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Project Title
For international peace and security projects
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
The Henry L. Stimson Center (Stimson)is anonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that aims to enhance international peace and security through a combination of analysis and outreach on a range of interconnected challenges. Created in part with Corporation support, Stimson connects American and international analysts and practitioners across various societal sectors; undertakes policy analyses; and develops practical suggestions for policymakers and broader audiences for tackling critical global security challenges. Renewed support will continue Stimson’s work related to China and South Asia, nuclear nonproliferation, and renewable energy’s effect on climate change. The work will result in publications and outreach activities to relevant communities in the United States and abroad.
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For training and research on nuclear and international security
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
33 months
Description
In the decades following the Cold War and for the purpose of exploring issues of mutual concern between the United States and Russia, think tanks and universities have worked to connect American and Russian foreign and security policy specialists. With support from the Corporation, the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland (CISSM) has been building such connections. CISSM programs have entailed research, training, informed debates, and exchanges. As relations between the two countries remain strained, maintaining contacts between the academic communities has the potential of reducing risks and misunderstandings. Renewed funding will enable CISSM to carry on its activities with the goal of contributing to these efforts.
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For expanding the field of Russian military studies
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
27 months
Description
After the Cold War, funding for Russian military studies declined rapidly in the United States and other Western countries. As a result, many of the public and private organizations previously dedicated to Soviet military studies shifted their resources to other security challenges and concerns. Recognizing this situation, the Corporation made an initial grant in 2017 to the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) to help revive the U.S. expertise in Russian military affairs through a set of research, engagement, and outreach efforts. With renewed support, CNA will continue the field-building activities, resulting in published articles, expert workshops, and an edited volume on various aspects of Russia’s military strategy.
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For enhancing academic and public policy understanding of Russia
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
32 months
Description
The state of Russia-related research and graduate training in the United States has seen a steady decline in federal funding and scholarly interest since the early 1990s, creating a shortage of rising experts with adequate training. Georgetown University’s Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies (CERES) is a primary source of trained specialists on the region. CERES graduates pursue careers in government, think tanks, nongovernmental organizations, and business. With previous support, CERES has been expanding and deepening its training, research, and outreach programs.
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For the Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship to support women in nonproliferation
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
The representation of women in the international security field demonstrates a large gender gap. To help narrow that gap, the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) focuses on women in key countries. Through its Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship, CRDF provides opportunities to emerging female experts on nuclear security to advance their careers through study and professional networks. With Corporation support, CRDF will continue the regional fellowships that contribute to promoting gender diversity in the nonproliferation field and in international security more broadly.
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For a project on U.S. arms transfers to the Arab region
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
With previous Corporation support, the American Bar Association convened an interdisciplinary team of senior experts toexamine cases of proxy conflicts in the Arab region anddescribe their legal status.The Working Group concluded that security cooperation between NATO countries and governments or other actors in the Middle East and North Africa have contributed to protracted conflicts, civilian casualties, and escalatory dynamics in the region. The next phase of the project will develop guidance for policymakers, regulators, industry leaders, and multilateral organizations on due diligence and implementation of experts’ recommendations. The project will also work at the international level to build multilateral support for more effective monitoring of security cooperation to prevent diversion of weapons and materiel to designated terrorist organizations, criminal enterprises, and groups engaged in atrocities. Corporation funds will support stakeholder meetings, policy roundtables, staff costs, and policy briefs.
Project Title
As a final grant for the Technological Future of Major Power Nuclear Competition
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
During the Cold War, experts developed an extensive repository of strategic studieson the potential for nuclear weapons to target and destroy an adversary’s nuclear arsenal. Increased international tensions and the rapid pace of technological development requireupdates to this foundational research. Recent studies have offered a new round of assessments on nuclearoffense-defense competition that integrates new and emerging technologies.Experts at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs are furthering these assessments by involvingmulti-disciplinaryteams of technical experts. Their work will aim to inform U.S. nuclear strategy for dealing with both major and minor nuclear powers, with a specific focus oncooperative and diplomatic measures to de-escalate military tensions withChina and Russia.
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For support of a project on United States-Iran relations
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
For the United States, the relationship with Iran remains an intractable foreign policy challenge. Although there was an increase in communication leading up to and following the agreement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the Iran nuclear deal), these channels were severely reduced after the U.S. withdrawal from the deal. However, notwithstanding the obstacles, the U.S.-Iran Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has been able to continue providing opportunities for expert-level engagements between the United States and Iran. Through Track II dialogues, policy-relevant research, and a series of bilateral and multilateral roundtable discussions, the initiative considers mutually acceptable strategies for managing a range of issues between the United States and Iran. This initiative will seek to remain complementary to future U.S. policies regarding Iran
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For support of a forum on Indo-Pacific peace and security cooperation
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
The growing U.S.-China rivalry threatens peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region with zero-sum thinking influencing decision-making in capitals from the Indian subcontinent to the South Pacific. The competition between the United States and China is particularly pronounced in Southeast Asia, where economic opportunities are interwoven with territorial disputes, transnational challenges such as pandemics and climate change, and weak governance.Building on the existing, Corporation-supported, Mansfield-China Institute of International Studies Forum, the Mansfield Foundation will lead a series of Track II dialoguesinvolving the United States,China, Japan, and variousSoutheast Asian countries to identify areas of common ground on clean energy and climate change to advance inter-governmental cooperation and mitigate rising geopolitical challenges.
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For international dialogue and outreach on security challenges in Northeast Asia
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
The growing salience of Northeast Asia to regional and global security concerns calls for continued dialogue between American and Asian experts and policymakers. The National Committee on American Foreign Policy has a proven ability to convene high-level dialogues with American, South Korean, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese experts, officials, former officials, and scholars, as well as, when circumstances permit, their North Korean counterparts. While never a substitute for official diplomacy, Track II and Track 1.5 (involving officials in their private capacities) convenings have played an important, informal coordinating role between the United States and key actors in Northeast Asia and have kept unofficial channels of communication open between the United States and North Korea, both when official talks have been ongoing and when they have not.
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Project Title
For U.S-China dialogues on the global economic order
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
China’s growing role in shaping economic, political, social, and security developments in Asia and beyond has profound implications for global peace and stability.The United States and China are the two largest economies in the world and viable solutions to global economic problems must involve efforts by both countries. The Global Economic Order projectat the Center for Strategic and International Studies involves a Track II/1.5 dialoguebringing together American and Chinese experts and officials for constructive engagementon problems in the global economy. These include complex issues such as,rising debt levels among advanced and developing countries, the future of the international trading system, increasing protectionism, impacts of changing climate, andthe implications of the global pandemic. Dialogue findings will be channeled to policy officials in both countries.
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For the China Power Project
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
China’s rowing role in shaping economic, political, social, and security developments Asia and beyond has profound implications for global peace and stability. China Power at the Center for Strategic and International Studies is an award-winning, data-driven website launched withCorporationsupport that unpacks the complexity of China’s rise through effective data visualizations paired with expert analysis. In addition to continually updating its data set on foundational aspects of Chinese power across five broad categories—economic, military, “soft power,” technological advancement, and social stability—the project’s next phase will produce features on more complex and cutting-edge research topics, including artificial intelligence, undersea military capabilities, and renewable energy investments. The website is a widely used, go-to resource for academics, policy experts, and journalists.
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For a project on managing global disorder
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
The current political context, including a new U.S. presidential administration, Brexit, China’s expanding global role, and the implications of COVID-19, raises important questions about how multilateralism and global institutions should operate. With Corporation support,the Council on Foreign Relations’Center for Preventive Action (CPA) is leading a program that brings together international policymakers, academics, and practitioners to consider how global institutions can respond and adapt to current and futurechallenges with the goal of decreasing the potential for violent conflict. The next iteration of the project focuses on convening and disseminating information about theshiftingglobal order and climate change, and buildson CPA’s previous work addressing critical global security threats.
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For a project on Transatlantic cooperation in relations with the Indo-Pacific
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
34 months
Description
As China’s economic and military capacity and influence continue to rise, transatlantic actors and some countries in the Indo-Pacific are increasingly focused on China’s role in the region. This concern is particularly acute in the United States, where there is a broad bipartisan consensus that China is the country’s primary strategic adversary. The picture is more varied across Europe, where some countries are more open to the opportunities presented by trade, investment, and cooperation with China than they are concerned about its growing international influence. Building on its previous Corporation-supported transatlantic dialogue, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) will partner with the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) to explore the potential for transatlantic cooperation and coordination in the Indo-Pacific region.
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For a project on policy-relevant responses to emerging policy issues
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite some notable progress in Corporation-supported efforts to help bridge the gap between academia and the policy world—from the rise of a generation of faculty members committed to engaging critical global policy issues to new media outlets that help academics reach out to broader audiences—further work remains to be done. This involves consolidating the progressto date in the international relations community, devising mechanisms for more productive engagement between scholars and policymakers, and continuing to connect new ideas derived from academic work to the policy world. Building on its previous Corporation-supported work, the University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) Perry World House (PWH) seeks to continue bringing together scholars, policymakers, and other key constituencies to advance debates, conversations, and policy processes on topics of critical relevance to international peace and security.
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For support of the African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
African countries’ political evolution continues its turbulent advance. Political protests in Nigeria, political revolution in Sudan, civil war in Ethiopia, and long-term ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are just a sampling of the vibrant and challenging developments affecting peace and security across the continent. Despite the varied and complex nature of local conflict dynamics, international organizations and global powers continue to play an inordinately large role in these processes. Understanding the importance of African expertise and leadership in these political and peace processes, the Social Science Research Councilcontinues to advance a pipeline of African scholars producing rigorous and relevant research on conflict-affected countries and neighboring regions through the African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and the Next Generation Social Scientists (Next Gen) projects.
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Project Title
For innovative new school development and the CityWorks initiative
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Over the past decade, the Corporation has played a significant role in expanding access to student-centered learning opportunities, and we continue to believe that the proliferation of innovative school models is a necessary catalyst for the system-level transformation we aim to affect.CityBridgeEducation (CityBridge) is a local portfolio organizationuniquely positionedto incubate and support grassroots, new school development in Washington,D.C. Withprior Corporation support, CityBridgehas not only grown its portfolio to includethirteen schools and provided ongoing support as these schools have matured, but it hasalso cultivated a local talent pipeline andmobilized a network of key stakeholdersinWashingtonD.C.For the past two years, the Corporation has supported one of the most promising of these ventures,CityWorksDC, whichis a new, work-based learning initiativethat will be supported through this grant, alongsideCityBridge’snew school development work.
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For support of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia program
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
27 months
Description
The United States considers Russia one of its main adversaries, which argues for deep understanding about Russia’s internal and external policies. Among the many forces shaping Russia’s behavior are the implications of climate change on global energy transitions and the future of Russia’s relationship with China. The Europe, Russia and Eurasia (ERE) program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies will pursue two research pillars to fill gaps in understanding of Russia’s strategic future: The U.S.-Russia Climate Cooperation project and the Russia’s Strategic Visionof China project. The work will entail research and Track II meetings with Russian experts. The findings of both projects will be disseminated through a range of products, including reports, shorter web-based commentaries and other online content, public events, podcast episodes, and outreach to policy officials.
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For research and policy dialogue addressing university faculty challenges in the East African Community
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
Faculty challenges in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are linked to an aging workforce, underqualified academic staff, and an inadequate pipeline. Yet a lack of accurate data on faculty demographics limits the ability of governments and universities to plan effective solutions. UK-based Education for sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA), together with a consortium comprising International University Council of East Africa, Association of African Universities, and Population Reference Bureau, aims to increase the capacity of higher education stakeholders to plan and implement evidence-informed solutions to strengthen academic staff within African universities. With Corporation support, ESSA and consortium members will conduct a study on the demographics of academic faculty in East Africa and engage stakeholders in workshops and dialogue to disseminate and implement the findings.
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For the Perry Project's “At the Brink” podcast, season 2
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
The Perry Project, housed at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), seeks to change the conversation around nuclear weapons and educate the public on the nuclear threat in the 21st century.This grant will support the second season of the acclaimed “At the Brink” podcast hosted by William Perry’s granddaughter Lisa Perry and featuring the former Secretary of Defense. The podcast offers personal, behind the scenes stories of the people on the front lines of nuclear security. Their stories reveal experiences in preventing nuclear catastrophe and provide insights into what is needed to step back from the nuclear brink.
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For support of a project to enhance and expand an online citizenship application platform
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Despite the clear benefits of citizenship—including expanded employment opportunities, protection from deportation, and the right to vote—less than 10 percent of the nearly 9 million eligible legal permanent residents choose to naturalize each year. Low rates of naturalization have been attributed to a number of reasons, including lack of familiarity with the complex process, high fees for private legal assistance, and limited access to nonprofit providers. Created by the Immigration Advocates Network (housed at Pro Bono Net), Citizenshipworks is a technological platform designed to make the naturalization process more accessible to immigrants. Citizenshipworks makes it easy for anyone with internet access to screen for eligibility, complete their forms, and connect to virtual or in-person legal assistance. During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to virtual tools like Citizenshipworks has been especially important. With Corporation support, the Immigration Advocates Network will continue to reduce barriers to naturalization and improve user accessibility.
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For a project to redesign and build faculty capacity for Relay's ELA, math, and science content courses for teaching
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
15 months
Description
There is a growing demand for high-quality teacher preparation in communities across the country. Currently, traditional preparation programs emphasize credit hours, course completion, and design of lessons and curriculum over practical experience and student achievement, and typically lack instruction on how to teach to specific content areas. In 2018, Relay Graduate School of Education began to redesign their Master of Arts in Teaching program to challenge this traditional model. They are integrating content-specific coursework that is aligned to high-quality instructional materials with general pedagogy coursework and are supporting student participants to learn how to analyze and select high-quality instructional materials. After redesigning their full scope and sequence across all content areas, Relay is now poised for the next phase of their curriculum redesign. Through this grant, Relay will redesign course materials for English language arts, math and science content courses for teaching and create a faculty development plan for implementation.
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For continued support around KIPP's high school to postsecondary effort
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
24 months
Description
KIPP, a non-profit network of 255 college-preparatory, public schools seeks to substantially improve student outcomes, reach more students, and find scalable ways to support thousands of alumni on to college and career, all the while sharing practices to benefit others. KIPP’s expanded aspiration for students and alumni is that they should have the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond— so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed additional urgency on this aspiration as KIPP’s students, alumni, families and communities face disproportionate impact by both the pandemic and pervasive racial injustice in our country. Under a prior Corporation grant, KIPP built out their college access and success strategies to continuously improve their college counseling, persistence, and career work; codified and scaled these strategies across the network; and began to share them with other CMOs and districts. This grant builds on that work focusing on KIPP’s high school and alumni success strategies.
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For continued support of the SEA Change Institute
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM)fieldshave major impact on many factors related to the U.S. economy and quality of life. But the population of those entering postsecondary education in STEMM and succeeding to degrees 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 interventionshave taken on these issues one at a time or in one institution at a time. In contrast to these piecemeal methods, the American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAAS), the largest general science organization in the world, 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. TheSEA Change Instituteprovides training and resources as part of a sustainable, reinforcing system of support for institutional transformation.This grant will continue to identify and propagate research-based models for addressing different components of policies, programs, processes, and practices that can support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in STEMM.
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For project support of the home-school communication landscape analysis
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools used a patchwork of technologies to communicate with their students’ families. Varied in form and function, these technologies enablefamilies to support their children’s learning at home and at school. From texting services to online portals and everything in between, home-school technologies can disseminate critical information to families, equip them with questions and learning extension ideas, and gather their perspectives on their child’s needs and progress. Unfortunately, as schools closed this spring and many students now learn via virtual or hybrid formats, many families – especially those from marginalized communities – have been out of reach or frustrated by their school’s technologies. With support from the Corporation, the National PTA will begin a long-term project starting with the development and dissemination of a landscape analysis on home-school communication technologies and report on how these models might improve andgo to scale.
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For project support of the expansion and dissemination of the Kinda Guide
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
In the middle of a pandemic, when the majority of children are wholly or partially learning from home, working parents are an increasingly important key to keeping children on track in schools. Yet parents have been trying to keep everything– school, work, home – afloat for more than eight months, under extraordinarily stressful conditions. Providing support toworking parents is critical – so that they can continue to bridge the gaps that remote and hybrid school have created. Since 2015, EdNavigatorhas focused on providing personalized, high-impact education support to working families. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, EdNavigator rapidly introduced new forms of support as well, in an effort to direct useful information, advice, and activities to parents and caregivers nationwide. With Corporation support, they will continue to ease the burden on working families in a low-cost way through The Kinda Guide, a weekly online handbook available in English and Spanish thatoffers subscribers expert tips andengaging content for children’s continued learning.
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For continued development of Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE Math)
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
21 months
Description
Post-secondary education in mathematics does not adequately meet the evolving needs of today’s students, employers, or society, due largely to outdated teaching materials, methods, and content. Few undergraduates understandthe many stimulating and vital ways mathematics is now used in diverse fields, and many students, especially those from under-served communities, experience mathematics as a barrier rather than a gateway. Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE) was created in 2013 with funding from the Corporation, to understand how post-secondary education in mathematics might better meet students’ and employers’ needs, and to serve as a catalyst for change by identifying innovative practices where they exist, advocating for such practices where they do not, and working with partners to implement and scale up effective practices. This grant supports further development, with a particular emphasis on upper division pathways and graduate education.
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For a project on strengthening American capacity for effective engagement with China
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Despite China’s global rise over the past three decades, U.S. companies, government agencies, think tanks, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions face a talent deficit due to insufficient Chinese language capabilities and experience in China. Without a deep pool of China-fluent professionals, Americans in both public and private sectors will continue to operate at a disadvantage. The American Mandarin Society (AMS) is dedicated to advancing the expertise and language skills of China specialists in the United States. With Corporation support, the AMS will strengthen the study of China in the U.S. by promoting diversity in this field, developing online Chinese classes to address critical gaps in professional Chinese-language education, and expanding networks between East Asian and American regional experts where Chinese is the common language.
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A one-time grant for a U.S.-China educational exchange program
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
45 months
Description
In response to domestic political developments and increasing strains in the Sino-American relationship, the Corporation, together with other funders with China-related programming, including the Ford Foundation,Henry Luce Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Harvard-Yenching Institute, are collectively supporting a one-timeacademic exchange program between the United States and China managed through the Institute for International Education.Together, the funders will support over forty-eight students and scholars engaged in an exchange. The Corporation’s funding will be earmarked for U.S.-based participants in the program.
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For continued project support to build digital content, gamification and individualized support to help young people demand and access quality education, and find early career success
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
First-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students too often lack access to the resources, information, and networks necessary for postsecondary success. COVID-19 has exasperated these needs increasing the demand for college and career guidance while traditional helping institutions – schools, community-based organizations, libraries, colleges – have physically closed, cut services, or been unable to pivot to a digital experience. In partnership with Viacom, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation founded Get Schooled in 2010 to help young people thrive in high school, college, and early career jobs through a unique blend of digital content and personalized guidance. Continued Corporation support will allow Get Schooled to encourage tens of thousands of additional students from low-income families to seek and secure a postsecondary degree, as well as to find success in their first jobs.
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For a project to create a new framework to address student learning loss in New Jersey exacerbated by COVID-19
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
15 months
Description
Initial research from early in the pandemic forecasts staggering learning loss, particularly for low-income students.Data shows that on average in New Jersey, there were at least 58 days of learning lost in reading and over 174 days lost in math.JerseyCAN is a trusted voice on education, advocating for high-quality educational opportunities for all New Jersey students through partnership with education leaders, parents, students and other stakeholders from across the state to advance policy change.Continued support will allow JerseyCAN to assess the impact of COVID-19 on school communities in New Jersey, measure learning loss statewide, identify strategies to mitigate student learning loss and close gaps, share findings about effective strategies, and recommend policy reforms for addressing student learning loss statewide.
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For continued support to improve access and quality of early childhood education
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
The impact of high-quality early experiences on children’s long-term brain development and overall health and life outcomes has long been documented. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the broad societal awakening to the persistence of systemic racism, it has become more urgent than ever to ensure every child experiences consistent, high-quality, developmentally meaningful learning experiences from birth. Bank Street College of Education, with current Corporation support, has brought its expertise in policy and systems change to focus on the early childhood educator workforce. Building on their foundational white paper, Investing in the Birth-to-Three Workforce: A New Vision to Strengthen the Foundation of All Learning, continued support will allow Bank Street to begin implementation of the four core strategy and policy recommendations in the white paper.
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For support of the 2021 Night of Ideas
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Every year, the Night of Ideas has brought together artists and public intellectuals for an evening of lectures, performances, and virtual reality installations, in order to explore with the general public the most pressing issues of contemporary societies. With the COVID-19 pandemic having forced people to socially distance and quarantine, societies around the world have recognized a shared sense of isolation and desire for human connection. In coordination with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, the FACE Foundation will host a digital Night of Ideas aimed at reaching thousands of curious minds around the globe. The FACE Foundation will collaborate with major museums, leading artists, and philosophers to broadcast a 24-hour production filled with lectures, conversations, and performances exploring human connection in the contemporary world. With Corporation support, the FACE Foundation will launch the 2021 Night of Ideas and connect international audiences in a meaningful, accessible exchange of ideas.
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For applying the science of adolescent learning to school design and instructional practice
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
18 months
Description
The science of adolescent learning and development illuminates key lessons for how to craft developmentally responsive learning environments that more effectively support student success. However, this knowledge has not yet been broadly disseminated into the education field nor translated into practical recommendations that educators and leaders can enact.The Adolescent Learning and Development Project (ALDP), a project of the Opportunity Institute(OI), will provide targeted, science-informed training andcoaching to district and high school leaderstoinformpolicy and practice recommendations thatwill be the basis for system- and state-wide efforts to scale the design and implementation of evidence-based policies and practices.With Corporation support,OI will:identify and develop training resources for educators;engage three to four districtsin the development of action plans to implement policies and practices aligned to the science of adolescent learning and equity; anddevelop district-specific publications to share what is learned.
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For project support of the Connect family engagement app, enhanced features to the parent-facing literacy screener and expanded operational capacity
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Now that schooling is either completely remote or a hybrid model due to the pandemic, students are spending more time outside the traditional classroom. Due to this new environment, parents have also taken on a greater role in their children’s education and to prevent COVID-19 from deepening inequality for an entire generation of students, we must upskill parents to cultivate and sustain learning habits at home to support their children’s learning. Founded in 2011, Springboard Collaborative has helped close the literacy gap for nearly 30,000 students across twenty-two cities by facilitating collaborations between parents and teachers and equipping parents with the necessary resources to help them supplement their child’s daily educational experience. With support from the Corporation, Springboard Collaborative will continue to support over 30,000families by further developing their Springboard Connect home literacy app and their parent-facing literacy screener which helps facilitate communication and data-sharing between families and teachers.
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For support of the Innovative Schools, Learning Solutions, Diverse Leaders, and Racial Equity investment areas
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
30 months
Description
In order to advance a vision in which all students are prepared with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need for postsecondary success, the New Designs portfolio supports the creation of innovative schools and programs that personalize student learning, as well as the capacity-building of adults and systems in support of these efforts. NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) is an important partner in advancing this work. Founded in 1998, NSVF has a strong reputation for sourcing, vetting, and supporting high-quality school models and educational technologies, as well as the educational leaders necessary to the success of those efforts. Since 2015, NSVF has supported over 100 new schools that will collectively serve 54,000 at full enrollment, and student performance at these schools represents an additional half-year of academic growth relative to comparable students in other schools. NSVF plays an important role as a thought leader and convener and contributes significantly to field-wide improvement through its research, learning, and knowledge-sharing activities.
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For continued support of the Back to Work project
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
3 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. has created an economic unemployment and education crisis that could undermine near-term and long-term livelihoods for millions of Americans from all backgrounds. To address these challenges, this project aims to catalyze and guide a 21st Century Works Progress Administration (WPA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), and a 21st century G.I. bill—to put Americans back to work immediately and ensure they have the experience, skills, and credentials needed for good jobs and careers once the economy and job market rebounds. While this bold idea will require bold presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial leadership in 2021, America Achieves is continuing its work to design a nongovernmental philanthropic project to lay the groundwork for an innovative, workable solution to our country’s immediate crisis.
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For capacity building to expand the College Access: Research & Action (CARA) model outside of New York City
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
Description
Since 2011 College Access: Research & Action (CARA) has ensured 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 New York City public schools and institutions of higher education are not structured to provide this assistance. CARA’s programs, research, and policy work address 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 use its programs as laboratories for research on issues of college access and persistence, utilizing learnings to advocate for more equitable higher education policies. Support from the Corporation will allow CARA to bring these approaches and models to a wider group of students across the countryat a critical inflection point due to the impact of COVID-19 on education. High schools,universities and community-based organizations are all rethinking their existing work, and may be compelled by the type ofinstitutional change that CARA advocates for.
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For support of the 2020 Census initiative of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
7 months
Description
The United States census is a critical government operation designed to ensure fair political representation and adequate allocation of more than $1 trillion in federal resources to states and localities. The 2020 Census was the first online-led census, requiring new investments in infrastructure, coordination, and public education. Due to the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the data collection deadline was extended to October 5, 2020, which has delayed evaluations and other follow-up activities. Based at Neo Philanthropy, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) manages a working group of more than 500 national, state, and community-based philanthropic organizations that have been investing resources toward a fair and accurate count since 2017. With Corporation support, the Funders Census Initiative at the FCCP will aggregate and amplify learnings from the 2020 Census and create opportunities for funders to coordinate intercensal activities, including around redistricting.
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For support of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse’s immigration projects
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
18 months
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The immigration debate in the United States is mired in misinformation and false claims, and the general public is often unable to access clarifications or accurate data from federal officials, who often impede 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 process, vet, and analyze millions of records detailing the operations of the federal immigration enforcement system and help improve the resources available to advocates, public interest lawyers, journalists, and other stakeholders in the immigration space.
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For project support of a study on technology, online learning, and digital inequality among low-income families
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
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Due to the unprecedented shift to virtual, distanced and hybrid learning, educators, students, and their families alike have had to adjust to a transformed educational landscape.Digital access is now a necessity for most children’s schooling, yet troubling indicators show that families are struggling to provide their children with the necessary digital equipment or support. As we move into a post-pandemic future we must learn from this pandemic’s effects on education, the inequality gaps it has exacerbated and the solutions that can be trusted. With a new Administration taking office in 2021, policymakers will be addressing both digital policy and educational policy with new vigor, and to ensure that future policies prepare future generations for an unprecedented shift, they will need solid evidence on which to base their approaches. With support from the Corporation, a team of researchers will conduct a nationally representative survey to collect data with in-depth interviews to capture variations on how parents are supporting their children’s learninganddevelopment.Thegoalofthisprojectistomakepolicyrecommendations that can help students and families recover andthrive, in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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For a project to defend free speech on campus
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
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Founded in 1922, PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. Their mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible. Threats to free expression manifest in many different forms, including limits on the ability to share and discuss ideas, which the United States has seen a rising trend towards in recent years as universities continue to limit—or allow students to limit—academic and discursivefreedom on campus.With Corporation support, PEN America will address these challenges through training programs, practical guidance and tools that facilitate conversations preserving free speech, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
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For a project to transform educator-preparation programs and influence educator-preparation policy
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
15 months
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Far too many teachers leave educator-preparation programs ill-equipped to challenge and engage all students with rigorous, content-rich, and equitable instruction. Deans for Impact seeks to transform educator preparation in the U.S. through a continuum of direct programmatic support aimed changing individuals’ mindset, knowledge, and behavior as well as similarly deep changes in programs’ coursework, clinical experience, and assessment practices. The Corporation’s support will allow them engage in two strategic priorities: (1) supporting teams from educator-preparation programs through a process of programmatic redesign and through building a resource hub housing a set of related materials, and (2) building the capacity of leaders and mobilizing members to influence educator-preparation policy through advancing a set of national and state-specific policy recommendations.
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For the launch of DCPS Becoming, a district-wide approach to supporting the whole child
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
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Building on over a decade of human capital reform and school improvement efforts, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is poised to launch its most ambitious initiative, DCPS Becoming, with the goal of transforming schools into supportive environments that prepare students for lifelong success. Although prior efforts have produced improvements in student achievement, DCPS has identified an urgent need to address students’ trauma and support their socio-emotional well-being to set them up for long-term success. The pandemic and ongoing crisis of racial injustice add to the urgency of building a more equitable system that supports students’ mental health and resiliency. This project advances the Corporation’s other investments in DC schools, as well as its interest in building the capacity of districts to transform school systems and schools to deliver socio-emotional learning. With Corporation support, DCPS will launch the Becoming initiative by raising awareness in the community, equipping current and future educators with expertise in human development, and developing plans for school-based mental health clinics.
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For the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
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New models of career and technical education (CTE) can prepare students for twenty-first century success by helping them navigate an increasingly complex labor market. However, renewed interest in CTE has come largely without the benefit of a strong evidence base about the efficacy of next generation CTE models. MDRC, a social policy research organization with a two-decade history of developing and evaluating CTE programs, is filling that gap. With Corporation support in 2018, MDRC launched its Center for Effective Career and Technical Education, a hub for building evidence on CTE effectiveness, synthesizing research and lessons learned, and providing technical assistance and resources related to CTE programs, policy, and evidence. Since then, ongoing Corporation support has enabled MDRC to grow the Center and take on specific research projects, includingexploratory studiesthat grew intolarger, federallyfunded projects. Renewedsupport will enable the ongoing development of the Center as well as research activities to inform policy and practice.
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For support of a network of district partners implementing change management strategies
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
24 months
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Many visionary school operators have begun to forge paths to new models, yielding proof points of what is possible through school-based innovation. However, scaling these models to the system level continues to be a challenge. Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) has begun to address this challenge through the development of a framework entitled Transformation Design, a new approach to school district change management. Specifically, NGLC has conducted deep research into the design and practice of change management from across sectors and has worked with six exemplar school districts and leading experts in educational change to build a foundational set of next generation change management constructs, strategies, tools, and resources.With continued support, NGLC willsupporta national network of districtsto implement this approach, integrate next generation and liberatory learning, leverage the national network to advance fieldwide progress, and plan for expanded impact in a future phase of work.
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For project support of programs that train and develop effective community organizers and parent leaders
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 months
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Parents have a unique and critical role in improving our public schools. In communities where parents are connected to each other and deeply engaged, public schools tend to be more effective. Innovate Public Schools, a nonprofit whose mission is to build the power of parents and communities to demandand support the creation of world-class publicschools, supports parents to build organizations in their communities that can successfully push for better schools and hold the system accountable to the needs of their children.Organizing work is driven by the people closest to the problem. This renewal grant will support Innovate Public School’s work to continue building their National Organizing program, through which they train and support other education organizations to build their capacity to organize parents. This includes a10-month Community Organizer Training Programand three-day National Parent Leader Institutes. These programs work in tandem to develop effective community organizers, as well as to develop their parent leaders, building sustainable school reform efforts in communities across the country.
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For support of a web publication on the history and social impact of philanthropy, nonprofits, and civil society
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
12 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—particularly 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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As a one-time only grant in support of the David and Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy
Date
Jun. 03, 2021
Duration
26 months
Description
Establishment in 2008, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Center for Science Diplomacy (CSD) is aleader in conceptualizing science diplomacy as a critical aspect of 21st century science and international relations. The CSD celebrates and raises the visibility of this work by granting an annual Award for Science Diplomacy. AAAS will permanently endow the Award in memory of David Hamburg, past president of AAAS and president emeritus of Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Betty Hamburg, a renowned pioneer in child and adolescent psychiatry whoserved as a Fellow anda member of the Board of Directors at the AAAS.The prize will recognize the Hamburgs’ distinct capacity for applying scientific expertise to advance the human condition and international relations.With Corporation support, The CSD will relaunch the prizewhich will includetravel for the awardees, production ofa video, andpromotionalonal materials.
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For project support of the Reach Higher Badge
Date
Mar. 04, 2021
Duration
11 months
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Common Application (Common App) is a not-for-profit membership organization committed to the pursuit of access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. During this moment of reckoning regarding our country’s legacy on discrimination, exacerbated by COVID-19, it has revealed the challenges that higher education—specifically college access and completion for our nation’s most vulnerable students—is failing on its promise. For instance, if underrepresented minority students had the same postsecondary completion rates as white students, onemillionmore Black and Hispanic students would have earned a degree today. Common App is working to help improve college completion rates for students historically underrepresented in higher education. With support from the Corporation, Common App will seek to: (1) establish a new standard that can serve as an alternative to the standards that U.S. News and World Report has established; (2) identify and shine a spotlight upon those members that are truly serving low-income, minority, and first-generation college students well; and (3) encourage their applicants to apply to those schools.
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