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Project Title
For a study on teachers’ grading practices and student achievement
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
15 months
Description
In enabling students to achieve mastery of academic content and to acquire the skills required for lifelong success, schools and teachers use grades as markers for student growth and improvement. But while grades intend to provide students and parents with critical information necessary for helping student learning, grading practices vary across classrooms, schools, and districts, making it harder for students and parents to gain an accurate picture of student learning. Founded in 2007, The Thomas B. Fordham Institute (Fordham) is a non-profit organization that conducts research and data analysis on pressing topics in education in order to bring credible evidence and high-quality reporting to critical conversations around education policy and practice. With continued support from the Corporation, Fordham will build on its previous research on the gap between academic success and perceptions of success by evaluating teacher grading practices. After conducting the study, Fordham will recruit teachers to reflect on the findings, initiate dialogue with teachers groups, and disseminate findings from its research in a report usable for policymakers and practitioners.
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For support of a community of practice for parent leaders
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
9 months
Description
The Education Trust (Ed Trust), founded in 1996, is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to closing opportunity gaps by expanding excellence and equity in education for students of color, students from immigrant families, students with disabilities, justice-impacted students, and those from low-income families from early childhood through college. Through research and advocacy, the organization builds and engages diverse communities that care about education equity, increases political and public will to act on equity issues, and advances strategies that increase college access and completion for historically underserved students. Recognizing that parents are critical partners in closing achievement and opportunity gaps for low-income students and students of color, Ed Trust launched the Ed Trust Family Fellowship with Corporation support in 2018 with an inaugural class of twenty-eight Fellows. The fellowship is designed to equip parent and family advocates with the support and resources they need to improve outcomes for students in their schools and communities. With continued support from the Corporation, Ed Trust will develop a community of practice among fellowship participants to continue to advance their projects further to achieve shared equity priorities; and enable Ed Trust to document lessons learned about engaging parent leaders in policy and advocacy efforts.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The increased complexities of today’s education systems place new challenges and demands on parents and students and have a direct effect on their outcomes of success in school and beyond. Learning to navigate these systems can be a daunting task, especially when families lack the proper support and guidance. Founded in 2015, EdNavigator aims to increase access to high-quality education and provide support on understanding the functionality of education systems across the nation. EdNavigator has strategically partnered with 18 leading employers across several sectors in New Orleans and Boston, to provide families direct access to expert “Navigators” in their workplace. With a focus on parent and community engagement these Navigators help decipher the education systems to best ensure the families understand their children’s progress, how they can achieve academic success, and overall become more involved in their children’s educational journey. With continued support from the Corporation, EdNavigator will deepen its work in these two key regions and share lessons from this work with other states across the country.
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For general support, and a project to conduct a landscape analysis of community engagement practices
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
TNTP was founded in 1997 to end educational inequality, provides holistic support services that bring talent and academic strategies together, while engaging local community stakeholders in implementing policies and practices that create a supportive environment. TNTP will (a) work to help systems expand students’ access to four critical resources identified in their report “The Opportunity Myth”; (b) complete a landscape analysis of community engagement practices within the education field to strengthen the community engagement practices of school systems across the country; (c) partner with communities to enlist the support of students, families, and community members in supporting long-term change for students; and (d) inspire a national education agenda focused on closing the opportunity gap.
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For a research and evidence based project for family engagement in a school district
Date
Dec. 05, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT) is a model of family engagement that is grounded in the notion that schools can thrive when families and teachers work together, as genuine partners, to maximize student learning inside and outside of school. The APTT was developed by WestEd, a nonpartisan, not-for-profit research, development, and service agency that provides high-quality research and development services in education, health and human services. At the classroom level, with the support of a trained teacher, APTT equips every parent to understand core academic learning targets, with the ability to read and interpret student progress data that is actionable, and to access tools and strategies that help parents monitor and support learning during out-of-school time. In this safe and supportive environment, every parent is welcomed, supported, and valued for the knowledge, experience, and assets they bring to the classroom community. With Corporation support, WestEd will pilot APTT in Brevard County, Florida.
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For support of activities related to National Voter Registration Day
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
18 months
Description
Every year, millions of Americans are unable to vote because of a problem with their voter registration or a missed deadline. National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) was established in 2012 as a coordinated, nonpartisan day of action to raise awareness of the registration process and to ensure that citizens are not denied their fundamental right to vote. In 2016, President Obama proclaimed NVRD as a national holiday. Through partnerships with major election associations of both major parties, business allies, national nonprofits, and other acclaimed institutions, Nonprofit VOTE spearheads the activities and media campaigns around NVRD. To date, Nonprofit VOTE and its partners have registered more than 2.4 million people as part of NVRD, including 865,000 voters in 2018 alone. With Corporation support, Nonprofit VOTE will continue to lead this nationwide effort to register voters and engage them in the democratic process.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Current United States immigration laws outline a highly complex system that is failing millions of immigrants and prospective immigrants. The waitlist of applicants for legal immigration exceeds 4.5 million people, with some having to wait for more than 24 years for visa clearance. Refugee admittances has been reduced to the lowest rate in American history, and the backlog at immigration courts is more than 650,000 people, forcing many of them to spend months or even years in detention facilities. Founded in 1964, the Center for Migration Studies (CMS) is a nonpartisan think tank and educational institution that was incorporated by a community of Catholic priests, nuns, and lay people dedicated to serving migrants and refugees throughout the world. With Corporation support, CMS will continue to produce and lift up research and policy ideas that aim to improve U.S. immigration laws and the U.S. refugee protection system.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
By a two to one margin, Americans today believe that immigrants strengthen rather than burden the country. Yet, hardline lawmakers have reduced refugee admittances to the lowest rate in American history, taken measures to curtail legal immigration, and ramped up deportations of undocumented immigrants who were previously deemed a low priority. America’s Voice Education Fund (AVEF) shapes the public communications of the national coalition of immigrant-serving organizations working to advance immigration reform. AVEF works with local, state, and national advocacy organizations to develop unified messaging to inform the immigration debate, in addition to disseminating accurate information about immigrants and immigration policy in the media. With renewed Corporation support, AVEF will continue to create powerful narrative themes and persuasive messages for proponents of immigrants and immigration reform.
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For core support of its democracy program
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
According to a survey by Pew Research Center, public trust in government is at a near historic low, with only 18 percent of Americans believing that the government does the right thing “[at least] most of the time.” Legislators across the country are pushing bills to restrict voting access for eligible voters, doubts are being cast on the integrity of elections and judicial systems, and distrust of the news media has been rising. The Brennan Center for Justice, housed at New York University School of Law, is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works to remedy weaknesses in American democracy through long-term revitalization of the country’s democratic systems. With renewed Corporation support, the center will amplify the center’s combined influence as a think tank, legal advocacy group, and communications hub to promote fairer and more robust systems of democracy and justice.
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For core support of its immigration and civic integration program
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Lawmakers have long approached and understood immigration as a bipartisan issue. Yet, over the past two years, political candidates have been discussing immigration as a means of polarizing voters and fueling partisan divisions. As was observed in the 2017 elections, American voters often reject anti-immigrant rhetoric and positions, signaling to party leaders the need to reassess their understanding of Americans’ positions on immigrants and immigration policy. Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) is the only nonpartisan research organization to map the opinions of Americans on immigration reform and immigrants in all fifty states, making it the go-to institution for polling research and analysis on immigration reform for journalists, policymakers, and advocacy groups. With renewed Corporation support, PRRI will conduct extensive public opinion polling and research on how religious and moral commitments drive Americans’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration reform.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Religious leaders possess uniquely powerful voices for shaping public opinion. According to a recent Gallup survey, approximately 80 percent of Americans identify with a religious identity and 37 percent of Americans self-report as highly religious. Faith leaders can play an important role in educating constituents and shaping their values—highlighting the moral and practical failures of mass detention and deportation, for example, or explaining the need for federal immigration reform to keep families together. Faith in Public Life is a communications strategy center for faith communities, maximizing their ability to impact public debates by creating innovative communications and advocacy campaigns. With Corporation support, Faith in Public Life will help religious leaders amplify their calls for inclusive immigration policies and help them engage faithful voters in communities with traditionally low voter participation.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Immigrants play a vital role in filling critical labor gaps, providing high-quality talent and field expertise, as well as contributing financially to communities that are in need of investment. However, congressional inaction on immigration reform has made it difficult for municipalities to robustly integrate and serve immigrants. The Partnership for a New American Economy Research Fund supports the nonpartisan educational efforts of a bipartisan coalition of more than 500 CEOs and mayors from all fifty states. With renewed Corporation support, the research fund will continue to expand its widely used research on immigrant integration and amplify its message to educate policymakers, advocates, its membership, the media, and the public on the need for commonsense immigration reform, as well as the benefits that immigrants bring to local economies.
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For a project to provide training and professional opportunities for early- and mid-career technical experts on international security
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Technical issues are central to security discussions, yet too often the technical voice is absent from decision-making. For nearly thirty years, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Summer Symposiums on Science and World Affairs have played a major role in building and strengthening the community of technical experts working on arms control and international security in the United States and abroad. These annual workshops provide an important and valuable “on ramp” for technical experts interested in global security issues since there is no well-defined career path for this field. This grant will allow UCS to organize its 30th and 31st annual Symposiums and to pilot a new initiative to identify young technical experts in countries that are underrepresented in the field, with a particular focus this time on India.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Georgette Bennett founded the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding in 1992 to honor the human-rights work of her husband, Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum. The center promotes mutual respect through practical programs that encourage interreligious dialogue and tackle prejudice in schools, workplaces, health-care settings, and areas of armed conflict. Tanenbaum has been a driving force in the growing use of religiously motivated peacemakers by secular groups. Through its Peacemakers in Action program, Tanenbaum identifies and supports exceptional individuals who work for peace in violent conflicts around the world. With Corporation support, Tanenbaum will continue to combat religious prejudice and fight for global stability.
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For core support to the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Since the 2005 United Nations’ World Summit unanimously adopted the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principles – which involve a political commitment to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity – they have become an established international norm. However, some states continue to commit mass atrocities, to which the international community’s responses have been both uneven and controversial. The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (The Global Centre) seeks to increase the practical implementation of R2P through research, analysis, and targeted dissemination. The Global Centre has developed unique access to both the United Nations community and international human rights organizations, to address this persistent global issue.
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As a final general support grant
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The United Nations (UN) Security Council is a core institution of the global community’s international peace and security architecture. For all its putative power and influence, its decision-making largely remains outside of the purview of the general public. The Security Council Report, Inc. (SCR), an independent, not-for-profit organization established in 2005, has built a unique capacity to cover the Security Council and add transparency to this opaque body. With Corporation support, SCR provides dedicated coverage of the Security Council and its thirty-three subsidiary bodies. The materials are published and shared free of charge for use by anyone interested in UN operations and processes.
Project Title
For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
With 46 million adults ages 18-29 eligible to vote in the United States, young voters make up a major subset of the electorate. However, in addition to reduced emphasis on civic education in recent years, young voters face major obstacles to civic participation, including: lack of information on how to successfully vote, lack of places to get involved on college campuses, and even outright opposition to student electoral engagement by local election administrators and residents. The Andrew Goodman Foundation strengthens American democracy through nonpartisan voter registration and education, as well as by training students to advocate for practices that promote student voting. With Corporation support, the Andrew Goodman Foundation will continue to equip student leaders with valuable skills to protect and extend voting rights across the country.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Sesame Workshop is now active in more than 150 countries serving vulnerable children through a wide range of media, formal education, and philanthropically-funded social impact programs, each grounded in rigorous research and tailored to the needs and cultures of the communities we serve. Sesame Workshop is one of the four finalists selected for their work in educating displaced children by conflict and persecution including in countries including Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria for the 100 & Change, $100 million grant which will be awarded by the MacArthur Foundation in December 2017 . With Corporation support, Sesame Workshop will continue to focus on the needs of the most vulnerable children through early education programs, health lessons, and tools for touch situations.
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For a project on U.S.-Russian nuclear arms control risks and policy options
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
40 months
Description
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) will expire in the next decade, with no replacement treaty on the horizon. Understanding the risks of a world without nuclear arms control could help policymakers in the United States and Russia weigh policy trade-offs, especially in an environment of politicized debates. To address this, the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) will assess what U.S.-Russia strategic stability would look like in a post-arms-control world. The research team will examine the risks for the United States and Russia if they do not replace the treaty, and will explore whether non-binding measures could mitigate these risks. The project will develop a portfolio of options for sustaining stability in the absence of binding limits and verification protocols, and will result in policy-relevant recommendations and publications.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
As the Latino population continues to grow in the United States, robust civic engagement is necessary to ensure that their voices are heard and represented by policymakers. Although a record 12.6 million Latinos cast a ballot in the 2016 presidential election, 11 million eligible Latinos have not yet registered to vote. The upcoming 2020 Census presents an additional opportunity to help ensure that the Latino community receives its fair share of political representation and the resources it needs for social and economic well-being. Established in 1981, NALEO Educational Fund is a leading nonpartisan organization facilitating Latino participation in the American political process, from naturalization to voter engagement and public service. With Corporation support, NALEO Educational Fund will empower the Latino community to participate in the political process, promote policies that advance Latino civic engagement, and increase the effectiveness of Latino policymakers on timely issues, such as education, workforce development, and health.
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As a final grant for general support of The New York Public Library commemorating the reopening of the Rose Main Reading Room
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The New York Public Library (NYPL) has been an essential provider of free books, information, ideas, and education for all New Yorkers and researchers around the world for more than 100 years. It is the nation’s largest public library system, featuring a unique combination of eight-eight neighborhood branches in three New York City boroughs and four scholarly research centers, serving over 17.6 million patrons onsite annually, and millions more online. With Carnegie Corporation support, the NYPL will continue to strive to improve and enhance its core operations and research services as well as serve as a hub of discovery and innovation.
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For core support of the Family Engagement Lab
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
4 months
Description
Teachers are a critical element in enabling families to support the learning process of their children. Research shows however that teachers, particularly in high-poverty areas, need better tools to effectively cultivate and sustain parent engagement. The Family Engagement Lab, started in 2016 as a subsidiary of GreatSchools, is an emerging organization led by an experienced team of nonprofit leaders with a mission to use technology-based solutions to improve the practice of family engagement. As a way to connect parents by way of technology, Family Engagement Lab has piloted FASTalk, a program that builds teacher-family partnerships by providing parents with at-home activities coordinated with the curriculum through text messaging. Programs piloted by Family Engagement Lab have already been rolled out to support literacy programs in Oakland, CA and the organization aims to expand its reach. With support from the Corporation, the Family Engagement Lab will expand on its suite of technological activities that provide pragmatic pathways for relationship-building between schools and families, create improvements in student learning, and offer models of effective engagement.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Since 1978, Human Rights First has been working to protect refugees, hold human rights violators accountable, and advocate for policies that respect the rights of all people. Human Rights First has published numerous reports that have educated policymakers and the public about the effects of inhumane policies, such as the extended detention of asylum seeking families. In 2017, Human Rights First’s network of attorneys also donated more than 100,000 hours of pro bono legal services to refugees and asylum seekers. With Corporation support, Human Rights First will continue its work of safeguarding the U.S. asylum and refugee systems through 1) legal representation; 2) research, analysis, and advocacy; and 3) litigation. In addition to educating policymakers and other political leaders about the need to advance humane policies that respect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, Human Rights First’s services will help put these vulnerable persons on the road to integration through reuniting them with their families, and helping them to obtain asylum and secure permissions to work.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 68.5 million people around the world are currently displaced from their homes due to violence and persecution. Among them are 25.4 million refugees and 3.1 million asylum seekers, many of whom have fled ongoing wars and conflict. Yet, only 102,800 refugees were resettled globally in 2017, including 22,000 in the United States. Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides emergency relief and sustainable development assistance to vulnerable populations affected by humanitarian crises. IRC provides health care, infrastructure, learning, and economic support to more than 23 million people around the world. With Corporation support, IRC will continue responding to humanitarian crises around the world, help meet the needs of the world’s most vulnerable populations, and advocate on behalf of refugees and the refugee resettlement program in the United States.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) was established in 1891 by Nathaniel and Elizabeth Lord Britton, botanists who, inspired by the Royal Botanic Gardens outside London, endeavored to create one of the world’s great botanic gardens in New York. Andrew Carnegie was an early supporter of this effort, serving as a founding member of the organization’s board of trustees, as well as vice president from 1895 to 1919. Today, NYBG welcomes more than 1,300,000 visitors annually. Some 300,000 come to participate in educational programs about plant science, ecology, nutrition, and organic gardening, nearly 90,000 of them school-age children from the Bronx. NYBG also operates one of the world’s largest plant research and conservation programs, with nearly eighty scientists working in the garden’s molecular labs. In honor of the stewardship and legacy of Gregory Long, outgoing president and CEO of NYBG, Carnegie Corporation will provide general support to fund operations and programs during the transition to new leadership.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Students, who can build a bridge between parents, community members, and school systems leaders, are critical to building public will for education reform. Students for Education Reform (SFER), founded by Alexis Morin as a college student in 2009, aims to amplify student voice by identifying and training college students in grassroots organizing to be able to advocate for educational reform in their communities. The organization currently includes 1,300 student members at ninety-three college campus chapters, about 50 percent of whom are students of color. SFER will increase efforts to recruit and train a critical mass of representative students while also offering coaching on organizing and specific policy priorities in its six strategic areas: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Richmond, California; Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colorado; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Boston, Massachusetts. With support from the Corporation, SFER will engage student leaders in organizing efforts and advocacy campaigns that work toward universal, quality public education.
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For core support of Seek Common Ground
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Over the past decade, states and communities across the country have been involved in education reform through a variety of policies and efforts. However, while communities try to implement reforms in the context of their populations and geographies, tension grows toward these reforms due to the missing support from diverse and bi-partisan stakeholders. There is an opportunity to ensure a lasting impact by increasing shared ownership in these reforms and by tying diverse groups together in one common cause. Seek Common Ground, a new organization emerging from Achieve Inc., represents a network of locally controlled and state-based advocacy coalitions who collectively aim to improve educational prospects for all children and promote policies, practices, and strategies that engage stakeholders and harness diverse viewpoints. With the Corporation’s support, Seek Common Ground will effectively transition to an independent entity of its own, serve as a backbone of support for twelve state-based coalitions, pilot innovative and replicable ideas, and share learnings across its network.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
The National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE), founded by the Center for Better schools in 2010, is focused on overcoming the high-attrition rate of teachers and leaders at charter management organizations. They think that schools have not fully unleashed the capacity of their top-tier teachers to help support their peers and schools more broadly. Specifically, they are working on deepening the instructional practice of great teachers while simultaneously equipping them to help strengthen that of their colleagues from where they sit, as classroom teachers with no formal authority. This grant will help support the Teacher Fellow program and the delivery of program sessions modeled after the case method of instruction; learners are in self-directed cohorts and apply theory and research to third-party problems of practice, while leveraging their lived experience to inform their self-reflection, discussion, and learning. This grant will also continue to support the on-going work of NAATE, started by previous Corporation grant, to develop and implement a more financially sustainable program model that maintains a high level of quality and allows for more personalization of learning or participants.
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For core support of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Reading proficiency by the third grade is a key indicator of high school graduation, but over eighty percent of low-income children miss this milestone. As a collaborative effort launched in 2010, the Grade Level Reading (GLR) Campaign brings together funders, nonprofits, business leaders, researchers, and state and local government officials from over 340 member communities to develop and share tools, strategies, guidebooks, and resources that support parents in enabling their children to achieve reading proficiency by the end of the third grade. By working with communities to target school readiness, school attendance, and summer learning, while empowering parents as teachers in their children’s learning process, the GLR Campaign enables students to achieve this milestone. With support from the Corporation, the GLR Campaign will continue to build on its progress in increasing reading proficiency among low-income students, partner with parent-facing organizations such as Head Start, YMCAs, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support parents, provide technical assistance and strategic support to states and communities, and increase funders’ knowledge and investments in the area of parent engagement.
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For core support of the FutureEd think tank based at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Pockets of comprehensive reform in recent years have demonstrated that it is possible to substantially improve human capital systems in public education and that such changes can make meaningful differences in students’ educational lives. But improvements have not scaled widely and in recent years, powerful political forces on the left and the right have weakened the national movement to strengthen teachers and teaching. FutureEd is an independent, solution-oriented think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy dedicated to improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of the nation’s schools on behalf of disadvantaged students. Their reports and policy roadmaps reach key thought leaders, policymakers, and stakeholders. This grant is for core support of FutureEd’s work.
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For core support of OneGoal New York
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Despite increasing high school graduation rates, persistence through college remains an insurmountable obstacle to a majority of students. OneGoal is a college success organization that empowers underperforming high school students to reach their full potential and graduate from college. OneGoal recruits high performing teachers and provides them with the training and support necessary to implement OneGoal’s three-year college success model, which provides school-based support for high school juniors and seniors and intensive, remote coaching for college freshmen and rising sophomores. With prior Corporation support, OneGoal New York has grown to serve more students and improve those students’ college access and persistence rates. Eighty-eight percent of the first cohort enrolled in college, and 87 percent have persisted to date. With renewed Corporation support, OneGoal New York will continue implementation of its five-year strategic plan, scaling the program to increase impact.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1923, the Museum of the City of New York celebrates and interprets the city, educating the public about its distinctive character, especially its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation. Through exhibitions, school and public programs, publications, and collections, the museum engages the people of New York and visitors from around the world. In addition to its comprehensive permanent collection that details 400 years of New York’s history, each year the museum presents special exhibitions on a diverse range of topics, from women’s suffrage to the history of Chinatown. The museum’s Frederick A.O. Schwarz Education Center addresses the persistent, citywide challenge of student underachievement in social studies through educational programs such as the Saturday Academy, free American history and SAT prep courses for East and Central Harlem teens; New York City History Day, which engages 6th through 12th graders in the discovery and interpretation of historical topics; and New York City Tots, programs geared to children aged two through four that focus on exploration and discovery of the city through song, play, gallery visits, and hands-on experiences. With Corporation support, the museum will continue to develop new exhibits and expand its educational programming.
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As a one-time general support grant for disaster relief efforts for Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 2017, Unidos Por Puerto Rico was founded in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Marie to help with relief efforts focusing on meeting the immediate needs of those who lost their homes and property, particularly among the elderly, youth, women head of households, the homeless and the disabled. With Corporation support, Unidos Por Puerto Rico will continue to help local communities reestablish themselves by providing shelter, food, support for small businesses with some financial aid, and provide public education on the availability and use of federal aid.
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As a one-time grant for general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1979, Library of America (LOA) was created to publish, preserve and celebrate America’s best writing, including acknowledged classics, neglected masterpieces, and historically significant documents and texts. Works are selected for their literary merit and historical significance rather than on their sales potential. With Corporation support, the LOA will continue to develop instructional resources, engage readers in a deeper appreciation of American literature with live and digital programs on literary and historical topics, place volumes in public libraries and schools, and serve a national membership of history enthusiasts and lovers of literature.
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For core support of the 2018 National Teacher Leadership Conference: Teaching Tomorrow's Leaders
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
Research shows that teachers impact student achievement more than any other aspect of schooling. In order to improve the quality of instruction and in turn increase student success, teachers need to have opportunities to build their leadership capacities. The National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) is a professional association of teachers across all fifty states collectively working to develop the leadership of educators in supporting policies and practices on behalf of students. Through the 2018 National Teacher Leadership Conference, a four-day training and networking event, NNSTOY will bring together the country’s best teachers, principals, and education leaders to find solutions to four key areas of practice: student engagement, educational equity, teacher leadership, and social and emotional learning. This will be NNSTOY’s sixth national conference with over 350 educators. With support from the Corporation, NNSTOY will create videos, webinars, and live-streaming of the conference for distribution to a wider network of teachers, and therefore enable continued learning and professional development among educators across the country.
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For core support of the University Innovation Alliance
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
30 months
Description
The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is a member network of eleven public research institutions, launched in 2014, that aims to develop large-scale interventions to improve college completion and success rates, with a particular focus on first-generation, low-income, and underserved minority students, and to speed the diffusion of student success innovations across institutions. Since launch, the UIA campuses have together increased low-income degrees awarded annually by 29 percent. The network has also galvanized a national conversation about student success and collaboration in higher education, and has garnered substantial interest from media, policymakers, federal lawmakers, and other consortia and institutions of higher education. This grant is for core support.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1886, the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) aims to turn Jewish scholarship into transformative action. JTS works to achieve its mission by training thoughtful, innovative leaders—rabbis, cantors, educators, lay leaders, and scholars— as well as by providing lifelong learning and professional development to alumni, adult learners, and Jewish communities in the United States, Israel, and around the world. JTS includes an undergraduate college; a rabbinical and cantorial school; a graduate school of education; a graduate school for Jewish studies; centers for pastoral education, spiritual arts, interreligious dialogue, and immersive programs; and a program in social entrepreneurship. With Corporation support, JTS will continue to mentor the next generation of Jewish leaders who will bring creativity and innovation to schools, congregations, nonprofit organizations, and communities.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
10 months
Description
Teaching Lab’s mission is to achieve educational equity through instructional improvement. Founded in 2016, the organization aims to change the fundamental paradigm for professional learning in the U.S. by using teacher-led cycles of inquiry focused on the study of high-quality curriculum. Teaching Lab partners with teachers, schools, and districts to integrate curriculum, professional learning, and teacher leadership initiatives and build local capacity for continuous improvement in instructional practices. These changes support all students—especially historically disadvantaged students—to reach their full potential. The organization’s team combines expertise in college- and career-ready standards, cutting-edge experience with curriculum-specific professional learning and learning science, and partnerships with leading open education resource curriculum distributors. With the support of the Carnegie Corporation, Teaching Lab can capitalize on this moment by working with states and districts to implement curriculum-aligned, research-based professional learning experiences that will drive improvements in teacher practice and student achievement.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Strategic efforts focused on closing persistent achievement gaps in higher education are needed in order to dramatically increase the number of people in America earning postsecondary degrees and credentials. Doing so requires that these efforts provide support to students of color, low-income students, first-generation students, and returning adult students with some or no college experience, who experience lower attainment rates. Complete College America (CCA) has become a national leader in this work, using communications and policy advocacy to promote a set of evidence-based ‘Game Changer’ strategies to states and institutions of higher education, and providing implementation support to their forty-four member colleges and universities as they pursue these strategies. This work has resulted in structural changes and improved student outcomes, and has advanced the national discourse on postsecondary completion. This grant is for general support.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
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For parents, communities, and the public at large, teachers are the most trusted source of information on student achievement because they have first-hand experience engaging with the students. Research shows that the most important in-school instrument in raising student achievement is teacher quality too. Despite their unique vantage point, teachers across the country are struggling to effectively have their voices heard in ways that would improve policies and practices that best serve their students. Educators for Excellence (E4E), founded by a small group of New York City teachers in 2010, has grown to a movement of 28,770 educators across the country using their insights and experiences to recommend and design policies, take leadership positions within unions and their communities, and run campaigns that pass and implement these policies on behalf of the profession and the future of their students. E4E has six chapters in Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Minnesota, and New York, and with renewed Corporation support, will deepen its impact across its chapters and the nation.
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For general support in honor of the Institute of International Education's Centennial Anniversary
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Institute of International Education (IIE) was established by Elihu Root, the second president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Nicholas Murray Butler, in the aftermath of World War I to promote greater understanding between nations through educational exchange. IIE and Carnegie Corporation have a long history history—in its early years, IIE was largely funded by the Corporation. Over the following decades, IIE and Carnegie Corporation have worked together on myriad initiatives—rescuing scholars from threat, combating fascism by spreading knowledge, developing international music and art exchange programs, researching global indicators of academic freedom, etc. The year 2019 will mark IIE’s 100th anniversary. Today, IIE continues to design and implement international exchange programs, and to expand educational access, and provide emergency assistance to students and scholars who are in jeopardy from violent conflict, persecution, or natural disasters. In honor of IIE’s centennial, the Corporation will provide general operating support to enable IIE to expand strategic initiatives such as those that enable Americans to study abroad, educate women and girls around the world, and protect education and scholarship in emergencies.
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For core support of the International Refugee Assistance Project
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Fiscally sponsored by the Urban Justice Center, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) employs a volunteer network of more than 2,000 law students and pro bono attorneys to safeguard the rights and resettlement of refugees, and to challenge threats to the legal and procedural rights of refugees and asylum seekers. As the world continues to face its most serious global refugee crisis, with 65 million displaced persons around the globe, IRAP fills a critical legal services gap in the United States, where immigration has become a highly contentious political issue. With Corporation support, IRAP will continue to provide refugees with comprehensive legal representation and advocate for systemic changes to ensure that the rights of refugee populations are upheld everywhere.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
By 2020, Millennials will comprise 34 percent of the eligible electorate and post-Millennials, also known as Generation Z, will represent another 3 percent. However, inadequate investments in civic education, insufficient engagement by candidates and elected officials, and outdated voter engagement systems have contributed to consistently low turnout among millennial voters, especially in non-presidential cycles. Rock the Vote is a leader in civic engagement technology and maintains an exceptional record in mobilizing young people to register and vote in federal elections. For example, more than 81 percent of voters registered by Rock the Vote in 2016 turned out to vote, and 60 percent were new voters. With Corporation support, Rock the Vote will continue to improve its nonpartisan voter engagement infrastructure and educational resources, in addition to partnering with business leaders and state governments, to make voting more appealing and accessible to young voters.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Efforts to support low-income students in succeeding academically have focused on broad actions and initiatives, but while such efforts to change the larger system are necessary, improving systems alone is insufficient. The K-12 system is dynamic and families are required more than ever before to strategically participate in the system on a regular basis in order to take advantage of its opportunities. Low-income families face day-to-day decisions that an intimate knowledge and intentional decision-making processes would solve. EdNavigator, an organization founded in 2015 with Corporation support, has emerged with a unique model that partners with employers to offer personalized support to their employees. EdNavigator operates in New Orleans and Boston, providing about 2,100 families with mentorship at their work place. With renewed Corporation support, EdNavigator will grow its partnerships and reach, continue to deliver high impact support, and share its insights and best practices with the field.
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For core support of Learning Heroes
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Parents across the country have high hopes for their children but despite rising high school graduation rates, only thirty-seven percent of graduates are prepared for college-level reading, and only twenty-five percent are prepared for college-level math. Research shows that when parents are informed about student progress and equipped with actions to support their child, student achievement improves. We believe it is essential to improve parents’ access to information and resources in order to increase student achievement. Learning Heroes, a nonprofit organization founded with Corporation support three years ago, is the expert on parent mindsets, listening to families in order to create content that engages them at a national scale. With renewed support from the Corporation, Learning Heroes will execute three informational campaigns including Back to School 2018, disseminate their research, and plan for their annual poll measuring parent attitudes and behaviors, activities that will support parents in taking steps to support their children’s learning.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) was founded in 1991 as a prominent Asian American voice on civil rights issues, working to ensure that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) can fully participate in American democracy. AAJC spearheads a network of more than 160 organizations from across the country, providing training and technical assistance to local groups leading efforts to advance immigrant integration policies and ensure a fair and accurate decennial census, among others. Using its litigation expertise, AAJC also actively identifies and pursues impact litigation on issues that affect underserved AAPIs, especially those in emerging communities that lack the necessary institutions and infrastructure to meet their needs. With Corporation support, AAJC will work to advance civil and human rights for AAPIs by amplifying their voice around federal policy issues, promoting legal protections for AAPIs, and ensuring a decennial census that accurately portrays the national AAPI community.
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As a one-time only grant for general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1993 By Mrs. Marguerite BARANKITSE, Maison Shalom promotes and defend the rights and victims of war, mainly orphans, street children and children left by their families due to aids-related problems. Since 2015, more than 430,000 Burundians have fled their homeland due to political unrest and violence. 92,000 Burundian refugees now live camps in neighboring Rwanda. With Carnegie Corporation support, Maison Shalom will assist refugee students in enrolling in different universities of Rwanda in terms of school fees, academic materials, transport, and internship fees. By covering those needs in an appropriate way, this support will help the students improve the performance and therefore graduate in due time as planned by the respective high education institutions.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Since its inception in 1998, the Center for Teaching Quality (CTQ) has been addressing the lack of collaborative exchanges among educators by connecting teachers and administrators to lead change within schools. CTQ has developed an array of resources, including professional learning, micro-credentials, and virtual teacher communities. With Corporation support, CTQ developed twenty micro-credentials and partnered with local and state agencies. Through this final grant, CTQ will (a) create a playbook for collective leadership, (b) apply the playbook to partnership efforts in up to three districts in South Carolina, and (c) demonstrate how its strategic tools and processes bring collective leadership practice to scale. This effort will complement CTQ’s existing partnerships in South Carolina during 2018-19, maximizing current resources and opportunities to refine playbook materials at state and district levels.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Over the past several decades, the United States has experienced a decline in civic engagement, from voting and interacting with elected officials, to participating in non-elected public service. The Citizens Campaign has been addressing the growing civic engagement gap by providing high-quality civic education and opportunities for citizens to engage in public service in their own cities and towns. With Corporation support, the Citizens Campaign will continue to offer citizens opportunities to learn about government and the way it works, build their leadership skills, and help them become informed participants in local government decision making.
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For core support of the American Business Immigration Coalition, under the Illinois Business Immigration Coalition Fund, a donor advised fund of The Chicago Community Foundation
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Business owners and employees across nearly every sector in the country are affected by today’s immigration policy debates. Immigrants play a critical role in filling labor gaps, providing high-quality talent and field expertise, as well as making financial contributions to American communities that are in critical need of investment. Fiscally sponsored by the Chicago Community Trust, the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) represents a growing and diverse set of businesses and business associations that are promoting pro-immigrant policies at the federal and state levels, with the aim of strengthening American communities and the economy. With Corporation support, ABIC will continue to grow its formidable network of business leaders in order to effectively engage and educate policymakers about the importance of implementing a pro-immigrant agenda that makes the United States a safer and more prosperous nation.
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