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Project Title
For the Youth Career Pathways in Technology program
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Through rigorous and tuition-free technology training and professional development, Per Scholas prepares motivated and curious adults who are unemployed or underemployed for successful careers as tech professionals, and create on-ramps to businesses who need their talents. Historically, 85 percent of Per Scholas’ students nationwide graduate from trainings, 80 percent of graduates gain employment with starting salaries averaging nearly $40,000 and 75 percent retain employment for at least one year. Support from the Corporation will allow Per Scholas to provide New York City youth with multiple pathways to postsecondary success by working with current high school students who are starting to plan their postsecondary paths, and current community college students who are pursuing degrees in IT/Computer Science and actively seeking opportunities for employment in their field of study.
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For developing a strategic plan for resource allocation in the District of Columbia Public Schools
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
9 months
Description
The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) has the opportunity to build on over a decade of reform efforts under the leadership of a newly appointed Chancellor, Dr. Lewis Ferebee, and a five-year strategic plan focused on excellence and equity for every child. While previous efforts related to curriculum and professional development have generated progress in student outcomes, opportunity gaps persist. Dr. Ferebee has identified school resourcing, namely the allocation of funds, staff, and time across and within schools, as a key area for potential transformation. Dr. Ferebee plans to engage expert partner and current Corporation grantee, Education Resource Strategies (ERS), to examine current practices and explore student-based budgeting as a way to ensure equitable learning opportunities for all students. Support to this project advances the Corporation’s other investments in DC schools and interest in building the capacity of districts to improve and transform school systems. With Corporation support to its fiscal sponsor D.C. Public Education Fund, DCPS will partner with ERS to examine current system-level resource use, identify factors causing differences in school resource levels, and establish the groundwork for short- and long-term steps toward transforming resource allocation and opportunities for students.
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For continued support of a project to align services to better serve students with interrupted education
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
26 months
Description
More than five million youth in the United States today experience education disruption related to traumatic life events and have some of the lowest educational outcomes of any student group. While they are served by multiple social service agencies, their needs are still not fully met, due in part to the deep silos that exist between systems of care in this country. With prior Corporation support as part of the Integration Design Consortium, Bellwether Education Partners developed an approach intended to lead to wholesale rethinking of the ways in which social service agencies interact with one another and with the children in their care. They worked with agencies in New Orleans, LA; El Dorado County, CA; and the state of Utah, to leverage two interrelated strategies: a tactical model for planning for reform for local leaders and the creation of field-facing materials that act as resources for approaching this problem. They plan to build on their success so far by supporting implementation of the first set of plans; engaging a second cohort of leaders; and increasing the intensity of their field-facing work.
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For participation of early-career African academics in skills-enhancement workshops
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
6 months
Description
Responding to well-publicized gaps, the African Studies Association (ASA) aims to increase the number of articles published by emerging African scholars in international African studies journals. In collaboration with the editorial teams of its two flagship journals, African Studies Review and History in Africa, the ASA convenes Pipeline for Emerging African Studies Scholars (PEASS) workshops at its annual meetings. These workshops are designed to stimulate, solicit, and further develop high-quality journal submissions from early-career African academics. PEASS participants have an opportunity to work closely with senior scholars to re-work a pre-circulated draft article. This grant will support PEASS to expand participation in the 2019 workshop and to pilot an augmented PEASS model, whereby four scholars will receive support at two workshops, before and after article revision.
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For support of web-based research and analysis on and engagement with North Korea
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The current state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula is marked by uncertainty and tension that, if not properly managed, could lead to conflict with global consequences. Despite diplomatic engagement among the United States, South Korea, and North Korea, little progress has been made on the core agenda of denuclearization, peacebuilding, and economic cooperation. Given the state of uncertainty in U.S.-North Korea relations and North Korea’s continued Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program, there remains a need for well-informed analysis of these and related developments. To address this need, the Stimson Center seeks to expand the ability of its website, 38 North, to engage policy circles, the media, and the broader public through accessible content and analysis on North Korea. Additionally, when appropriate and feasible, the project will facilitate international engagement involving North Korea.
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As a one-time grant for the development of a national memorial commemorating the legacy of the First World War
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite the monumental significance of the First World War in United States history, many Americans are unaware of the scope and impact of their country’s participation in it. The war not only established the U.S. as a global power, but it also fundamentally transformed American society. Women served in uniform for the first time and filled in the millions of jobs vacated by soldiers. African Americans and immigrants volunteered to serve their country despite being disenfranchised and discriminated against at home. In December 2014, Congress approved the construction of the first national World War I memorial in the nation’s capital. With Corporation support, the United States Foundation for the Commemoration of the World Wars and the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission will begin the memorial’s construction and develop its key interpretive and educational components. This will include the production of digital guides, multimedia products, and a mobile app that visitors can use to learn about the war’s impact and interact with the memorial’s exhibits, “A Soldier’s Journey” and “The Search for Peace.”
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For the Congressional Program
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
15 months
Description
The Aspen Institute Congressional Program is a non-governmental, nonpartisan, educational series for members of Congress. Its activities provide a neutral forum where senators and representatives get the opportunity to delve into complex and critical issues with international experts, explore policy alternatives, and build relationships that are critical to finding solutions to today’s global challenges. With Corporation support, the program will sponsor weekday breakfasts for congressional members, a luncheon for senior congressional staff, and an international conference focused on broadening congressional understanding of relevant issues pertinent to U.S. policy choices.
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For support of the Robust and Equitable Measures to Inspire Quality Schools (REMIQS) project
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Student success in the twenty-first century is predicated upon more than academic performance, yet school quality evaluations continue to be over-reliant on academic indicators. While there are examples of good practice, there are neither nuanced measures nor universal structures to identify those schools that are beating the odds with underserved populations. The Robust and Equitable Measures to Identify Quality Schools (REMIQS) project provides a model and rationale for incorporating a broader definition of student success into school quality evaluations, moving the field closer to using more authentic, contextual, and responsive data sources to identify bright spots that may be scaled, particularly for the benefit of underserved students. With renewed Corporation support, KnowledgeWorks will complete the quantitative phase of REMIQS design, using data from 5-10 states to identify ten high-performing schools, and prepare for the qualitative phase, consisting of the development of case studies of each school site.
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For strengthening the communications capacity of the arms control and disarmament sector
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The United States faces connected challenges on nuclear policy in Iran, North Korea, nuclear modernization, and U.S.-Russia relations. Yet the constituency concerned with nuclear weapons has steadily diminished over the past two decades. Recent developments, while daunting, have increased the salience of nuclear issues and created new opportunities for renewed public conversation about nuclear risk. ReThink Media provides assistance to the nongovernment community working on these challenges. It helps its partners with resources, advice, and technical assistance to better understand where the public stands on these issues and to more effectively reach their target audiences.
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For reducing nuclear risks through research, policy engagement, and training
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Technical expertise on nuclear weapons and materials is essential for preventing nuclear weapons use and proliferation. The Program on Science and Global Security (PSGS) at Princeton University is home to some of the leading independent analysts on nuclear security issues. With Corporation support, the program will continue to train doctoral students and conduct rigorous policy-relevant research on verification, proliferation, force posture, and ballistic missile defense. PSGS also serves as the secretariat of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, a coalition of global experts that analyzes the technical basis for efforts to secure, consolidate, and reduce stockpiles of highly enriched uranium and plutonium.
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For incubating and building capacity of organizations to inform policy and practice
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
36 months
Description
In order to prepare students for long-term success, we believe that their learning experiences must be comprehensive, comprising rigorous academic preparation and socio-emotional learning. Promising models that integrate these experiences exist, but they often struggle to undertake the complex work of scaling while maintaining both program quality and responsiveness to community needs. One strategy to proliferate emerging practices is through partnerships between expert intermediaries and schools, and Corporation grantmaking has contributed to the creation and growth of intermediaries adept at facilitating these partnerships. New Profit advances this strategy by providing individual and cohort-based supports to leaders of intermediary organizations looking to strengthen organizational leadership, demonstrate model impact, and achieve meaningful scale. New Profit focuses on funding efforts to create and spread high-quality learning environments and to empower and activate stakeholders in co-creating these learning environments.
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For strategic planning
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
5 months
Description
For more than twenty years, GreatSchools has been the leading national nonprofit empowering parents to unlock educational opportunities for their children. Families, community leaders, and policymakers have turned to GreatSchools for the school information they need to guide children to great futures. GreatSchools’ trusted ratings and school information help parents find the right school for their family and improve schools in their communities. They have built a robust library of tools to support parents beyond those initial choices. With new leadership, GreatSchools is seeking to set forth a vision for where GreatSchools needs to go in the future, to continue building on past work by exploring how GreatSchools can play a pivotal role in evolving how they think about school quality, based on an expanded definition of student success. With Corporation support, GreatSchools will engage in a strategic planning process to accelerate GreatSchools planning process, allowing them to most effectively maximize their impact by continuing to serve parents and to become a better resource for organizations across the field.
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For a project on China and the International Economic Order
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
China is a member of all of the Western-led international financial institutions established at the 1944 Bretton Woods conference and is now a powerful voice in shaping their operations. In addition, China has been influential in the creation of new international organizations. To study the role of these institutions in Asia and beyond. The Boston University-based, Global Development Policy Center’s (GDP Center) has formed partnerships in China and elsewhere to generate data for transparency and accountability, conduct joint research, and convene policy dialogues. The GDP Center’s “Global China Initiative” (GCI) has launched a “Global China Fellows Program” that bring early career, U.S. scholars, and emerging leaders to the GDP Center to help advance this mission.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
53 months
Description
A lack of dialogue and understanding is an enduring problem in many regions of the world, especially where diplomatic efforts have fallen short. This problem has become particularly acute in parts of the Middle East and South Asia, where people’s fates have become deeply entwined with the actions of national leaders, violent non-governmental actors, and outside parties. Today’s urgent and interrelated global challenges call for greater engagement across dividing lines, increased appreciation for differing threat perceptions, and, above all, efforts to find non-violent solutions to conflicts where nuclear risks are present. With a proven track record and international credibility, the Pugwash Conferences on World Affairs (Pugwash) has been one of the leading organizations filling this important gap in the Middle East and South Asia through long-standing intraregional and multinational Track II dialogues.
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For support of the China and the World program
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
There is a growing demand in universities, government, and the business sector for reliable analysis of China’s role in global and regional economic, social, and security affairs. The universities and their academic communities play an important role in advancing understanding about China and training the next generation of China specialists. The China and the World Program (CWP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs works at the intersection of policy-relevant research and training on China. Through research, fellowships, and study visits, and exchanges, the CWP produces analyses and mentors a rising generation of scholars who straddle the fields of international relations and China studies. The program’s goal is to ensure that these aspiring China-focused academics have the insights and tools to train succeeding generations through their research and teaching.
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For support of a web publication on the history and social impact of philanthropy, nonprofits, and civil society
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Few scholars devote themselves to the study of philanthropy, and even fewer of them apply academic research to analyze today’s philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. However, without investments into humanities-based approaches to philanthropic research, business- and management-oriented studies will continue to dominate in scholarship on these sectors. Based at the Urban Institute, the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy believes that historical inquiries into philanthropy and nonprofits can uniquely guide best practice. With Corporation support, the center will grow its project on the history of philanthropy, encouraging nuanced studies of how philanthropy has impacted and can continue to impact social change. The center will forge links between scholars and practitioners across different fields and disciplines who share an interest in philanthropy.
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For a project on key challenges in Russia-West relations
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
45 months
Description
A project of the RAND Corporation (RAND) has engaged an international group of experts to define an alternative approach to the regional order in post-Soviet Europe and Eurasia. RAND will use this same format to address an equally divisive issue in Russia-West relations: political interference and hacking. Recent disputes surrounding Russian interference in U.S. elections have stressed the bilateral relationship, but little has been done to determine mutually acceptable norms to govern this issue in the digital age. Working with established partners from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the new effort will involve Russian, American, and European experts in a series of sustained discussions to generate possible joint solutions. The project would aim to develop recommendations for respective governments.
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For the Andrew Carnegie Distinguished Lecture
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
60 months
Description
In 1891 Andrew Carnegie and other civic leaders helped establish the New York Botanical Garden. Carnegie, who served as a founding Board Member and Vice President, worked to build the institution’s library and its status as a major international botanical and horticultural research center. Today, educational and public programming, such as the Andrew Carnegie Distinguished lecture series, is fundamental to the garden’s mission. The lectures feature distinguished international speakers in horticulture and other fields. The garden relies on these events because they generate interest, engage current and future donors, bring in new audiences, and provide much-needed earned income. With Corporation support, the garden will continue to produce the lecture series.
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For support of a podcast commemorating the centennial anniversary of the nineteenth amendment and the legacy of the women’s suffrage movement
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
On August 18, 1920, the United States ratified the nineteenth amendment, which made denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex unconstitutional. This monumental achievement was accomplished through nearly a century’s worth of activism and advocacy by women. Yet, the women’s suffrage movement was a complex struggle, one that is often cleared of its factions and political challenges, and also inaccurately credited to a select group of women. With Corporation support, the New York Council for the Humanities (also known as Humanities New York) will produce a podcast series commemorating the centennial anniversary of the nineteenth amendment’s ratification. The series will provide a nuanced narrative of the path to women’s suffrage, bringing together leading scholars and historians to explore the movement’s complexity, as well as to reflect on the state of American democracy today.
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For continued support of a project to improve educational equity by building capacity for systems change and collective impact
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
36 months
Description
The field’s approach has overwhelmingly been to solve educational challenges with technical change: new technologies, governance structures, accountability mechanisms, and so on. Collectively, we have paid far less attention to the mindsets, adult capacity and cultural change that are needed in order to deepen and sustain the impact of reform. This project brings together vanguard organizations in creating large-scale, lasting social change and developing leaders of systemic change: FSG and the Society for Organizational Learning (SoL). These organizations have been partners for two years as members of the Corporation’s Integrated Design Consortium (IDC), implementing projects in two communities – Staten Island, NY and Oceanside, CA – to integrate the three disciplines of systems thinking, collective impact, and equity framing. Going forward, they plan to (1) deepen the level of cultural change that is occurring in Staten Island; and (2) broaden impact by creating a learning community on multi-stakeholder approaches to deep change in education.
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For support of its state immigration policy work
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
Although the media often covers immigration as a federal prerogative, state governments play a major role in addressing the country’s ongoing immigration challenges. State lawmakers use high-quality data and analyses of federal policies to make decisions on local immigration issues, ranging from education and employment to health services and law enforcement. Founded in 1992, the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Immigrant Policy Project runs a 50-state bill tracking operation covering a broad range of immigration issues. NCSL not only tracks the progress of new and in-process bills, but also convenes state legislators from across the country to produce and discuss bipartisan analyses of federal and state immigration policies. With Corporation support, NCSL will continue to report on state laws and resolutions related to immigration and immigrants, as well as to identify and disseminate best practices and emerging trends in local governance among state legislators.
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For a national citizenship initiative
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
Naturalization is a foundational component of civic integration. It brings significant social, economic, and civic benefits not only to immigrants and their families, but also to their communities, their states, and the country as a whole. Despite the federal government erecting new barriers to citizenship, the demand for naturalization services remains high as immigrants look for greater security and opportunities to more fully integrate into civic life. Since its inception in 2011, the New Americans Campaign (NAC) has helped complete more than 420,000 naturalization applications for legal permanent residents from dozens of countries around the world. Fiscally sponsored by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the NAC now has more than 169 local and national partners and sixty-nine affiliates based across the country. With renewed Corporation support, the NAC will continue its efforts to engage eligible immigrants about the importance of naturalization and strengthen the capacities of local and national organizations providing legal services to immigrants.
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For improving university research administration in Africa and Eurasia
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
36 months
Description
Increasing enrollment and academic staff in emerging research universities in sub-Saharan Africa and Eurasia requires improved research infrastructure and administration. International Research and Exchanges Board’s University Administration Support Program (UASP) was launched in the early 2000s with support from the Corporation to develop university administration capacity through workshops and four-week fellowships at U.S. universities. With continued support, UASP will offer thirty-two additional fellowships and a number of small grants focused on research administration. Relative to Africa, it will partner with the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), and with respect to the Caucasus, it will collaborate with the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, in advancing university research administration skills at select member universities.
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For a project to promote social cohesion and civic engagement in rural communities
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
Often, political interest groups use issues that ought to unite diverse communities to further divide them for political gain. On immigration, for example, the Pew Research Center found in 2016 that 65 percent of rural white voters believe that immigrant workers negatively impact American workers. Yet, immigrants accounted for 75 percent of the population and economic vitality in flourishing rural counties, as many others decline in size and economic health. Founded in 1972 as the PICO National Network, Faith in Action works with more than 1,000 faith-based community organizations in 150 cities and seventeen states to create solutions to problems in urban, suburban, and rural communities. It has found success in working with local pastors and faith leaders to build broad, cross-cultural solidarity in communities. With Corporation support, and in partnership with People’s Action, another grassroots organizing and civic engagement leader, Faith in Action will engage rural and urban voters to bring communities together and advance shared policy priorities.
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For support of the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Since the 2013 Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which gutted major voting rights protections offered under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), the United States has observed the emergence of hundreds of discriminatory changes to election procedures around the country. Yet, as the threats of an inaccurate 2020 Census and foreign interference in American elections loom, the federal government has not taken major steps to addressing voting rights under threat. As advocates push policymakers to restore protections once offered under the VRA, voting rights attorneys have been the main line of defense against voter suppression across the country. Founded in 2013 with Corporation support, the Voting Rights Litigation Working Group is a collaborative of twelve organizations selected for their historic involvement in significant voting rights litigation. With renewed Corporation support, the working group will continue to leverage its collective expertise to consult and collaborate on litigation and pre-litigation efforts to defend against the undermining of the voting rights of American citizens.
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For a regional open data initiative in the South Caucasus
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
49 months
Description
Over a decade and a half ago, the Corporation contributed to the establishment of Caucasus Resource Research Centers (CRRC) in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia as part of the efforts to support post-Soviet scholarly communities following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The CRRC network, administered by the Eurasia Foundation, has grown into a major academic and public policy research and data provider for the Caucasus region. One of the network’s signature projects, the Caucasus Barometer (CB), is the largest and longest-standing coordinated data collection initiative on the region, focusing on social, political, and economic issues in the three countries. With this grant, the network will conduct another CB survey, with publishable results.
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For the web portal Russia Matters
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The importance of U.S. policy toward Russia necessitates access to in-depth information about Russia’s domestic and foreign policies. The Russia Matters website was launched four years ago to serve as a platform for analyses, interpretations, factual data, and discussions about Russia and U.S.-Russian relations. With continued support, this website will expand content and dissemination outreach with the goal of providing reliable, objective, and educational information and analyses to a wide spectrum of audiences interested in the subject.
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For broadening understanding of Russia’s foreign policy
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
27 months
Description
Understanding what drives Russia’s foreign policy and how it is pursued through the use of diplomacy, coercion, and force is critical to developing sound and effective U.S. policies toward Russia. The proposed project will attempt to analyze general trends in motivation, rhetoric, and behavior (principles, strategy, action) associated with Russia’s approach to exercising international power and influence across time, domains (military, information, energy, international institutions/governance), and regions (the United States, European Union, Ukraine, and the Middle East). With continued support, emphasis will be placed on gathering a wider spectrum of data and dissemination efforts in the United States, Russia, and beyond.
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For African participation in the Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering 2020
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Research-active scientists require linkages and visibility across industry and government to encourage investment in the sciences. The biennial Next Einstein Forum (NEF), a multi-stakeholder global forum, seeks to build a strong community of scientists and innovators, in order to strengthen Africa’s capacity to leverage knowledge to advance its development goals. Through the third forum, to be held in March, in Nairobi, Kenya, NEF Global Gathering 2020 will provide a central platform for science leaders from diverse communities in Africa and the rest of the world to connect science, society and policy. With Corporation support, 141 African science leaders will present and discuss their research to an expected 2,000 participants, and receive coaching and media training to improve their leadership and public communications skills.
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For a project on defense industries and armed conflict
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
30 months
Description
Accurate data and data-driven analysis of the structures and dynamics of war economies, including the security sector and enabling technologies, are vital to understanding the problem of global conflict escalation. In collaboration with the World Peace Foundation (WPF) at Tufts University, the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) will undertake research, analysis, and dissemination on the drivers of arms proliferation that play a role in prolongation or escalation of armed conflict, and the implications of these trends for policymaking. The project will produce a new database that could help assess the risks and opportunities for reducing conflict escalation. Corporation funds will support collaborative research, a public access portal on CRP’s website offering data and information, as well as workshops and publications.
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For a project on defense industries and armed conflict
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
30 months
Description
Accurate data and data-driven analysis of the structure and dynamics of war economies, including connections between foreign policy, national security, and defense industries, are limited and yet vital to understanding global conflict escalation. Such dynamics are further complicated by regulatory variations across countries and the diverse character of conflict scenarios themselves. In collaboration with the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), the World Peace Foundation (WPF) based at Tufts University will conduct case studies to better understand these relationships and their connection to conflict escalation. Corporation funds will support collaborative research, data collection, workshops, and publications. The work will lead to new data sets of relevance to evidence-based policymaking.
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For the Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship to support women in nonproliferation
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
While research shows that improving gender parity leads to greater peace and security, women remain underrepresented in the fields of nuclear security and nonproliferation. The Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship seeks to address that gap by providing women in emerging countries the opportunity to participate in a multi-faceted, year-long security fellowship. The fellowship enables the participants to gain greater knowledge of nuclear security policy, build a professional network, and connect with other women in the field. This grant will support the 2020 and 2021 fellows, each of whom will spend a semester at a U.S. university; complete a three-month internship at a leading Washington, D.C. nonproliferation institution; and carry out a capstone project. To strengthen connections among past fellows, the grant will also support the participation of alumnae in panel presentations on the margins of major international nuclear conferences. The program’s ultimate goal is to provide the tools, resources, and training necessary for fellows to take on further leadership roles in their home countries.
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For developing programming and infrastructure for high quality internship experiences in New York State
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
30 months
Description
Real-world learning experiences, including internships, hold promise to address the disconnect between students’ high school experiences and the demands of the twenty-first century. Big Picture Learning (BPL) provides these opportunities to tens of thousands of students, supporting them to build strong networks and to develop the skills and knowledge necessary for long-term success. With Corporation support over the past year, BPL launched a pilot program with two districts in New York State to capitalize on the Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) pathway, a local policy shift that allows students to replace one Regents exam with a workplace learning experience but that has been underutilized since its introduction in 2013 due to policy- and capacity-related challenges at the school and system levels. With renewed support, BPL will expand this pilot to increase student access to high-quality workplace learning experiences, build capacity of partner districts to support those efforts, and inform policy to create favorable conditions for the work.
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For strengthening organizational capacity to refine, deepen, and expand the Internationals Network
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
English Language Learners (ELLs) make up an increasingly large segment of the nation’s public school population, yet they continue to be underserved by learning experiences that were designed primarily for native English speakers. The Internationals Network (Internationals), founded as a single school in 1985 and now comprising a network of twenty-eight schools and academies across six states and Washington, D.C., takes a comprehensive approach to ELL education that more effectively prepares ELL students for success in high school and beyond through personalization, mastery, and positive youth development. For example, while only 35 percent of New York City’s ELLs graduated high school in four years in 2018, 74 percent of Internationals students achieved the same feat. With previous support from the Corporation, Internationals has designed and launched two new schools and three new academies, as well as developed and implemented new professional development, school support, and knowledge management tools and processes.
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For refining and scaling the New Tech model and diffusing best practices
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
33 months
Description
Over the past two decades we have seen the rise of school models and programs that more effectively prepare students for long-term success, but barriers to scale prevent these experiences from reaching all students. New Tech Network (NTN) is one such model and, with current Corporation support, has been exploring alternative pathways to implementation in order to increase the number of teachers and students engaged in high-quality project-based learning. NTN supports districts and charter organizations to create personalized, project-based learning experiences for 85,000 students in 200 schools across the country, and their students graduate high school and persist in college at significantly higher rates than the national average. With current Corporation support, NTN has tested and refined its approach to spreading the NTN model through two new pathways to school transformation: NT Teams and NT Practices.
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For piloting the Ready to Succeed program
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
15 months
Description
Approximately sixty percent of New York City public school graduates who go on to attend college enroll at the City University of New York (CUNY), creating a unique opportunity for the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) and CUNY to work together to improve college persistence outcomes for these students. With this goal in mind, and with current Corporation support, CUNY conducted planning work for its proposed Ready to Succeed (RtS) program. RtS is a research-based intervention which aims to provide eleventh grade New York City public school students with customized information regarding college admission, affordability, and recommended actions to improve their odds of earning a college degree. This renewal grant will support CUNY to incorporate the lessons of the planning period into a RtS pilot program with at least four high schools, positioning CUNY to better understand the feasibility and potential impacts of a large-scale implementation of RtS.
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For continuation of the Canopy project
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
7 months
Description
Years of education innovation have resulted in several exemplary school models, but many of those schools aren’t known beyond the communities they serve and there is no mechanism for systematically elevating the practices and lessons that can be gleaned from them. The Clayton Christensen Institute (the Institute), a nonprofit think tank whose education team is dedicated to applying theories of disruptive innovation in service of student-centered design, is addressing this gap through the Canopy project. Canopy was designed to illuminate a more diverse set of innovative schools and explore the potential to transcend the silos inherent in existing school lists and databases. This has resulted in the public release of a trend report and dataset, as well as a set of recommendations for the field. Continued Corporation support will enable the Institute to prepare for the second phase of the Canopy project through four activities: 1) Track validated use cases of Canopy data and trend index; 2) Conduct advanced data and tag analysis of school practices; 3) Lay the groundwork for improved crowdsourcing of schools; and 4) Scope strategic partnerships to scale the project.
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For field-building to improve access and quality of early childhood education in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Starting Points report
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
15 months
Description
Twenty-five years ago, the Corporation released Starting Points, a report that described the lack of child care for infants, toddlers, and their families as a “quiet crisis.” Unfortunately, despite the clear research that the first 1,000 days of a child’s life are a critical time in cognitive development, that crisis remains, with families continuing to face major barriers in accessing high-quality, affordable early education. Ensuring that children have access to developmentally-meaningful experiences during the first three years of life is critical to avoid the cycle of remediation that often characterizes students’ experience in K-12. Bank Street College of Education has begun to bring their expertise in early childhood education together with their experience in policy and systems change to focus on the educator workforce in the early childhood field (birth to age three). With Corporation support, Bank Street conducted extensive research into the main issues in the field over the past year, and wrote a white paper with recommendations for strategies and policy solutions to address them. With this grant, they propose undertaking communications, policy and advocacy activities to promote the advancement of those recommendations, with a focus on reaching policymakers and funders.
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For enhancing teacher tools and developing parent resources
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
While advances in technology have enabled shifts to personalized, mastery-based learning in K-12 classrooms, broad adoption of these tools among the vast majority of teachers has been slow, and parents have often been left out of their implementation. As a result, it can be difficult for teachers to adequately differentiate instruction and for parents to best support their child’s progress. Khan Academy is an online platform that provides free, direct-to-student mastery-based learning through videos, practice exercises and progress dashboards. The site has over 80 million registered users and over 19 million learners that access the site every month. In recent years (and with Corporation support), they have piloted approaches that shift the platform from primarily one that students can opt to use outside of school to one that teachers and districts regularly use during class time to differentiate instruction. With this grant, Khan plans to further enhance their teacher-facing tools and to create parent-centric resources on the platform.
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For a project to promote quality professional learning working with partners, offering online opportunities, and elevating teachers’ voices
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Student Achievement Partners (SAP) the nonprofit organization that serves as a technical advisor to curriculum publishers, assessment developers, professional learning organizations, states and districts on standards-aligned curriculum and resources, believes that challenging K-12 academic standards are the foundation for improving student outcomes. Through this renewal grant Student Achievement Partners will continue to (a) support Learning Forward in building its capacity to provide content-specific professional learning in standards-aligned mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA)/literacy; (b) identify a revenue-generating model for their online professional learning courses, and (c) develop blog posts by content experts and teachers to spread the word about the impact standards-aligned instructional materials have on their own professional learning and student learning.
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For support of national seminars, fellowships and reporting resources and coaching
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
This moment in our nation’s history is an especially challenging time for journalism, a cornerstone of American democracy. Independent news outlets are under assault from the highest levels of government. This campaign of delegitimization makes it no easier to build public trust in the Fourth Estate, but it is just one of myriad challenges facing the nation’s journalists. From changes in communications technology to crippling corporate pressures to do more with less, these challenges have put the news media’s capacity to achieve excellence under unrelenting strain. According to a new report by the Pew Research Center, U.S. newsroom employment has declined by a staggering twenty-five percent since 2008, with the greatest decline at newspapers. The Education Writers Association (EWA) knows that today’s reporters, editors, and other media professionals depend on their allies and support organizations now more than ever. Helping education journalists succeed is critical, though, if the nation’s education journalists are going to deliver the strong and thoughtful coverage that policymakers, educators, families, and the general public depend on. With continued support from the Corporation, EWA will continue to contribute to the nation’s education journalists with financial support and professional learning experiences that have strengthened the quality and quantity of reporting on education.
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For a project to support a national teacher practice measurement study
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
23 months
Description
Leading Educators partners with schools and school districts to empower their best teachers to lead standards-aligned, content-specific professional learning, linking that knowledge to a high-quality curriculum selected by school systems. Through this grant Leading Educators will design and implement their National Teacher Practice Measurement Project. The study will research how standards-aligned and content-based professional learning impacts teacher practice so Leading Educators can make better evidence-based recommendations to its district partners, and provide insights to the field about what it really takes to support teachers to improve their standards-aligned teaching practices. With Corporation support, Leading Educators will (a) work with an Evaluation Advisory Board, who will serve as a quality assurance body to validate the research design, data collection and analysis; (b) refine the design of their teacher practice measurement tool; (c) collect and analyze data; and (d) plan dissemination of initial findings.
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For a project to launch the Nexus Academy for Curriculum Leadership for OpenSciEd state and District Science Leadership Teams
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
33 months
Description
WestEd is a national education research and development agency with over fifty years of experience supporting educational equity and excellence. Through this renewal grant WestEd will build the capacity of district and state middle school science leadership teams to support effective and sustained implementation of OpenSciEd’s high-quality and standards-aligned science middle school curriculum. WestEd will launch the Nexus Academy for Curriculum Leadership for OpenSciEd state and district science leadership teams, and will invite four states to recommend and help recruit district leadership teams who have committed to full implementation of OpenSciEd. Teams will participate in four Academy Institutes that will increase and support their understanding of effective implementation of OpenSciEd’s science curriculum. NEXUS will also provide technical assistance for participants to develop and refine their OpenSciEd implementation plans in local schools, with the intention of improving teacher knowledge and practice, and student learning.
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For a project to support states and districts to attract, recruit and retain excellent teachers
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
Urban Schools Human Capital Academy (USHCA) began in 2011 working with urban districts across the country on creating strategic human capital systems to ensure all schools had effective teachers and leaders. Through their current grant with states and districts, USHCA learned that states are unaware of how their actions are playing out in decisions about teachers’ hiring and retention in districts. Building on these learnings, through this renewal grant, USCHA will (a) support states and districts as they work together to apply best practices in teacher human capital management; (b) enable state and district collaboration so that states facilitate improved teacher recruitment and retention practices at the district level through direct, differentiated services to districts; and (c) share lessons learned with districts and states to shift the focus of teams that are responsible for recruiting and retaining effective teachers from compliance to strategic management.
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For a project to support OpenSciEd
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
OpenSciEd is a collaborative initiative that brings together states and curriculum developers, and national science education leaders and experts to create a complete set of robust, research-based, openly licensed K-12 science instructional materials, while building in tandem demand for these materials and supports for their implementation. Distinct from other open education resource curriculum providers, OpenSciEd is providing the market with both freely available classroom materials and professional learning materials. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will (a) develop, field test, revise, and release six classroom instructional units and accompanying professional learning materials, (b) build the partner states capacity to provide professional learning for the field by hosting two multi-day trainings for facilitators, (c) continue to develop a communications strategy and outreach plan, and (d) approve a multi-year financial needed to manage and sustain OpenSciEd.
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For support of the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse’s immigration projects
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
Although immigration policy and immigration enforcement, in particular, have become major issues in American politics, the current debate about the country’s immigration policies is filled with misinformation. Unfounded claims and selective disclosure have become rampant, causing widespread fear within local communities, especially among immigrants and people of color. Founded in 1989 at Syracuse University, the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is an independent, nonpartisan data research center that makes the actual workings of the federal government more readily accessible to researchers, advocates, and to the general public. Since 2005, TRAC has been processing, vetting, and analyzing millions of records (often beginning with the labor-intensive Freedom of Information Act request process) detailing the operations of the federal immigration enforcement system. With Corporation support, TRAC will continue to be the go-to source for facts and data about the federal government’s immigration enforcement policies and its impact on immigrants and communities across the country.
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As a final grant for Festival Albertine 2019
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
6 months
Description
Festival Albertine is an annual literary festival that brings together leading French and American thinkers, artists, writers, and activists for a series of dynamic and thought-provoking conversations on issues that are central to contemporary affairs. Past festivals have discussed feminism in the twenty-first century, global politics of inclusion, and the reimagining of democracy in the age of populism. With Corporation support, Albertine Books Foundation will organize the sixth annual Festival Albertine. This year’s festival will consider the dual issues of climate change and the environment, centering debates about environmental justice, agriculture and food, effective governance, and the challenges to raising public awareness about a warming planet.
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For support of the 2020 Census initiative of the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
The United States census is a critical government operation designed to ensure fair political representation and adequate allocation of federal resources to states and localities. Accurate census data can lead to increased standards of living for some of the country’s most underserved, including racial minorities, immigrants, youth, and low-income families. However, the 2020 Census, which will be the country’s first online-led census, faces numerous challenges. They include increasingly complex living arrangements, inadequate preparations against cybersecurity threats, funding constraints, and the public’s growing mistrust of government initiatives. Based at Neo Philanthropy, the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP) manages a working group of more than 450 national, state, and community-based philanthropic organizations who are investing resources toward a fair and accurate count. With Corporation support, the Funders Census Initiative at the FCCP will increase funders’ awareness and understanding of the 2020 Census, expand the number of funders who will invest in census operations, and serve as a technical assistance hub.
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As a one-time only grant for support of projects highlighting the Library's 125th Anniversary
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
31 months
Description
In 2020, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) will celebrate 125 years since Andrew Carnegie founded the Library in 1895 as a place of learning and equal opportunity for all. The anniversary will provide an opportunity to highlight all that the CLP has achieved since its founding through celebrations and educational activities throughout the year. With Corporation support, the CLP plans to create in print and in digital format reproductions of retrospective materials including some of Andrew Carnegie’s correspondence to honor his legacy, a two-day special event in collaboration with the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, a series of community-focused celebrations throughout the great Pittsburgh areas, and other promotional activities.
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For the production of a documentary film on the findings of a national security commission established in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
In 2021, the United States will observe the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Congress, in the wake of the attacks, established an independent commission to prepare a full account of the circumstances surrounding the incident. The commission was tasked with evaluating national security infrastructure and the government’s response to the attacks, in addition to providing recommendations on how to deter future security breaches. Naptown Media, an award-winning production company fiscally sponsored by From the Heart Productions, is producing a documentary film on the commission’s findings and the government’s implementation of their recommendations. The film will be distributed nationally through public broadcasting, and it will be accompanied by educational materials and a multimedia curriculum for classroom use. With Corporation support, Naptown Media will begin the research and development stage of the project.
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