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Project Title
For a project to recruit cohort five of the Emerging Human Capital Leaders Initiative
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
3 months
Description
The quality of the teacher in the classroom and principal in the school is one of the most important in-school factors for student learning. That being said, the individuals and teams charged with recruiting, developing, and retaining highly effective teachers and leaders are often ill-equipped to lead this work. It is in this context that the Urban Schools Human Capital Academy (USHCA) began its work in 2011 to develop, support, and network human capital leaders. But developing current system leaders alone is not enough, the identification and development of future leaders who are ready to lead this work is also critical. Since 2015, USHCA has worked to prepare and network a new generation of human capital leaders in the field through the Emerging Human Capital Leaders Initiative (EHCLI). Through this grant, USHCA will assume leadership of the program and complete the planning and recruitment cohort five of the Emerging Human Capital Leaders Initiative.
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For a project to support the STEM Funders Network
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
In recent years, there has been increased attention to an important challenge in the U.S. – a growing need for STEM professionals in many careers. These careers provide relatively high and secure salaries and allow the U.S. to remain competitive with our global peers. But unless there is a new and better ways to engage young people, particularly girls and minorities, there will be a growing gap between supply and demand and a missed opportunity to afford students a rewarding education and career pathway. Philanthropy plays a vital role in stimulating new directions for STEM education and community engagement in identifying STEM pathways and opportunities. Since 2012, the STEM Funders Network (SFN) has provided an important link between foundations and corporations investing in STEM. SFN, a membership organization, is identifying key partners in government, education and industry to work together to address this important challenge and opportunity.
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For a project to implement cohort five of the Emerging Human Capital Leaders Initiative
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
9 months
Description
The quality of the teacher in the classroom and principal in the school is one of the most important in-school factors for student learning. That being said, the individuals and teams charged with recruiting, developing, and retaining highly effective teachers and leaders are often ill-equipped to lead this work. It is in this context that the Urban Schools Human Capital Academy (USHCA) began its work in 2011 to develop, support, and network human capital leaders. But developing current system leaders alone is not enough, the identification and development of future leaders who are ready to lead this work is also critical. Since 2015, USHCA has worked to prepare and network a new generation of human capital leaders in the field through the Emerging Human Capital Leaders Initiative (EHCLI). Through this renewal grant, USHCA will implement and deliver cohort five of the Emerging Human Capital Leaders Initiative.
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For a final grant in support of the Commission on Civility and Effective Governance
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
The Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress (CSPC) was founded in 1965 at the behest of former President Dwight Eisenhower to study the lessons of American political history and convene together leaders from government and the private sector. With Corporation support, the CSPC will continue the work of the bipartisan Commission on Civility and Effective Governance in order to examine the drivers of American politics, including the role of money in politics, gerrymandering, political discourse, voter access, and campaign and election systems. CSPC commission members include thought-leaders in public service, the private sector, and academia who are experts in their respective fields. The project will result in publications and outreach to policymakers and the public.
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For the Joan Ganz Cooney Fund for Vulnerable Children/Sesame Street in Communities, in honor of the 50th Anniversary of Sesame Workshop
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
The mission of Sesame Workshop (the Workshop) is to help children everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. Today, the Workshop is an innovative force for change, creating and delivering high-quality educational media, formal education, and social impact programs that supports the critical needs of millions of children and families in more than 150 countries. In honor of Sesame Workshop’s 50th Anniversary in 2019, the Carnegie Corporation, one of the Workshops original funders, will support the Joan Ganz Cooney Fund for Vulnerable Children (JCGFVC) initiative, specifically the Sesame Street in Communities (SSIC) program, a national model to support vulnerable children’s physical, cognitive, and socioemotional growth through national and local service providers.
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For support of the Edmond J. Safra Center’s role in developing and piloting renewed civics education curriculum in Massachusetts public schools
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
In 2012, the United States Department of Education acknowledged that civic learning and democratic engagement in the United States have become “add-ons” rather than “essential parts of the core academic missions” of schools. A recent nationwide survey of more than 40,000 adults revealed a majority of respondents in forty-nine states were unable to pass the U.S. citizenship test, which tests basic U.S. history and civics knowledge. Housed at Harvard University, the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics is incubating a national initiative for renewed civic education at all levels of schooling. With Corporation support, the center will partner with Massachusetts teachers and school districts to develop curricular materials and active learning exercises for eighth grade civics courses in Massachusetts. The center will provide consulting services to teachers as they transform their curriculum to meet the state’s new civics standards. If successful, this will be a model for working in other states.
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For support of a conference and digital platform commemorating the 75th anniversary of the publication of Gunnar Mrydal’s "An American Dilemma"
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
In 1944, Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal produced, “An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy,” a landmark project on the complexities of racism in the United States. Myrdal’s work was famously cited by the Supreme Court in decisions invalidating racial covenants and school segregation. It was also crucial to desegregation of the armed services. Seventy-five years later, the United States is still struggling with racial antagonism and socioeconomic disparities at all levels of society. With Corporation support, the Social Science Research Council will host a conference marking the 75th anniversary of Myrdal’s landmark publication, around which the council will also catalog and curate the Myrdal Research Collection. The conference will not only assess and review Myrdal’s work, but also debate the enduring legacies of the national dilemma it explored. The research collection will provide insights into the methods and methodologies used by the many social scientists who contributed to Myrdal’s project, as well as make available lines of inquiry which did not appear in the final product.
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For a documentary podcast on the nuclear age and the weapons it produced
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
For as long as they have been around, the world’s most destructive weapons have terrified, fascinated, inspired, and confounded. Through a new documentary podcast, War on the Rocks will pull back the curtain on nuclear policy to provide a better understanding of our nuclear policies and their implications. Each episode will use documentary interviews and original archival audio to investigate a puzzle or poorly-understood story from nuclear history. The podcast will interrogate the conventional wisdom of the atomic age and bring to life lesser-known stories. The series is intended to spur scholars, practitioners, journalists, and other experts to think deeply about how to engage a broader set of voices on reducing the risks and dangers of nuclear weapons.
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As a one-time only grant to evaluate programs aimed at transforming the university’s faculty
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
20 months
Description
Over the past decade, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has been implementing its plan to transform and diversify the academy. While the plan is tracked and monitored regularly, feedback is anecdotal. Given the university’s history, these programs are a crucial part of achieving true transformation of the academy. The outcome of this proposed deep evaluation will enable Wits to better understand the performance of its multiple transformation initiatives and assist the university in crafting more responsive programs that take into account the gaps and opportunities. This grant will allow Wits to engage a senior researcher and research assistant to conduct in-depth quantitative and qualitative evaluation research, which will result in recommendations to guide strategic and programmatic endeavors for the next five years.
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For the Woodrow Wilson Foundation American History Initiative
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Since 1945, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (WWNF) has identified and developed the most talented minds for the nation’s greatest challenges by offering fellowships to recruit, support, and prepare the next generation of leaders for important fields. In February 2019, the WWNF will launch the Woodrow Wilson American History Initiative (the Initiative) which seeks to reestablish the common bonds that all Americans share during this time of deep political, economic, and social divisions. With Corporation support, the Initiative will study and develop new ways in which American history can be taught and learned through pedagogic practices that will enliven, engage, promote curiosity, and make important the study of American history. The Initiative will create resource-rich website content for students and teachers, build a robust professional development program for educators; and use the Foundation’s Buckley History Lab for research and development, design and delivery of games that teach, and to develop an effective communications strategy.
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As a one-time only grant for Youth Programs: The Middle School Jazz and High School Jazz Academies
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community through performance, education and advocacy; it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. JALC serves a large diverse audience, including musicians, teachers and students of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds. With Corporation support, JALC will continue The Middle School Jazz Academy, a tuition-free program that enables underserved New York City public school children at the middle-school level in general and in the performance of jazz music specifically to participate in a continuum of structured instruction that will improve their skills as instrumentalists as well as their overall musicianship in a safe, structured, learning environment that is free from such negative behaviors as bullying.
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For the Julia Stasch Fund
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
29 months
Description
To aid refugee resettlement efforts in the United States, the Institute of International Education (IIE) is launching a scholarship fund for refugee students. Named in honor of MacArthur Foundation’s retiring president, the Julia Stasch Fund will provide support for thirty refugee students in the Chicago area to attend community college and participate in leadership training. Many refugees who have recently relocated to the United States do not yet have the necessary skills to excel in a four-year undergraduate program. Community colleges provide an academic setting for refugee students to refine their academic and English language skills before pursuing a bachelor’s degree or entering the workforce. Higher education improves refugee’s economic mobility and social integration, benefiting refugees and the communities in which they live.
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As a final grant for the screening the new documentary, Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Under the auspices of the New York Foundation for the Arts, Oren Rudavsky Productions has produced a documentary, Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People, examining Pulitzer’s public and personal life and his notion of journalistic integrity and the First Amendment as integral to a strong and robust democracy. With Corporation support, the documentary will be disseminated through myriad of screenings following by moderated panels, symposiums, and other outreach opportunities in colleges, graduate schools, high schools and adult audiences. In addition a study guide will be produced to accompany the film documentary.
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For support of the National Fellowship Program and planning the distribution of tools and resources for the field
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
9 months
Description
A strong body of research shows that family engagement improves student academic achievement, but schools and districts are often not investing in family engagement strategies that research shows to be effective. The Flamboyan Foundation, an operating family foundation partnering with over fifty local public and charter schools, is working to create systems-level change that integrates family engagement programs at the district level. Through its National Fellowship Program, a cohort of education leaders and advocates from across the country, Flamboyan is building the capacity of leaders and creating a network of advocates who in turn spur effective and equitable family engagement efforts in their communities. With continued support from the Corporation, Flamboyan will build the capacity of local districts to support effective family engagement through its National Family Engagement Fellowship, advance family engagement nationally through shared learning, and create a collaborative and accessible informational hub for practitioners across the country.
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For advancing changes in education policy and practice
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
High variability of student performance levels and learning styles creates a critical need for student-centered models that facilitate learning and progress customized for individuals. New Classrooms Innovation Partners (New Classrooms) addresses this challenge by creating personalized instructional programs that transform the ways in which time, talent, and the physical classroom space are utilized. New Classrooms has illustrated its effectiveness in amplifying learning and achievement in mathematics, with studies showing that participating students grew at a rate of one and a half times the national average growth rate on the Northwest Evaluation Association’s Measures of Academic Progress assessment. Additionally, New Classrooms has engaged in rigorous data analysis to better serve educators and students and share findings with the broader K-12 field. Renewed support from the Corporation will enable New Classrooms to strengthen its model, further develop a research base to understand the science of learning, and influence policy and practice in the science of learning and personalized learning models.
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As a one-time grant for a project on China's Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
66 months
Description
China’s growing international presence is reflected in the scope and magnitude of its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Through trade, investment, aid, and loans, China is changing international dynamics in Asia and beyond. The BRI’s complex and unclear foreign and economic policy objectives have raised concerns within the international community, not least in the United States, which remains committed to its national interests and alliances in the region. To examine these dynamics and their implications, the Asia Foundation will focus on the impact of BRI projects in select Southeast Asian countries (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines). Through empirical surveys that assess local community and civil society perceptions of BRI investments, the project will demonstrate how this far-ranging Chinese initiative is impacting peace and security within the region, as well as Sino-U.S. relations. The project will result in a publication.
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For support of Seek Common Ground's project to build equity, conduct research, and develop a new business model
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
9 months
Description
Though a bipartisan issue at its core, education reform today is often politicized, and in the current policy environment, improving student outcomes and advancing equity is at risk. To address this need, Seek Common Ground, a network of independent coalitions across thirteen states, aims to develop diverse coalitions that ensure high-quality public education for all children. Seek Common Ground provides backbone support to state-based coalitions, assisting them in meeting their policy, advocacy, and communications goals and supporting them in building broad-based coalitions. Through their unique model which supports authentic, independent state and community organizations while using research-based ideas to advance student achievement, Seek Common Ground is able to create a collaborative environment for improving public education. With renewed support from the Corporation, Seek Common Ground will advance the mission of equity, conduct research on the impact of their coalition-building model and grassroots strategies, and develop a new business model to support the work of the backbone organization and its state and community coalitions.
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For building capacity for next generation family and community engagement
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
21 months
Description
Through research on family engagement, we have learned that it is necessary to build the capacity of teachers and practitioners to partner with families in support of student learning. While practitioners recognize this need, it is often difficult to access and navigate through the various preservice, continuing education, and organizational learning tools available. The Global Family Research Project aims to collect and disseminate research-informed and on-the-ground strategies in family and community engagement in order to achieve more equitable learning opportunities. Building on its planning grant, the Global Family Research Project will build hubs of practice by documenting professional and organizational learning practices, elevate innovative policies on family, school, and community engagement, and promote change through active learning with leading partners in the field. With continued support from the Corporation, the Global Family Research Project will strengthen its organizational maintenance and sustainability, build the capacities of organizations and networks, and disseminate its work for practitioners in the field.
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For a national campaign supporting the Social Emotional and Academic Development (SEAD) Commission recommendations
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
11 months
Description
There is growing recognition of the need to attend to social and emotional development alongside academic growth, yet the field remains disorganized and inconsistent in engaging parents, teachers, and community members in the conversation and efforts. The Corporation’s prior support of the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (NCSEAD) enabled the report, “From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope,” which illustrated broad consensus around nurturing every aspect of a young person’s development. The report also provided recommendations for stakeholders to address the social and emotional needs of young people. Building on this momentum, America’s Promise Alliance will launch a communications campaign to diffuse these recommendations among key education stakeholders and spur change in policy and practice. With support from the Corporation, America’s Promise Alliance will implement this campaign through a variety of strategic communications activities, engaging both existing and new networks.
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For nuclear policy outreach and education for Congress
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
The U.S. Congress plays a key role in shaping U.S. nuclear policy through guidance and budget appropriations. The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (CACNP) seeks to deepen bipartisan congressional knowledge of nuclear issues by providing members of Congress and their staff with objective information and analysis on issues of relevance to U.S. nuclear and security policies. With continued support, CACNP will produce outreach programs and events, publications and briefs, and audio-visual materials, including the Nukes of Hazard podcast series. Priority issue areas will address U.S.-Russian strategic stability, challenges related to North Korea and Iran, and the international non-proliferation regime.
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For support to the Mainstreaming Russian Expertise project at the Kennan Institute
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
Despite Russia’s importance to global stability, mainstream discussions about Russia often lack nuanced political, social, and cultural perspectives needed to understand the country and its behavior at home and abroad. A project of the Kennan Institute (Kennan), a division of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, aims to examine Russia in-depth and bring its findings into the broader domestic dialogue on U.S. national security and foreign policy. Kennan will convene small group sessions of researchers, thought leaders, and experts in Washington, D.C., and New York to bring greater public awareness to the U.S.-Russia relationship.
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For support of a national evaluation communications campaign on parent-teacher home visits
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
9 months
Description
A growing body of research shows that meaningful family engagement supports greater student achievement and that relationships between educators and parents is critical to this engagement. Nonetheless, schools are often disconnected from their students’ families, while families often feel uncomfortable engaging with schools. Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV), a non-profit organization, has been supporting teachers and parents in developing productive relationships for sharing information that in turn supports student growth. Based on twenty years of experience developing their relational model of home visits, PTHV commissioned Johns Hopkins University to conduct a three-part evaluation of their work in four school districts across the nation. This research provided compelling evidence on the powerful impact of PTHV’s model. With support from the Corporation, PTHV will develop a communications strategy to increase knowledge and awareness among policy makers, thought leaders, and practitioners about the impact of the PTHV model on students, families, and teachers, in order to scale their model of family engagement.
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As a one-time only grant for the installation of the Carnegie Memorial Tiffany Window in the Dunfermline Abbey
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
In 1913 Andrew Carnegie had commissioned a Tiffany glass window in memory of his family for placement in the Dunfermline Abbey. However, because the window was perceived as too modern and secular, it was rejected by the Abbey, kept in storage for 25 years, later moved around to different venues, and, in 2007, installed at the new headquarters of the Carnegie Trusts in Dunfermline. However, because of adverse environmental conditions, the window was removed for repairs and conservation measures. Additionally, it was decided that the window should be installed in the Dunfermline Abbey, as was originally intended by Mr. Carnegie and given its remarkable provenance. With Corporation support, the Tiffany window will be restored and installed in time for its official unveiling in the Abbey this August, and serving to remind visitors of Mr. Carnegie’s Dunfermline roots and his country of birth.
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For the Project for Media and National Security
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
10 months
Description
Public understanding of international peace and security issues is essential to good governance and an effective democracy. To that end, the Project for Media and National Security at the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs aims to strengthen the critical role of high quality, fact-based journalism. The project helps to create a better-informed public by providing a forum for meaningful, serious conversations between journalists and national security leaders. With renewed Corporation support, the project will continue its signature breakfast sessions for reporters, develop a Cyber Media Forum to address the rapidly changing area of cybersecurity, and pilot a private roundtable series centered on nuclear weapons issues.
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For a project to build an interactive mapping of peace and security foundation grants
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
6 months
Description
Since 2015, the Peace and Security Funders Group (a sponsored project of the Fund for Constitutional Government) has produced the Peace and Security Funding Index (the Index) in partnership with Candid, a nonprofit that serves the social sector. The Index provides an overview of the breakdown of funding for peace and security work across issues, strategies, regions, and populations, and has increased the clarity and the profile of funding in the peace and security field. However, there are limitations to its utility. Since the Index cannot be produced until all the data have been collected and does not provide access to individual grant data, it cannot depict real-time information on the current priorities and funding areas of foundations. With this grant, Candid will build an interactive custom map that will connect grants data to custom categories, allowing searches on information that is up to date and very specific. Timely data will allow for greater transparency in the field and facilitate more responsive and effective grantmaking.
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For a transatlantic dialogue on China
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
China’s rise has been accompanied by increasing concerns in the West about the wider implications for international security, multilateral institutions, and a rules-based international order. Differences across the Atlantic over China are magnified by the broader estrangement between the United States and Europe on such issues as trade, climate change, Iran, and some regional conflicts. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House) will team up for a project to explore European and American perspectives on specific areas of China’s increasing influence. The project will build on each institution’s strengths and focus on four key themes that have been identified as crucial to developing effective and collaborative policy responses: digital technology; trade and investment; governance of global commons; and climate change and the environment.
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For the Nuclear Crisis Group
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
The increased military and rhetorical reliance by the United States and Russia on nuclear weapons raises the risk of nuclear use and poses a challenge to global norms. The Nuclear Crisis Group (NCG), an initiative of Global Zero, seeks to sustain U.S.-Russian engagement on nuclear issues, and to mitigate negative outcomes, including a new arms race. NCG will convene dialogues between Russian and American experts to clarify differences, identify constructive policy suggestions, and advance existing official dialogues. In addition to its U.S.-Russia focused efforts, NCG will convene a broader cooperative project that brings together American security and regional experts to develop constructive, pragmatic, and integrated nuclear policy initiatives for government consideration and action.
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For research on the history of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
48 months
Description
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), soon to enter its 50th year, faces an uncertain future and a contested past. At the upcoming Review Conference in 2020, state parties are almost certain to resurface frustrations with the treaty’s implementation. These debates highlight the need for a clear understanding of the historical context and rationale for the NPT. Through this project, University of Southampton will examine original negotiation records in multiple languages to clarify the intent and implications of the treaty. Among other things, the project will revisit the simplistic narrative of a “grand bargain” among disarmament, nonproliferation, and peaceful uses of nuclear energy to reveal a more complex reality. This study will be completed in time for the NPT Review Conference, where parties will meet to discuss the state of the treaty.
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For a consensus-building effort around pragmatic, short-term disarmament measures
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
15 months
Description
The debate over nuclear disarmament is dominated by well-established and seemingly irreconcilable positions that imperil the 2020 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (RevCon). The British American Security Information Council (BASIC) will convene a series of facilitated workshops to improve mutual understanding between states and identify short-term pragmatic steps that represent a win for all parties. This survey and discussion process, informed by systems and design thinking, will systematically surface obstacles to disarmament. The goal is to identify and build support for pragmatic, short-term “stepping stones” in the global disarmament regime ahead of the RevCon. These outcomes will be communicated back to officials through a visual roadmap and interactive workshop reports.
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For establishing a Washington D.C.-based innovation hub
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
41 months
Description
Among the many obstacles to reducing nuclear risk is a set of structural and cultural impediments that make it hard to attract and retain top talent. Through this project, PopTech will work closely with the N Square initiative to establish a hub for innovation in Washington, D.C. to attract and activate individuals from the nuclear sector and relevant outside fields, including technology, media, design, economics, and psychology. Programming will avoid standard panel presentations and engage participants through interactive workshops, training programs, and informal gatherings. Through these efforts, PopTech and its partners will help foster a more effective, creative, and sustainable nuclear security community.
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For a campaign to elevate civic education in the national political discourse
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
28 months
Description
Civic education in the United States has been remarkably underfunded at both federal and local levels. Civic knowledge has consistently remained at 20-25 percent proficiency among students, and many young people are inadequately prepared with the civic skills and dispositions necessary to become engaged citizens. Following her retirement from the bench of the United States Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor founded iCivics in 2009 to address young people’s growing lack of knowledge and engagement in America’s civic life. iCivics has become one of the largest scaled civic education content providers in K-12 education. With Corporation support, iCivics and its coalition of more than ninety partner organizations will develop a roadmap of policy recommendations and best practices for expanding civic education.
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For support of the International Association for the Humanities (MAG)
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
56 months
Description
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a private nonprofit federation of seventy-five national scholarly organizations, and the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and related social sciences. Although most of ACLS’s work pertains to the United States, a smaller but important part of its mission is its international activity. Two of its core international activities, one focusing on the former Soviet space and the other on Africa, have been created with support from the Corporation. The Humanities Program in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, known by its Russian acronym as MAG, advances humanities in these countries and helps connect scholarly communities in the region and internationally. The grant will enable MAG to hold its annual international conference in the summer 2020.
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For the Center for Educational Equity’s work to advance education policy to prepare all students for civic participation, with a focus on work in New York state
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Readying students for their civic responsibilities in a democracy has historically been an essential role of U.S. schools, and, in many states, is included as a core educational right under state constitutions. Yet large numbers of students currently leave high school without the knowledge, skills, experience, and dispositions to be effectively engaged in political and civic life. The Center for Educational Equity (CEE) at Teachers College, Columbia University seeks to help New York State become a model for the nation by (1) improving the capacity of all New York schools to properly prepare their students for civic participation, and (2) increasing the capacity of New York students and parents to understand and advocate for their educational right to civic preparation. This grant includes support for CEE leadership of a new statewide coalition, ‘DemocracyReady NY’, and the state department of education’s recently created ‘New York State Civic Readiness Task Force’.
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For data analysis and technical assistance support to New York State school districts
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
13 months
Description
In an effort to enhance the experiences and achievement of all students, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) launched the New York State Integration Project (NYSIP) to facilitate greater diversity in the state’s public schools. The NYSED engaged MarGrady Research and the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL) at Columbia University to build the capacity of districts to implement the NYSIP by providing technical assistance and data analysis as districts develop, implement, evaluate, and refine their strategic plans within their unique contexts. This critical support from MarGrady Research and the CPRL will ultimately equip districts to evaluate the impact of the NYSIP activities. While this project focuses on students in New York state, MarGrady Research and CPRL aim to develop knowledge that can be used in other districts working toward more diverse schools. With Corporation support to MarGrady Research, the research team will provide technical assistance and analytical support that will enable New York schools to participate in and evaluate student diversity efforts.
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For the Coherence Lab Fellowship: Cohort II
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
27 months
Description
Disconnected and sometimes dueling education reforms cause inefficiency, confusion, alienation and lackluster results for schools and students. This results from a lack of coherence in state (SEA) and local (LEA) education agencies. In 2017, as part of the Corporation’s Integration Design Consortium, Education First and Aspen Education developed the Coherence Lab Fellowship (CLF), focused on building capacity among SEA and LEA participants in three areas: building focus and coordination; executing with attention to equity; and authentic and early engagement of stakeholders in order to make sustainable progress at scale. The first cohort of forty-eight Fellows from Nevada, Ohio, and Wisconsin provided early evidence that suggests that the CLF experience is transformative, both for Fellows and their agencies. This grant is for Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to run a second cohort with four states, working with Aspen Education and Education First.
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For support of a family engagement challenge and dissemination
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
19 months
Description
A family’s income level or zip code often determine the quality of education that their children receive. Research shows that parent and teacher partnerships are a powerful way to support student learning, but teachers need exposure to best practices and innovative ideas that enable these partnerships to flourish. As a crowdfunding platform with over 3.5 million donors to date, DonorsChoose.org (DonorsChoose) has engaged the public in directly funding classroom projects. Since its founding in 2000, teachers at more than 80 percent of all American public schools have used DonorsChoose.org to request resources to support the needs of their students and families, bringing 1.3 million classroom projects to life, and about 75 percent of projects funded come from teachers working in low-income communities. With support from Corporation, DonorsChoose.org will launch a Family Engagement Challenge to surface best-in-class ideas on family engagement and propagate these ideas to classrooms nationwide.
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For support of its Fellowship Program
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
According to a 2018 Pew Research Center and Körber-Stiftung public opinion survey, nearly seventy-five percent of Germans believe that the relationship between Germany and the United States is worsening. Mutual understanding between Germans and Americans enables the two nations to collaborate in addressing global issues such as climate change, economic instability, or threats posed by rising political and religious extremism. The American Academy in Berlin supports the role of the humanities and social sciences in sustaining and enhancing long-term intellectual, cultural, and political ties between the United States and Germany. Each year, the American Academy awards up to 23 semester or year-long Berlin Prize fellowships to established and emerging scholars, writers, and artists from the United States. Berlin Prize recipients give lectures, readings, and concerts and hold seminars and symposiums at the Academy and across Germany. Through its fellows, the Academy showcases the diversity of American thought, scholarship, and creativity, offering a more nuanced view of the United States than Germans receive from the news. With Corporation support, the Academy will continue to promote cooperation and understanding on both sides of the Atlantic through its fellowship program.
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For support of festivities and programming related to its 60th Anniversary
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1959, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts was envisioned by founder John D. Rockefeller as a place where “the arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many.” Today, Lincoln Center welcomes approximately 6.5 million visitors annually, 300,000 of whom attend the more than 300 free programs. Lincoln Center has become an international leader in arts education, with 20,000 New York City public school children participating in classes and community engagement programs each year. In honor of its 60th anniversary in May, Lincoln Center will launch a year-long series of programs on the theme of culture and community, which will begin with a weekend of free programming for all. The curatorial vision for the weekend’s events is showcasing the diversity of New York City’s artists and presenting Lincoln Center as a welcome place for all New Yorkers. Carnegie Corporation funding will support the weekend’s festivities as well as high-quality free and discounted programming throughout the year.
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For changing the role of data to improve education outcomes
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Over the past decade, there has been significant progress in building and implementing robust education data systems at the district, state, and federal levels. However, the wealth of data that has been collected through these systems is not always accessible to the parents, educators, and policymakers who need it to guide their decision-making. Data Quality Campaign (DQC) offers a deeply-informed, nonpartisan approach to addressing this challenge, working to ensure that all stakeholders have the information they need to make decisions that support student success. Since launching in 2005, DQC has become a leading and trusted voice in the field and remains the only national organization focused entirely on changing the role of data to improve education outcomes. With current Corporation support, DQC has created infographics and videos that increase understanding of education data use; conducted original opinion research that demonstrates positive shifts in parent and teacher attitudes towards education data; and convened policymakers and thought leaders to build their understanding of critical education data topics and their role in advancing progress.
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For support of an initiative to provide immigration services to eligible Latino immigrants and to educate Latino communities nationwide about the 2020 Census
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
15 months
Description
The Latino population in the United States is 56.5 million, comprising nearly 18 percent of the total U.S. population. In recent years, Latino immigrants and native-born citizens who identify as Latino have been the subjects of divisive political rhetoric and harmful policies that weaken family stability and well-being. Founded in 1990, the Hispanic Federation is one of the country’s premier Latino membership and advocacy organizations empowering the Latino community. The federation works with more than 100 grassroots nonprofits and leads programming in nineteen states and Puerto Rico, focusing specifically on low-income and immigrant communities in those areas. With Corporation support, the federation will provide critical information and legal and social services to Latino immigrants, including those seeking to adjust their status or who are beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status and the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals Program. The federation will also support a successful count of Latino communities across the country using culturally and linguistically competent public education and outreach around the upcoming decennial census.
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For a project involving Urban Advantage Denver to work with Denver Public Schools to support the implementation of Amplify Science in Middle Schools.
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
36 months
Description
In 2018 Colorado adopted new science standards based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Although Denver has adopted Amplify Science as its NGSS-aligned middle school curriculum, teachers need effective professional learning linked to the use of this high-quality instructional material. Urban Advantage Denver (UA Denver), a partnership between Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver Zoo, Denver Botanic Gardens, and Denver Public Schools, is providing high-quality professional learning for teachers and focused museum-based learning experiences for students. Through this renewal, UA Denver will: (a) offer professional learning for teachers and on-site school support to help the school district implement Amplify Science in middle schools; (b) offer school field trips, outreach programs, or virtual programs with the museum, zoo, or gardens for students, and (c) evaluate the project, and develop a business model featuring services that can be purchased based on each school’s needs.
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For a project on the military and security dimensions of the Belt and Road Initiative
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) reflects China’s growing international presence and ambition. Activities associated with BRI have raised questions about Beijing’s motives and the extent to which the initiative not only seeks to facilitate trade and economic development but also advance China’s geostrategic aspirations. But concerns about BRI have arisen largely without well researched, evidence-based analysis. To address this gap, the Asia Society’s Policy Institute will expand on its “Navigating the Belt and Road” project by investigating the broader economic and security implications of BRI infrastructure investments across Asia and the challenges and opportunities they present for enhanced transparency and cooperation.
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For support of a conference on challenges to democracies around the world and the future of the nation-state
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
8 months
Description
As populist movements continue to gain influence and visibility around the world, many democratic societies are being forced to reckon with the urgent need to address growing domestic inequalities in power, wealth, and standards of living. In June 2018, Fondation Entreprendre coordinated the first Tocqueville Conversation, a convening of 150 prominent intellectuals, politicians, and representatives of business and civil society, in order to discuss recent populist movements in Europe and the United States, and how leaders should address the roots of civic unrest going forward. With Corporation support, Fondation Entreprendre will host the second Tocqueville Conversation, in order to discuss the future of democracy and the nation-state in today’s globalizing world. The convening will feature roundtables on the importance of multilateralism and how leaders can respond to the ongoing mass migration crisis, among other topics.
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For codification and expansion of the Resilient Scholars Program, an evidence-based socio-emotional learning model for high school students
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
While the literature indicates a positive relationship between socio-emotional learning (SEL) and long-term life outcomes, there remains a dearth of program models and readily available tools that enable educators to marry SEL with academic instruction, particularly at the high school level. The Urban Assembly (UA), a network of twenty-two public middle and high schools in New York City, created the Resilient Scholars Program (RSP) to ensure consistent implementation of socio-emotional programing across a diversity of school contexts. With Corporation support, the UA has embedded RSP into fourteen of its schools as well as launched partnerships with four additional New York City schools and five Los Angeles schools to spread RSP beyond the reach of its network. With continued Corporation support, the UA will strengthen the implementation, assessment, and sustainability of RSP in its schools, cultivate a model for RSP adoption in several new districts, and utilize its schools as demonstration sites to share best practices in SEL across the country.
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For a project to support a co-teaching model in New York City high school algebra classrooms
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
The current structure of high school classrooms, consisting of an average student–teacher ratio of 30:1, is a barrier to individualizing instruction for students. To solve this problem, Blue Engine, a nonprofit organization founded in 2010, has developed an innovative co-teaching model that leverages multiple adults in classrooms to ensure that students receive targeted support and effective differentiation. Through this grant, Blue Engine proposes to improve and expand their algebra focused co-teaching model by supporting at least thirteen co-teaching teams of existing classroom teachers, reaching at least 800 students. Blue Engine will also test mechanisms to spread co-teaching practices beyond algebra by working with school administrators to create mechanisms to transfer effective co-teaching practices school-wide.
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For a State policy playbook based on the recommendations of the Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (SEAD) Commission
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
27 months
Description
There is widespread demand for student learning experiences that incorporate social and emotional development, as demonstrated by the findings of the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (NCSEAD). In order to address this demand, the NCSEAD outlined recommendations for shifting policy and practice to support learners holistically. Learning Policy Institute (LPI) is well positioned to provide direct technical assistance and resources to state policymakers in order to implement the NCSEAD recommendations. Led by Linda Darling-Hammond, co-chair of the SEAD Commission, LPI will build on the momentum of the NCSEAD to ensure state policy efforts are coordinated and informed by the research and recommendations. Support of this project will build upon the Corporation’s previous support of the NCSEAD and current support of America’s Promise Alliance to disseminate a communications campaign around the NCSEAD recommendations. With Corporation support, LPI will unify policymakers and researchers to advance the integration of social and emotional development into learning environments across the states.
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For strengthening the guardrails in U.S.-Russian Relations – Phase II
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
10 months
Description
The tensions between the United States and Russia have significant implications for international peace and security. The areas on which the two nuclear powers have traditionally cooperated due to necessity, including on nuclear stability, have been minimized and continue to erode. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (the Endowment) has long sustained channels of communication at the expert-level by bringing together a select group of senior U.S. and Russian experts capable of identifying areas of common interest, and developing practical ways of managing the impact of mutual irritants and disagreements. With Corporation support, the Endowment will continue to foster these engagements, which would result in reports for the U.S. and Russian audiences.
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For a project to develop tools and professional learning for school leaders focused on the use of standards-aligned, culturally relevant instructional materials and support for engaging families
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
15 months
Description
School leaders and district personnel such as leadership coaches and principal supervisors are central to improving student outcomes. They ensure teachers get the supports they need to excel, and engage families by building strong relationships with them. New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA), an organization that has provided professional learning to 4,200 school and system leaders across thirty-three states, offers professional learning services school and system leaders need to do this work. Through this grant, NYCLA will: (a) develop professional learning materials so that school leaders can engage parents, and support standards-aligned and culturally responsive instruction, (b) refine professional learning materials for district leadership coaches and principal supervisors, (c) build NYCLA’s internal capacity to develop new content, and (d) share learnings with the field.
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For a University Consortium on the relationship between Russia and the West
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The relationships among the United States, Europe, and Russia concern some of the world’s most critical challenges. In a climate of tensions between Russia and the United States and Europe, opportunities for scholarly engagements and considerations of cooperative approaches to global threats are rare. With support from the Corporation, six universities in the United States, Russia, and Europe formed a University Consortium (UC) a few years ago to advance training on, and seek solutions to, international issues by enabling regular interactions between students and faculty, as well as between UC members and policymakers. Toward these aims, the UC conducts academic programs and organizes policy-level conferences hosted by participating institutions on a rotational basis. With renewed support, the UC will continue its programs.
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For facilitating multi-stakeholder engagements on farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
Longstanding, localized tensions in Nigeria between farmers and herders are increasingly escalating due to resource scarcity, climate change, rising population density, and agricultural developments. As a result, farmer-herder related violence has claimed approximately 4,000 lives in the least three years. By some estimates, these conflicts are more deadly than the Boko Haram insurgency in the country. In response, the Center for Democracy and Development in partnership with the United States Institute for Peace is focusing on facilitating a multi-stakeholder approach to address farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria’s Middle Belt regions. This project will convene a diverse group of relevant experts and practitioners to advance constructive dialogue towards identifying collaborative approaches for addressing the conflict trends in the region.
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