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Project Title
For capacity building to expand the College Access: Research & Action (CARA) model outside of New York City
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
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. While students need opportunities to learn about college and career pathways, most public schools and institutions of higher education are not structured to provide this assistance. Since 2011, CARA’s programs, research, and policy work have addressed these inequities. CARA works with high schools, community-based organizations, and higher education institutions to move access and success guidance from an ‘enrichment for some’ to an ‘entitlement for all’ model. CARA then uses its programs as laboratories for research on college access and persistence issues, utilizing learning to advocate for more equitable higher education policies. Support from the Corporation will allow CARA to introduce its models and expand its work beyond the East Coast to a wider group of students across the country.
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For research on Russia's energy transition
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
26 months
Description
Russia’s future energy policy could have significant implications for U.S. national and global interests. The project would engage in research, workshops, and international dialogues to assess Russia’s plans and actions toward transitioning from the current to new sources of energy. Among the questions to be explored would be the implications of the energy transition for Russia’s exports, economy, and foreign policy. The project will result in publications.
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For support of Villa Albertine and its annual Night of Ideas
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Since 2017, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States has offered an array of educational programs that make philosophical and artistic discourse accessible to general audiences. Among these programs is the Night of Ideas, an annual event that offers the public an opportunity to engage with social and political issues outside of an academic setting, through artistic performances, film screenings, art installations, and intellectual debates. In partnership with the FACE Foundation, the French Embassy has launched Villa Albertine, a national network of at least sixteen institutions. With Corporation support, Villa Albertine will now coordinate the annual Night of Ideas and help general audiences connect with public intellectuals, scientists, activists, and artists around the philosophic questions at the forefront of American and international life. Sample topics can include the future of democracy, resilience in the face of a global pandemic, and more.
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For project support for Teacher-Led Engaged Families & Communities Pilot Program
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
America’s talented teachers are uniquely positioned to understand the intersection of student needs, the effects of policy decisions on schools and students, and the importance of connections to parents and to the communities in which students live. They are also trusted by their peers, policymakers and the public. Teacher leaders who are well-informed, persuasive and prepared to lead can become compelling communicators and agents of change for the future of the education system. However, there are not always strong supports built into schools or clear pathways in the teaching profession to enable teachers to play this role. Since its founding in 2009, Teach Plus has set out to engage and elevate teachers to lead change in school, district, state and national education systems and policies. With support from the Corporation, they will launch the Engaged Families & Communities Pilot, in which teacher leaders will prove a new relationship with families and communities is possible and will show the steps needed to achieve it. Teach Plus’ Program and Evaluation teams will oversee the adaptation of program materials, continually monitoring progress and ultimately codifying a program model that can be replicated and scaled.
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As a final grant for helping college students know the world better and combat misinformation
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Launched in 2016, DailyChatter is an international, nonpartisan digital newsletter provided free of charge to more than 11,000 students and faculty at more than 335 colleges and universities in 37 countries. This free daily provides access to those who would otherwise have limited financial resources to obtain high quality news and who have few options for dealing with misinformation. With Corporation support, the DailyChatter will continue offer free subscriptions to college students and, soon, to high school students as well, inculcating what is hoped will be a lifelong curiosity about other nations and the important political, economic, and social issues facing them. The DailyChatter is also a useful resource to students who are learning English as a second language.
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To support the improvement and expansion of an evidence-based national model of instructional systems’ success
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Across the field, we continue to see core instructional processes and components, such as curriculum, assessment, and educator professional learning, remain siloed. The resulting, fragmented instructional approaches cannot meet the needs of all students. Literacy Design Collaborative’s (LDC) mission is to develop skilled educators equipped to support all learners, through using a continuous improvement systems change approach that guarantees rigorous, student-centered learning experiences for all students. Their approach was designed, classroom tested, and independently confirmed through rigorous research to reduce the racial and socio-economic performance gaps of students in 100+ schools. Funding from the Corporation will support the scalability of LDC’s approach by growing their capacity related to technology, resources, processes, and real-time data collection from both students and teachers.
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For a project for the Center for Public Research and Leadership at Columbia University to develop a landscape analysis report on curriculum-based professional learning in the K-12 education field
Date
Mar. 10, 2022
Duration
6 months
Description
High-quality instructional materials (HQIM) are a powerful tool for learning acceleration, and when implemented alongside effective curriculum-based professional learning (CBPL), it deepens teachers’ knowledge of content and standards, drives system-level collaboration, and supports teaching with rigorous, student-centered instructional approaches. Yet, implementation of HQIM and CBPL continues to be challenging for the K-12 education field. Proponents of this evidence-based effort need to understand the state of CBPL within the broader landscape of professional development to understand the extent to which the CBPL field is developing and why. This systematic understanding of the K-12 education field establishes a baseline for progress and generates information to help clarify the challenges and reveal the actions required for the CBPL field to mature. Through this discretionary grant, the Center for Public Research and Leadership at Columbia University will conduct a landscape analysis of CBPL to help actors across the K-12 education system understand and bridge the gap between the current and an improved state of professional learning for supporting successful curriculum implementation.
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For support of the national television program, GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer seeks to promote awareness and understanding of geopolitical, security, and humanitarian developments threatening global stability. The show is based on a premise that many of today’s global trends present obstacles in addressing major challenges of climate change, data privacy, nuclear proliferation, migration, pandemics, and others. GZERO World aims to educate and inform the public about international issues by offering fresh and non-ideological conversations with informed guests from around the world. Renewed Corporation support will contribute to the production of the series.
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To support codifying learning about equitable systems transformation
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Disruptions in educational and economic systems stemming from COVID-19 have dramatically impacted numerous systemic issues that inhibit children and families from achieving their aspirations. While these challenges paint a bleak picture, bright spots exist of communities building the civic infrastructure necessary to address these challenges and shift the policies, practices, resources, and power structures necessary to mitigate harm and support children and families’ well-being. Learning from and telling the story of complex systems changes is needed to enable more communities to enact similar change. StriveTogether is a national network aimed at building the capacity of communities to dramatically improve educational outcomes for every child from cradle to career. Through this grant StriveTogether will capture and share lessons and bright spots from the systems change efforts seen across its network.
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As a one-time only grant for improving diversity in the study of nuclear security
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 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 Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) 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 the English Access Program
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) was established with a mission to advance and empower rural youth in Armenia. The COAF SMART Center, a state-of-the-art educational hub, presently offers instruction in English, Russian, and Mandarin. Proficiency in these particular languages is emphasized among their students as major languages of communication worldwide. The English Access Program is a 2-year after-school program designed for 13-15 year-olds. Since 2011, 1253 students can now communicate in English and have access to international programs and resources, regardless of their profession. With Corporation support, the English Access Program will continue to serve as a crucial resource that enables Armenia’s rural youth to achieve their full potential for their communities.
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As a one-time only grant for the "Pittencrieff Park Ambition" Project
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Pittencrieff Park is a beautiful 80-acre green space in the heart of Dunfermline’s Heritage Quarter, gifted to the people of his hometown by Andrew Carnegie in 1903. The park has been operated as a public/private partnership between the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust and Fife Council since 1978 and attracts over 750,000 visitors annually. The Fife Council funding has been financially constrained in recent years resulting in lack of maintenance, investment and development. The park has major opportunities for economic regeneration, tourism, environment, education, health/wellbeing, and community cohesion. With Corporation support, the Dunfermline Trust will revitalize the park through feasibility studies, development, and programming work that creates a sustainably funded park.
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For project support to launch their annual parent cohort in Central Valley
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
Although research shows that students succeed when families, schools and communities work together, immigrant families face multiple barriers to engaging with their children’s educators and schools, including linguistic, cultural, and socio-economic obstacles. For 35 years, The Parent Institute for Quality Education’s (PIQE) evidence-based family engagement programs have empowered low-income families of color and in particular Latinx immigrant families, to better understand the complex American education system and to advocate for their children’s education. With support from the Corporation’s request for proposals for family engagement to support student learning grant opportunity, PIQE will partner with schools in Central Valley, California’s most rural low-income region, to help Latinx Spanish-speaking families (a) navigate school systems, (b) support their children socio emotional development and STEM skills, and (c) build collaborative partnerships with educators and schools.
Project Title
For project support of the FAST Institute for Family Engagment
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
15 months
Description
The lack of proper professional development for school staff, such as parent coordinators, creates an opportunity for even deeper divides between families and school staff. Families & Schools Together (FAST), an education nonprofit founded in 1988, nurtures the inherent potential of every child by uniting families, schools, and communities. FAST partners with community-based organizations and schools around the country to implement evidence-based, family engagement programming. The Corporation request for proposals on family engagement to support student learning grant opportunity will enable their Institute of Family Engagement to provide school parent liaisons with the training they need to collaborate with families to support children. They will make a mindset shift away from outdated forms of parent involvement toward family engagement and empowerment and will learn to establish the trust needed to form strong, equity-focused relationships with families.
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For project support for Developing Culturally Responsive Family Engagement in Brockton
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
14 months
Description
Listening to and empowering families is essential to improving student outcomes in underserved communities. However, the historical oppression experienced by many communities means that trust needs to be rebuilt and this is best done from within and with a partner. The Federation for Children with Special Needs has been educating families for 47 years. It engages and empowers families and educators to achieve equitable family engagement, enabling families to partner effectively with schools and achieve better outcomes for their children. With the Corporation’s request for proposals for family engagement to support student learning grant opportunity, the Federation for Children with Special Needs aims to strengthen dual capacity and two-way communication between Brockton Public Schools, a district in Massachusetts where 80 percent of students have been identified as “high needs.” As part of this grant, they will provide training, workshops, and coaching focused on dual capacity building, equity, and cultural relevance for families and educators.
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As a one-time only grant for support of Presidential Initiatives
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a global leader renowned for its programs in computer science, engineering, business, public policy, and the arts. CMU and its president, Farnam Jahanian, are deeply committed to advancing knowledge and informed action on issues of importance in education and for the betterment of democracy. Well known for its novel approaches to teaching and learning, CMU aims to advance research and creative expression that arises from a interdisciplinary approach. With Corporation support, President Jahanian will initiate several projects that align with CMU’s institutional commitment to diversity and inclusion, including Leadership, Excellence, Access and Persistence (LEAP), a program to provide underprivileged high school students an opportunity to gain knowledge in the humanities and social sciences.
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For project support for Family Engagement Leadership through Family Voice: Working Collaboratively to Increase Student Success
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
While family engagement is essential for student success and has become even more vital during the current pandemic, barriers such as the lack of training for educators on engaging families, and the lack of opportunities for family voice prevents families and educators from partnering effectively to improve student learning. The West River Foundation, one of South Dakota’s most active nonprofit organizations, partners with the South Dakota Statewide Family Engagement Center to engage families living nearby Tribal lands in supporting student learning through culturally responsive practices. With Corporation support through the request for proposals on family engagement to support student learning, this grant will provide services to ensure that South Dakota students and families who are living on or near Tribal lands have access to culturally relevant, high-quality family engagement practices and resources. A key component of the work will be to address literacy and socio-emotional learning gaps caused by pandemic-related unfinished learning while applying an appreciative inquiry approach to supporting parent and educator leadership teams.
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For project support for Family Engagement Initiative for Latino Communities in Utah
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
In comparison to their non-Latino peers, Latinx students, who make up 20 percent of the country’s public-school population and are growing at a much faster rate and face significant barriers in education. For instance, they face language barriers and lack of economic and social resources. Moreover, Latinx parents, many of whom are immigrants, usually do not understand the U.S education system. Founded in 2001, Latinos in Action works from within the education system to create positive change for Latinx youth. They implement a suite of programs to empower Latinx students to achieve their full potential. With Corporation support through the request for proposals on family engagement to support student learning, Latinos in Action will address the barriers Latinx families face to supporting their children. Specifically, they will (a) provide workshops for parents to increase their capacity to play roles as advocates, supporters, mentors, encouragers, and monitors, (b) support educators to partner with Latinx families, and (c) engage families to share experiences and concerns with schools and build their leadership skills.
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For project support for Philly Families Read Together
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
14 months
Description
Across the country, grandparents are often raising their grandchildren due to various reasons that parents are unable to including unemployment, incarceration, mental health, and parental substance abuse issues. Many live on meager incomes in neighborhoods plagued by poverty, lack digital skills to interact with teachers and do not know how to approach schools. Supporting Older Women’s Network (SOWN), a nonprofit founded in 1984, develops innovative solutions to support the well-being of low-income children raised by grandparents. With Corporation support through the request for proposals on family engagement to support student learning, they will implement “Philly Families Read Together”, an initiative to strengthen the home-school connection of low-income, primarily Black students who live in under-resourced neighborhoods in Philadelphia and are raised by their grandparents. SOWN will assist grandparents in becoming knowledgeable about educational tools and methods to support their grandchildren’s literacy.
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For project support for The Black Genius Framework; provides educators, parents, and youth a structure for strength-based conversations about the healthy development of a Black child considering both their intellectual and racial identities
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
Traditionally, family engagement practices have not centered on the humanity and wisdom of Black parents. Black parents’ wisdom as experts of their children has usually been an underutilized resource for creating culturally affirming learning environments for Black students. Through its innovative parent-engagement strategies and tools, Village of Wisdom, a nonprofit founded in 2014 to help schools ignite parents’ power to support their children’s learning, enables educators to successfully integrate Black parents’ wisdom into instructional decisions. With Corporation support through the request for proposals on family engagement to support student learning, Village of Wisdom will train educators and parents to use their culturally affirming learning program, the Black Genius Framework, to ground conversations that facilitate the co-construction of learning environments that foster student socio emotional and academic development. This project will result in Black parents serving as reflective practice partners to teachers on their culturally affirming instructional practices.
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For mobilizing and engaging the public as part of Pedro Reyes’ Amnesia Atomica display in New York City
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
5 months
Description
Today’s nuclear challenges are real, fast-changing, and require urgent public attention. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (the Bulletin) commissioned an artist, Mr. Pedro Reyes, to design a piece “Amnesia Atomica” to attract public attention to the deteriorating nuclear landscape. This grant will allow the Bulletin to convene a “mobilization festival” in New York City on May 20 and 21, 2022 as part of a weeklong display of “Amnesia Atomica” in Times Square. The mobilization festival will bring together innovative and engaging new and rising leaders in the nuclear policy and advocacy space and provide them with tables and kiosks as part of the exhibition. This gathering will also provide an opportunity to build a concerned community and increase cooperation among the exhibitors who work on nuclear issues.
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For support of a merger with New American Economy
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
The American Immigration Council (AIC) is a hub of litigation, policy research, and advocacy founded by the American Immigration Lawyers Association to strengthen the United States by working toward a more fair and just immigration system. New American Economy (NAE) is a leading bipartisan think tank and advocacy organization founded by Michael Bloomberg to make the economic case for sound immigration policies. In January 2022, the two organizations completed a merger that brings together NAE’s and the AIC’s complementary organizational and programmatic strengths. The merger will enable the new organization to devote a larger portion of its budget to revamped programmatic work. With Corporation support, the new American Immigration Council will develop a five-year strategic plan and work to seamlessly integrate the two organizations.
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For a pilot Russia/Europe Program
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally shaken the post-World War II international order, in addition to causing unmeasurable damage to Ukraine, Ukrainians, and neighboring countries and their citizens. Russia’s act of war cannot go unpunished. But Russia is a massive nuclear, cyber, military, and commodities power with influence on global security, stability, and economy. The United States and the West must deal with Russia to avoid future regional or global disasters. Quincy Institute’s Russia/Europe Program will consider options and policies that could reduce the risk of war and keep open the possibility of diplomatic engagements between the United States/Europe and Russia that were possible even at the darkest days of the Cold War. The Corporation grant will support policy-relevant research, publications, events, and dissemination through the traditional and social media.
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For a project to engage scholars and practitioners in an assessment of approaches for engaging the public in nuclear risk reduction efforts
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
28 months
Description
Generating public attention to nuclear security issues and translating that into policy change is understudied. This is in part due to the absence of academic analysis of past advocacy successes at arms control or the relevance of contemporary social movements for nuclear threat reduction. The University of California, Irvine will lead a project to engage scholars and practitioners in an assessment of how to engage the public in nuclear risk reduction efforts. This analysis will focus on past cases of advocacy for arms control, current social movements, and lessons learned from practitioners. The result will be a series of papers that analyze when arms control advocacy is more or less likely to culminate in policy change.
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For a study on nuclear targeting, civilian casualties, and the laws of war
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
The question of whether U.S. nuclear targeting abides by the laws of armed conflict has been a persistent issue and one made more pressing by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the heightened global awareness of the risks of nuclear weapons use. The National Security Archive will shed light on this topic by providing already declassified materials and analysis to the academic and policy communities, as well as requesting declassification of additional relevant documents, creating an online briefing book of declassified documents, and reviewing the international humanitarian law literature related to nuclear weapons in historical and contemporary contexts. The project will culminate in a convening of academics and former officials to share the findings and will result in a publishable transcript.
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For support of Substantial Classroom’s project, SubSchool, an online learning platform for substitute teachers
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on the teacher workforce, creating day-to-day teacher shortages due to factors such as quarantine and illness while also increasing the number of teachers deciding to leave the profession. As a result, substitute teachers are playing a larger role in educating students than ever before. Substantial Classrooms is a national nonprofit working to create and identify scalable innovations that shift the dynamics of substitute teaching from being merely transactional to a focus on attracting, supporting, and retaining people who are equipped to teach students. Substantial’s virtual professional development system, SubSchool, partners with districts to build the core competencies of substitute teachers. Support from the Corporation will increase Subschool’s technology systems and capacity to partner with districts and equip them to provide needed support and coaching to their substitute teachers.
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For collaboration to strengthen conflict prevention and peacebuilding in Eastern DRC
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
28 months
Description
Despite decades of significant foreign development aid and large peacekeeping missions, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains affected by armed conflict. Peace Direct will partner with two Congolese organizations, one who’s experience is rooted in practice (Beni Peace Forum – BPF) and one whose experience is rooted in research (Research Initiatives for Social Development – RISD), to conduct an action-research project that addresses two main challenges in the Beni territory of the DRC: the lack of attention paid to local dynamics; and the lack of coordination and collaboration between conflict prevention and peacebuilding actors. The project will contribute to building a more nuanced, grassroots-led analysis of the violence taking place in Beni, and an evidence base for effective forms of collaboration of conflict prevention and peacebuilding actors with broader applicability.
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For continued support for The Power of Systems, a project focused on a transformation agenda for public higher education systems
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
12 months
Description
Formed in 1979, the National Association of System Heads (NASH) is the association of the chief executives of forty-three-college and university systems of public higher education in the United States. These public university systems educate approximately three-quarters of the nation’s students in public, four-year higher education, and a significant proportion of students seeking two-year degrees. Through NASH’s leadership, higher education system leaders have adopted a transformation agenda for public higher education systems named The Power of Systems to work collaboratively in improvement cycles to deliver impact on student success at scale, with particular emphases on the redress of inequities and the promotion of economic and social mobility for all. Support from the Corporation will allow us to complete the first-year launch of The Power of Systems backbone organization and its three major initiatives: system innovation and improvement, state policy, and federal policy and funding for higher education and refugee resettlement on public university campuses.
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As a final grant for support of the Gerhard Casper Fellowship
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
36 months
Description
The American Academy in Berlin (the Academy) was founded in 1994 at the initiative of Richard Holbrooke, then the American ambassador to Germany. Independent, nonpartisan, and privately funded, the Academy is committed to sustaining and enhancing the long-term intellectual, cultural, and political ties between the United States and Germany. Inaugurated in the 2021 in honor of Gerhard Casper, trustee and former president of the Academy for his commitment to transatlantic exchange, the Gerhard Casper Fellowship Program has been at the core of the Academy’s activities, creating understanding and critical, substantive debate on both sides of the Atlantic. With Corporation support one Gerhard Casper fellow will be awarded each year, in the fall or spring semester, for three years. Each fellow pursues their individual fellowship projects, engage with counterparts and present their work in a lecture, reading, or concert
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For research projects on U.S. immigration and immigrant integration into American society
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1907, the Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) is dedicated to “the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States” through strengthening the methods, data, and theoretical core of the social sciences. In 2016, RSF received Corporation support to oversee a series of research projects that investigate the social, economic, and political implications of the United States’ changing racial and ethnic composition. This initiative was renewed in 2021. With continued Corporation support, RSF will support a new cohort of researchers who tackle important questions about the increasing role of immigration status and race on immigrant outcomes, the effects of state and local immigration policies and practices on communities, and more.
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As one-time funding for engaging a diverse public on American public opinion on foreign economic policy as part of grantmaking on exploring the connections between U.S. domestic and foreign policies
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
29 months
Description
Few analyses of U.S. foreign economic policy consider the diversity of American society, which leads to policies that are poorly conceived and communicated, are not inclusive, and thus contribute to domestic political polarization. Through this project, Temple University’s Public Policy Lab will conduct a series of public opinion surveys and survey experiments targeted at underrepresented populations, as well as a cross-section of the U.S. population. The resulting unique dataset will provide nuance and diversity to understanding attitudes towards foreign economic policy. It can be used by scholars to study issues of diversity in foreign policy and by policymakers to produce a more inclusive approach to how foreign economic policy is conceived and communicated.
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For one-time funding for a project to develop pathways to diversity in national security and public policy
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Several barriers prevent students from background historically underrepresented in the academy from pursuing careers in security studies and foreign policy. Through this project, Emory University’s interdisciplinary Oppression/Resistance Lab, in cooperation with people from five other institutions, will conduct a pilot research and training program to provide eight students from the Atlanta area with skills training, research experience and professional mentorship. The pilot will support in-depth engagement over two consecutive summers for students in their first undergraduate years.
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For a project to improve the capacity to develop curriculum-based professional learning resources to support OpenSciEd high school science courses
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
11 months
Description
Building from the success of their middle school science curriculum and professional learning model, OpenSciEd has begun the development of high school science courses. Instructional materials alone are insufficient to support the necessary shifts to impact student learning. Teachers need high-quality curriculum-based professional learning to adapt and enact these science materials. This grant will allow the University of Colorado at Boulder to create a dedicated team to develop a curriculum-based professional learning program to support OpenSciEd high school science courses. The project will a) develop professional learning materials for the program, b) lead multi-day professional learning workshops with facilitators from participating states, c) communicate with facilitators and teachers between workshop sessions, and d) curate video recordings of classroom science instruction.
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For a project to launch interim assessments aligned with the OpenSciEd middle school curriculum
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
With over forty-five states adopting the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) or new science standards informed by the Framework for K-12 Science Education, states are prioritizing successful science education that cannot be supported or measured by current assessments that focus on memorization. Schools and systems need curriculum-aligned assessments to support teachers and district leaders in gathering data and informing instructional decisions. CenterPoint Education Solutions increases the availability of innovative, curriculum-aligned interim assessments and provides professional learning in how to best use the data from assessments. They currently work in English language arts and mathematics and are looking to expand into the middle school science market. Through this project, CenterPoint will develop and design interim assessments aligned to the OpenSciEd middle school program.
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For a project to build capacity focused on the use of high-quality instructional materials into teacher preparation courses
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
To date, most educator preparation programs (EPPs) have not adapted their curriculum to include the development of curriculum literacy and the skills and experience needed to navigate, negotiate, and implement high quality instructional materials. Making curriculum literacy a key component of educator preparation has potential for accelerating effectiveness, efficacy, and impact of new teachers. The nationally ranked College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin is uniquely qualified and positioned to study the issue and explore ways that they and other EPPs across the state could align their degree requirements to ensure that their graduates have the skills and experiences needed to navigate and implement high quality instructional materials. The continuation of the Texas Education Curriculum Literacy Learning Community will engage three EPPs in program analysis and revision as well as site-based case studies to ensure teacher candidates have the skills and experiences needed to navigate and implement high-quality instructional materials.
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For a project to develop statewide prototypes for curriculum-anchored performance assessment systems connected to the OpenSciEd middle school science curriculum
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
15 months
Description
Federal assessments and accountability expectations have led to evaluations that do not measure or incentivize sophisticated disciplinary content knowledge and practices, deeper learning, and higher order thinking skills that are associated with college and career readiness. This is particularly true in science, where a growing number of states in the State Performance Assessment Learning Community are seeking to establish performance assessment systems that are anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards and high-quality curriculum, such as OpenSciEd. The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) convenes and manages this state science assessment group and is well-positioned to help states work with districts to design prototypes for statewide curriculum-anchored assessment systems in science education.
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For a project to develop a system of teacher and leader development for deeper, more equitable learning and whole child education for South Carolina
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
Teacher shortages are growing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased stress and demands placed on educators. Addressing shortages will require new mindsets as well as technical and policy shifts in how educators are prepared, utilized, recognized, and rewarded. With current funding from the Corporation, The University of South Carolina (UofSC) and its College of Education (COE) began work to introduce innovations in teacher and leadership development, including developing a preliminary framework for reinventing the profession, engaging key education policy leaders, and securing a substantial new investment from the South Carolina General Assembly to pilot innovations in teacher education, professional learning, and leadership systems. Additional funding will allow them to build on this work by engaging policy and education leaders and developing a research framework for studying the impact of “redefining” the teaching profession for deeper, more equitable learning.
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For continued support of SEA Change Institute
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
18 months
Description
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) fields have a major impact on factors related to the U.S. economy and quality of life. But the population of those entering postsecondary education in STEMM and graduating in these fields does not reflect the demographics of either the overall population in higher education or the U.S. population. To date, numerous small-scale interventions have taken on these issues singly or in one institution at a time. In contrast, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general science organization globally, has developed an approach to structural transformation that moves from the decades of “fixing the students” to fixing the system. Established with Corporation support, the STEMM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change is a certification system for diversity and inclusion in STEM in higher education. The SEA Change Institute provides training and resources as part of a sustainable, reinforcing system of support for institutional transformation. This grant will increase the impact of SEA Change by developing new learning series, expanding our evaluation capacity, and creating strategic partnerships.
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For continued project support to strengthen the pipeline between K-12, community colleges, and local employers through cross-sector professional learning for educators
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
Community colleges must continue to find ways to be nimble in response to their students’ needs. These institutions provide social services, professional development for individuals transitioning careers, post-secondary education, employment, policy advocacy, and human capital development for the local workforce. Successful colleges that understand this challenge center their students’ experience towards completion and economic mobility. For the past sixteen years, Achieving the Dream (ATD) has provided colleges with tools, services, and support to meet the ever-changing demand and role in the community and help community colleges increase outcomes for low-income students and close achievement gaps. With continued Corporation support, ATD will create a regional professional learning community to bridge the gaps between teaching professionals in the K-12 space, adjunct and full-time faculty in the community college space, and local labor leadership.
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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 one in-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
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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
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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
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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, aims to use its established role as convenor and independent resource for government to develop a platform for evidence-gathering and 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 in policy 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 and transformation. These circumstances have already led to a number of new innovative approaches and practices in K-12 education, which have the potential to drive systemic change if 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 with over 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 a coordinated 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 25th anniversary 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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