenges of public education and examine the deeply entrenched social problems and inequities that lead to disparities in outcomes for students. Despite the promise of this type of approach, efforts are difficult to launch and sustain. Researchers have declared, however, that leadership is a key factor in their success. With support from the Corporation, Transcend Inc, a national nonprofit aimed at ensuring equitable outcomes for individuals and communities will (1) conduct a landscape analysis of organizations and initiatives that focus on leadership development in service of systems change efforts, (2) aid the Corporation in developing a theory of action for a pilot initiative that aims to elevate the leaders engaged in cross-sector systems-change and, (3) provide ongoing thought partnership in the development of the pilot initiative.
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For a project to conduct school tours in OpenSciEd states and support the Curriculum Matters Professional Learning Network
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
9 months
Description
For a project to conduct school tours in OpenSciEd states and support the Curriculum Matters Professional Learning Network
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For project support for the Center for Public Research and Leadership's management of the national Family Engagement Call to Action and Community of Practice
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
The Columbia University Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) will continue to work with Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Public Understanding Portfolio to support a cohort of grantees that partner with schools and school districts on strategies to promote family engagement to advance greater student learning and achievement. In Phase I of the project, which began in Fall 2021, CPRL supported the Public Understanding Portfolio in developing and implementing the cohort design, grantee outreach and selection process, and cohort initiation process, selecting 10 grantees out of over 300 that expressed interest. In Phase II of this partnership, CPRL turned to the capacity building goals of the initiative, both for the cohort of grantees and for the field. With this renewal grant culminating in Phase III of this partnership, CPRL will further act on the capacity building goals of the initiative, extending its supports to grantees and enacting and concluding its action research to identify, share, and spread individual and collective learning. Ultimately, this initiative aims to help districts realize the promise of family engagement as a means to improve student learning, helping school systems move beyond one-way communication to participatory family involvement built on relational trust.
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For a project on promoting ethical approaches to policy engagement
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite progress in many areas, significant gaps remain between academic knowledge and its constructive application, both because there is not enough engagement between researchers and policymakers and because such engagement is sometimes ethically flawed and counterproductive. Building on its previous Corporation-supported work, the Sié Center at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studieswill move its focus from reflecting on the dilemmas of policy engagement once findings are established to earlier points in the knowledge production process. Applying the term, “responsible engagement,” the project begins from the premise that effective policy engagement requires attention to the ethical dilemmas that can arise as researchers advise policymakers or intervene in policy processes . The project will design research, conduct analyses, and disseminate findings in consultation with policy actors and potentially affected communities. It will also seek to influence advanced training and university courses to educate a new generation of academics and policymakers.
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For its program to develop a diverse network of policy advocates
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Young Americans are actively advocating for social change across the country, leading national advocacy campaigns around issues like gun violence, immigration reform, and climate change. Yet very few play a role in government and policy making. Founded in 1987, the Roosevelt Institute houses both a nationally renowned economic policy think tank and a network of diverse, emerging policy leaders. The Roosevelt Network actively recruits, develops, and supports rising policymakers, researchers, and advocates across the United States, focusing on communities historically denied political power to develop and implement innovative policy solutions. With Corporation support, the Roosevelt Network will continue to connect students to broader civic infrastructure and empower young people to become powerful civic actors that strengthen a diverse and multiracial American democracy.
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For support of high school model development and capacity building efforts
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
15 months
Description
In order to advance a vision in which all students are prepared for postsecondary success, the New Designs portfolio supports the creation of innovative schools that personalize student learning, as well as the capacity-building of adults and systems in support of these efforts. BES has a twenty-year history of supporting leaders to create new schools in their communities and to sustain them over time. BES Fellows have createdover 200 public schools across the country serving63,000 students per year, the majority of whom are students of color and students from low-income backgrounds. While BES schools each have unique designs that are responsive to their communities, they have all achieved strong outcomes and most schools outperform their local districts on state academic assessments. Prior Corporation support enabled BES to support a cohort of fellows designing middle and high schools as well as to improve the organization’s resources focused on high school design. Continued support will allow BES to deepen its work with fellows launching new middle and high schools as well as develop expertise in socio-emotional learning and college and career pathwaysto support fellows in effectively integrating these programs into their school models.
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For continued work to advance a learning systems approach in education
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Our present education system is challenged by developing and maintaining the infrastructure necessaryso that all students have the opportunities and support to master the array of knowledge and skills necessary for college, career, and citizenship.While we have experienced periodic breakthrough success, for a variety of reasons, wehave not been able to bring these to scale.A learning system approach, however, can help tofacilitate efforts to set explicit equityE goals and then engage in evidence-based, data-informed, and continuously improving actions to achieve them, and ultimately improve outcomes for all students. With prior support from the Corporation, EducationCounsel (EC) has (I) launched a learning systems leadership network, (II) strengthened the R&D infrastructure with a focus on data infrastructure, and (III) promoted a strategy to shift the U.S. Department of Education towards implementation of a learning systems approach across its multiple activities. Additional support from the Corporation will allow EducationCounsel to continue advancing work in each of these three core strands in service of our shared learning systems vision.
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For support of a strategic communications process
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
9 months
Description
The adverse impacts of the pandemic have been disproportionately borne by historically marginalized communities, shining a light on longstanding inequities in our education system and increasing the urgency of addressing them. Highlander Institute has been focused on improving the educational experiences of underserved students for over sixteen years, helping schools and districts implement personalized, culturally relevant teaching and learning practices at scale. Originally founded in 1990 as a nonprofit focused on supporting students with language-based learning differences, and a founding partner of the Highlander Charter School in Providence, RI, Highlander has since expanded and diversified, moving from a focus on literacy, to leveraging innovative technology, to personalized instruction.Given this organizational evolution, Highlander has decidedto establish itself as a non-profit organization separate from the Highlander Charter School andwill be going through a strategic communications process to ensure continued growth and success. Corporation support during this transition period will allow Highlander to re-launch in a strong position for continued expansion and impact, while continuing to fulfill its mission of partnering with communities to create more equitable, relevant, and effective schools.
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For project support to conduct a landscape analysis of national advocacy based family engagement organizations
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
9 months
Description
The Corporation will partner with Columbia University’s Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) to support family engagement advocacy and organizing grantees and other advocacy and organizing nonprofits in strengthening and reinforcing the home-to-school learning connection. This proposed work will generate learning about effective practices for funders and advocacy and family organizing nonprofits, with a particular focus on the organizations working directly with immigrant communities. In addition to partnering with nonprofits to strengthen and advance their work, this project will illuminate effective advocacy and organizing strategies, identifying the barriers that prevent equitable participation by families in their children’s education and ways to overcome them. It will also identify effective practices to be used by intermediary, philanthropic, and other support organizations that seek to bolster family engagement advocacy and organizing activities and further develop the family engagement field.
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For project support to Making STEM Inclusive: Research and Design for Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Caregiver Support
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
We believe that local educational institutions, such as museums and science centers, serve to strengthen communities, especially communities with low-income or immigrant families. These neighborhood centers can offer access to educational and career opportunities through their programming and local outreach efforts. Founded in 1964, The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in Queens, New York is the city’s home for interactive science as well as a hub for providing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) opportunities to local families. Over the past year, NYSCI has partnered with the NYC DOE to open the City’s first STEAM-focused Pre-K Center. With support from the Corporation, NYSCI will lay the foundation for a long-term research practice partnership (RPP) to study how this distinctive collaboration between a locally based science center, formal and informal educators, and families can work together to create culturally responsive STEM learning experiences for young children.
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For supporting a cohort of organizations working to advance the mental health of young people
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
The disruptions and trauma of the past three years have compounded the mental health challenges facing our nation’s youth and the educators that serve them, a trend that was evident pre-pandemic and that continues to disproportionately impact students from marginalized groups. One strategy to spread emerging practices that address this challenge is through partnerships between expert intermediaries and schools; another is to make investments in portfolio organizations adept at sourcing, vetting, and supporting organizations at various stages of development. New Profit is one such partner, which with this proposed scope of work will identify and build the capacity of organizations focused on young people’s mental health and wellbeing. New Profit provides individual and cohort-based supports to leaders of education organizations looking to strengthen organizational leadership, demonstrate model impact, and achieve meaningful scale. With Corporation support, New Profit will select, fund, and support a cohort of eight organizations working to advance the mental health of young people.
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For dissemination support for the National Partnership for Student Success Support Hub
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The adverse impacts of the pandemic have been disproportionately borne by historically marginalized communities, shining a light on longstanding inequities in our education system and increasing the urgency of addressing them. Schools and districts are not currently equipped to provide the range of student supports with the scale, personalization, and intensity the moment demands. The National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) is a public-private partnership committed to expanding the number of adults in high-impact roles both in and out of school to ensure that students can not only recover from the impacts of the pandemic but also succeed and thrive. NPSS is led by the U.S. Department of Education, AmeriCorps, and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University (EGC), along with a coalition of over ninety organizations dedicated to providing the comprehensive supports that young people today need to succeed. Corporation support to InnovateEDU, which will serve as the lead dissemination partner of the NPSS Support Hub, will enable them to build momentum and expand the number of districts using these people-powered student supports and disseminate knowledge gained from NPSS to a broad audience.
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For piloting a new approach to culturally responsive, community-driven schools
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
The adverse impacts of the pandemic have been disproportionately borne by historically marginalized communities, shining a light on longstanding inequities in our education system and increasing the urgency of addressing them. Highlander Institute (Highlander) has been focused on improving the educational experiences of underserved students for over fifteen years, helping schools and districts implement personalized, culturally relevant teaching practices at scale. Their expertise has been critical over the past two and half years, during which Highlander has leveraged its existing programming, pedagogical and change management expertise, and trusting relationships to help lead Rhode Island’s recovery efforts. With current Corporation support, Highlander has finalized the development of an instructional toolkit and a community- and educator-driven school change framework. Renewed support will enable Highlander to additionally undertake a pilot project that leverages this framework to bridge the disconnect between schools and communities, and build instructional capacity through a Community Educator program.
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For project support to highlight family engagement grantees across the country through a docuseries
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
One of the most effective ways to increase academic achievement and the potential for long-term success for educationally disenfranchised students is to foster truly collaborative partnerships between families and educators. Children with families who are engaged in their education are more likely to earn higher grades and test scores, graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education, and develop self-confidence and motivation in the classroom. Roadtrip Nation (RTN) seeks to spur a national conversation about the issues that matter most to families. Leveraging their proven storytelling and production capabilities, as well as their vast distribution network (reaching 100 million households through public television and 14 million students through their education partnerships annually), RTN will highlight the innovative ways in which communities across the country are developing stronger partnerships between families and educators to close the gap between school and home. Through an enhanced Teachers Digital Community Hub as well as a road trip that results in a full-length documentary film aired on public television, RTN will provide the inspiration and resources that will galvanize parents and other stakeholders to advocate for change.
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For project support to launch the HBCU Student Journalism Fellowship
Date
Dec. 08, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The education journalism ecosystem has never been more essential. School as we know it — from teaching to testing to extracurriculars — has been profoundly disrupted over the last few years, with troubling consequences often falling hardest on communities of color. Education journalists need to be the public’s guide to an uncertain future, providing real-time information and analysis to stakeholders as we emerge from the pandemic and its aftermath. Open Campus, a nonprofit news organization founded in 2019 dedicated to investigating and elevating higher education seeks to bridge this gap. Their aim is to transform local reporting on college by combining the sophistication of a national newsroom that knows a topic very deeply with the engagement of a community newsroom that also knows local issues best. With support from the Corporation, OpenCampus will launch the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Student Journalism Fellowship, which provides HBCU students with high-quality professional development, publish their work on local and national platforms, and build a pipeline for Black journalists into the industry.
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For a congressional education project on international security
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Members of Congress play an important role in determining U.S. foreign and national security policy, including during crises. This necessitates awareness of foreign policy tools and options available to American decision-makers. The Institute of Politics and Global Affairs at Cornell University, in partnership with the United States Institute of Peace, seeks to expand this knowledge among members of Congress by inviting a bipartisan group of Representatives to take part in “Peace Games” simulations. Participating members, drawn from relevant committees and including established and newly-elected lawmakers, will engage with regional and subject-matter experts to discuss and assess the policy choices within posed scenarios. The Corporation grant would support the organizational expenses associated with the project.
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For the SEPAD project "Sectarianism and De-Sectarianization in the Middle East"
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
50 months
Description
Amidst fragmentation of state-society relations, regional powers in the Middle East have attempted to increase their influence through the use of proxies along ethnic and religious lines. With Corporation funding, Lancaster University launched a field-building hub on Sectarianism, Proxies, and De-Sectarianization (SEPAD) in 2018. In its next phase, SEPAD will build on previous research to further diversify the range of contexts in which sectarianization is instrumentalized towards political ends. SEPAD will expand the study of identity mobilization in the broader Middle East, and its effects on internal divisions and international relations. Corporation funds will support workshops, research collaborations, fieldwork, publications, and multimedia outputs including a podcast series.
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For the Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS)
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
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0 months
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Academic and policy challenges of the Arab region have grown more urgent with the proliferation of political unrest, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,and unresolved governance issues. Founded in 2009 with Corporation support, the international scholars network known as the Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS) is responding to these challengesby increasing the public impact and policy relevance of political science specialists on the Middle East. With Corporation support, POMEPS has developed a distinctive model combining a network of junior and senior scholars, events and workshops, career development activities, and successful publication platforms. With renewed support, POMEPS will continue to mentor and expand internationally, produce podcasts and publications,hold thematic workshops and book launches, and developinnovative virtual initiatives designed to adapt to difficult new realities.
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For a project on governance and citizenship in MENA
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
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0 months
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As polities in the Arab region confront the related problems of eroded citizenship and authoritarianism, the Century Foundation’s new center for international research and policy, Century International (CI), will continue its active engagement with policy researchers in the Arab region. Network participants will produce and disseminate research on pathways to improved governance and citizenship regimes. CI will also support training for young Iraqi policy scholars to produce original research on good governance and public policy. Corporation funds will support collaborative research, staff costs, workshops, and publications.
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For research and analysis on defense industries and armed conflict
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
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0 months
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Accurate data and data-driven analysis of the structures and dynamics of war economies, including the security sector and enabling technologies, are vital to understanding the problem of conflict escalation. In 2020, the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) was awarded a Carnegie Corporation grant through a competitive Request for Proposals on defense industries and armed conflict. With Corporation funding, CRP worked with the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University to conduct an extensive review of defense industry influence on policymaking. CRP worked with journalists and academics from multiple outlets, including the Washington Post, the Arab & Middle Eastern Journalists Association, and Voice of America to provide data and training to experts in the field. With renewed support, CRP will examine the role of the arms trade as a driver of conflict in the Arab region. CRP will collect, analyze and distill relevant data on factors including arms sales, foreign lobbying, and defense industry datasets, with the aim of improving transparency and policymaker decision-making. Corporation funds will support research, the maintenance of a public access data portal on CRP’s website, as well as workshops and publications.
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For research collaborations and professional development for displaced Middle East scholars
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
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0 months
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Academics in parts of the broader Middle East are facing critical challenges to scholarly productivity and scholar mobility. With Corporation support, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) and the Middle East Studies Association launched an initiative in 2019 to complement traditional scholar mobility programs. The Global Academy connects displaced scholars with their colleagues based in North America, sustains research collaboration, and rebuilds ruptured professional networks through professional development, competitive scholarships, and facilitation of research and publication. With continued support, the Global Academy will increase the number of awarded scholarships, include scholars from Afghanistan in addition to scholars from the Arab region, and raise the number of partner universities in the network. Corporation funds will be earmarked toward workshops, scholarships, staff costs, publications, academic conferences, and research travel grants.
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For core support to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
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The international community will need creative thinking to understand the consequences of the war in Ukraine on nuclear diplomacy and risk reduction. The James L. Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) is the premier institution of higher education for nonproliferation studies. It has pioneered the training of visiting young professors, scientists, journalists, and government officials from around the world. With renewed support CNS will increase diversity among its key educational and training programs; refine and expand models for teaching nonproliferation; and bring students to upcoming preparatory meetings of the NPT, the landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology.
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For core support to the Carnegie Moscow Center
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
The Carnegie Moscow Center (CMC) is an independent think tank, created in 1993 to provide research, analyses, publications, and a neutral forum for events. CMC is part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s global network of regional think tanks. Working on Russian domestic and foreign policies, CMC is a source of information and perspectives for Russian and foreign media, academic, and diplomatic communities. With continued funding, CMC will engage in a wide set of research and outreach activities targeting audiences in Russia, the United States, and globally.
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For core support to the Monterey Initiative in Russian Studies
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
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The Monterey Initiative on Russian Studies (MIR) offers graduate training that enables students with advanced Russian language skills to professionalize their interest in Russia and Eurasia, including through the Middlebury Summer Symposium on Russia (MSSR), which exposes students to an international faculty with expertise on a wide range of Russia-relevant issues. MIR and MSSR collaborate with cohorts of emerging leaders to give them a more comprehensive and balanced understanding of Russia which they can utilize in careers in U.S. policymaking, non-governmental institutions, and the international business community. Renewed support will enhance the role of MIR as a hub for debate and discussion and expand its programs and those of the MSSR to train the next generation of experts on international peace and security and Russia.
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For core support to the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
24 months
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The Carnegie-TsinghuaCenter for Global Policy (CTC) is a platform for leading Chinese and international policy research and dialogue aimed at identifying constructive solutions to common global challenges. Representing a partnership between the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Tsinghua University in Beijing, the CTC provides research, analyses, publications, and a neutral forum for events. With continued Corporation support, the CTC will engage in a wide set of research and outreach activities targeting audiences in China, the United States, and globally.
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For the Project on U.S. Global Engagement
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1914, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs promotes space for mutual learning, engagement, and community building around critical issues. Renewed support to its project on U.S. Global Engagement will help inform citizen understanding of the debates around U.S. foreign policy and the ethical implications and tradeoffs of possible approaches to America’s role in the world. The next phase will focus on assessing public support for multilateral solutions to global challenges and include research, convenings with members of the interested public and expert communities, and dissemination of findings through the Council’s extensive social media venues.
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For core support to The World and its Global Security Unit
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
As today’s peace and security problems become increasingly complex, high-quality journalism helps build an informed citizenry that understands these issues and how they intersect. Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a content and audio company that delivers context, analysis, and storytelling through the views of experts and ordinary people on the ground. Its feature The World is dedicated to making international issues and events relevant and compelling to U.S. listeners. With renewed support, PRX will continue its coverage of major global threats through its dedicated Global Security Unit.
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For the Project for Media and National Security
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
In the area of national security, public understanding of defense and international issues is essential to both good government and the effective functioning of democracy. The Project for Media and National Security provides media and the public with both the context and the nuances of security challenges by offering forums for in-depth conversations that deepen the dialogue between high-level decision-makers and journalists. With continued support, the project will convene policymakers, reporters, broadcasters, and security experts to promote quality, fact-based journalism and strengthen news coverage.
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For a legislative study group on the role of Congress in foreign affairs
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Congress plays an essential role in U.S. foreign policy and national security by providing legal authorities to the executive branch and through its appropriation and oversight functions. However, the institution faces a knowledge deficit regarding the complex legal considerations that directly impact its ability to effectively engage in these areas. A study group at the Brookings Institution is addressing this deficiency by convening bipartisan groups of congressional staffers and experts on emerging legal and policy issues. The discussions bolster staffers’ knowledge and capacity; help the specialists produce scholarship that is more responsive to congressional perspectives; and facilitates connections across party lines which can lead to bipartisan collaboration.
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