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For research and resource development within the New York State P-TECH model to foster aligned pathways between secondary, post-secondary, and career
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Despite increasing high school graduation rates, few students enroll, persist, and ultimately complete a college degree. The Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) 9-14 model addresses this challenge by bringing together high school and college faculty, as well as employers, to integrate accredited college experiences and hands-on workplace learning into students’ high school experiences. With prior Corporation support, P-TECH developed a resource that synthesizes research, identifies challenges and opportunities inherent to the P-TECH model, and serves as a guide for practitioners to implement this collaborative approach to creating aligned pathways. This renewal grant would enable P-TECH to undertake further research activities and provide additional resources to P-TECH faculty that address both academic and technical skill alignment as well as the development of other professional skills required for success in college and career.
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For a matching grant to support collaborations between African diaspora scholars and African science academies
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Until science investment on the African continent improves, the existing environment characterized by sparse financial, human and capital resources will continue to lead to science brain drain. To address this risk, African science academies seek to offer authoritative credible advice to governments in Africa and worldwide for formulation of policies that could lead to economic, social and cultural development. Scientists in the African diaspora are contributing to these efforts. With Corporation support and matching funding, science academies in Africa will invite African diaspora scientists from science academies around the world for short-term fellowships, enabling them to develop strategic plans and conduct joint policy studies to inform government officials responsible for national science policy.
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For the 2018 Roundtable on Military Cyber Stability (RMCS)
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
38 months
Description
The rapidly evolving digital revolution is introducing a cyber dimension to international peace and security with potentially significant consequences in spheres ranging from nuclear security to social cohesion. Given the global dimension of the challenge, the world’s major cyber powers must engage in discussions about the rules for inter-state use of cyber even as they wrestle with national policies on these issues. To foster such engagements, the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology will convene American, Russian, and Chinese security and cyber-security experts to identify international risks posed by an increasing reliance on digital technology and develop mechanisms to mitigate the risks. The discussions will include transparency and confidence building measures.
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For advancing changes in education policy and practice
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
There is an emerging literature that suggests that personalized and mastery-based learning experiences are beneficial to long-term student success, and many innovative education organizations have begun to forge paths to new models and programs that incorporate these design principles. However, the lessons that emerge from these models often remain contained to the sites in which the provider is operating. Technology-enabled approaches, through the existence of extant data, provide unique opportunities to explore student learning trajectories, conditions, and modalities and share these learnings more broadly. New Classrooms Innovation Partners (New Classrooms) has demonstrated success in implementing a technology-enabled, personalized, mastery-based approach for teaching middle school math, elevating student achievement across all sub-groups via their Teach to One: Math (TTO) model. Now, building on this success and the myriad data points it has generated, New Classrooms will undertake field-building research and policy activities in order to catalyze systemic change while also improving and iterating upon the TTO model.
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For a research project focused on the alignment of education programs with the future of work
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
14 months
Description
While high school graduation rates have been rising over the past several years, college and career readiness rates have not kept pace. Better alignment between students’ high school experiences and labor market demands could help bridge this gap. However, there is currently a lack of understanding among key stakeholders around which career pathways are currently available at the K-12 and community college levels, and which are most efficacious in preparing students for professional success. ExcelinEd is a leader and partner in shaping, advancing, implementing, and messaging innovative policy solutions such that students graduate high school with the skills and knowledge necessary for college and career success. With Corporation support, ExcelinEd will specifically address the lack of understanding around high-quality, industry-recognized credentials through a two-part research study, resulting in an interactive map that will enable policymakers, practitioners, parents, and students to make informed decisions about which credentials have the greatest impact on students’ career success.
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For Nuclear Policy Outreach and Education
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The U.S. Congress plays a crucial role in shaping U.S. nuclear policy through guidance and budget appropriations. The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (CACNP) seeks to deepen congressional knowledge of nuclear issues by providing members of Congress objective information and analysis on issues of relevance to U.S. nuclear and security policies. CACNP will continue to produce bipartisan and bicameral outreach programs and events, publications and briefs, and audio-visual materials, including the Nukes of Hazard podcast series. Priority issue areas will address U.S.-Russian strategic stability, challenges related to North Korea and Iran, and the international non-proliferation regime.
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For project support to expand and refine YouthTruth surveys
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
Feedback from students, families, and educators, is a powerful indicator of student achievement. By harnessing stakeholder feedback through surveys, educators are also better able to drive improvements in their K-12 schools in a timely and efficient way based on real-time and representative information. YouthTruth, a program beginning in 2008 within the Center for Effective Philanthropy, is committed to developing and administering surveys of the highest-quality in district schools and working with partners to ensure that the feedback gathered is actionable. YouthTruth has carefully developed its instruments and surveyed over 650,000 students in grades three to twelve. With support from the Corporation, YouthTruth will reach a broader audience of schools and districts, develop and hone their Family Survey and Staff Survey operations, deliver high quality follow-up advisory services to deepen an understanding of the data gathered, and increase their visibility and shared learnings by participating in education conferences and speaking engagements.
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For implementation plan design and pre-launch activities for the Regional Skills Pathways project, creating aligned education-to-economic-opportunity pathways between postsecondary education and 21st century jobs in key regions
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
In 1973, only one in four jobs required a postsecondary education—a high school degree was a ticket to a middle-class job. Today, it is a ticket to poverty. The economy is in the midst of one of the most significant and rapid shifts in global history, with good jobs increasingly requiring a postsecondary credential and a more comprehensive set of skills and qualities. In order to equip young people from every background with the ability to translate hard work into economic opportunity, our education system needs to keep pace with this change. America Achieves envisions a diverse array of education-to-economic-opportunity pathways in a tightly linked ecosystem of high schools, postsecondary institutions, and employers all focused on the same target: delivering needed skills and landing youth in good jobs and careers. This grant supports the design and development of a comprehensive implementation plan to align education to career pathways in key regions over the next four years.
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For increasing the demand for high-quality science instructional materials in two states
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
41 months
Description
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call for an approach to science teaching and learning that is more demanding and very different from the approach common in classrooms today. Although over half the U.S. student population is in states that have either adopted the NGSS or adopted new standards influenced by the NGSS, educational systems are generally unprepared to implement the NGSS. As a result, it is critical to focus on effective NGSS implementation. This grant will support the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) in its work on three key NGSS implementation needs: (1) teachers needing access to high-quality professional learning and instructional materials; (2) professional development providers and teacher leaders needing access to resources, tools, and processes to build capacity for NGSS implementation; and (3) schools and districts needing opportunities to provide well-designed professional learning to their teachers and adopt NGSS-aligned instructional materials.
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For support of NewsLitCamps, online professional development and multimedia resources
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
In the digital age of unparalleled access to news and information, educators are trying to strengthen their students’ abilities to critically read and evaluate news and therefore serve as informed participants in a democracy. The News Literacy Project (NLP), a nonpartisan organization founded in 2008, works with educators and journalists to support middle school and high school students in sorting fact from fiction. Through its flagship NewsLitCamps, a full day of training for educators by journalists at a local newsroom, NLP has enabled over 200 teachers in Chicago Public Schools, New York City, and Miami to learn best practices in teaching their students about the news-gathering process, standards of quality journalism, and the importance of the First Amendment. With support from the Corporation, NLP will implement two NewsLitCamps, create a series of online initiatives, and develop multimedia resources for educators nationwide.
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For research on global nonproliferation issues and development of methodologies to use multimedia open sources in support of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Department of Safeguards
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
30 months
Description
This project addresses two issues of pressing importance to nuclear nonproliferation: the effective implementation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, and the development of open source research methodologies in support of the IAEA and the nonproliferation regime as a whole.
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For a project on the role of technology in support of refugees
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
13 months
Description
The number of people forcibly displaced or with refugee status has reached the highest levels on record according to the United Nations Refugee Agency. Despite efforts by various international civil society organizations, displaced persons are not receiving reliable protection, assistance, or durable solutions. In September 2016, The Leaders’ Summit on Refugees (a high-level government and intergovernmental forum) called for the development of tools and institutional structures to address the immediate and long-term challenges facing refugees and the forcibly displaced. In response, the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), The World Refugee Council, and the Aspen Ministers Forum is holding a number of workshops to identify technological innovations, like Blockchain, that can make the distribution of humanitarian relief, information sharing, and operational responses more effective and efficient.
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For a work-study program and a web-supported education project in the wake of Hurricane Maria
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
In September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster on record to have hit the island. Among the many institutions the disaster impacted was the American University of Puerto Rico (AUPR). Many of AUPR’s students, especially those in their senior year, are at risk of failing to complete their degrees in the hurricane’s aftermath, which left a number of them and their families without jobs and homes. To help address these challenges while Puerto Rico begins a long recovery, with Corporation support AUPR will launch two projects: a work-study program to provide alternative part-time work for students facing financial difficulties, and web-support to enhance 30 courses for students who may have trouble attending all classes.
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For a project to support the STEM Funders Network
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
In recent years, there has been increased attention to an important challenge in the United States – a growing need for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals in many careers. These careers provide relatively high and secure salaries and allow the United States to remain competitive with our global peers. But unless there is a new and better ways to engage young people, particularly girls and minorities, there will be a growing gap between supply and demand and a missed opportunity to afford students a rewarding education and career pathway. Philanthropy plays a vital role in stimulating new directions for STEM education and community engagement in identifying STEM pathways and opportunities. Since 2012, the STEM Funders Network (SFN) has provided an important link between foundations and corporations investing in STEM. SFN, a membership organization, is identifying key partners in government, education and industry to work together to address this important challenge and opportunity.
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For support of piloting a school based process to implement blended and personalized learning approaches to serve as a proof point for broader district application
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Highlander Institute (Highlander) is dedicated to cultivating and disseminating innovative education solutions that build educator and system capacity to provide personalized experiences for every learner. While there is tremendous appetite and interest amongst educators to adopt personalized learning models, schools and districts often do not have a process to support the development of authentic new instructional models, and lack the capacity to facilitate the associated change management. With Corporation support over eighteen months, Highlander will partner with Cranston Rhode Island Public School District to pilot a continuous improvement process for implementing blended and personalized learning at a selected school, which can serve as a model for school based design work in the district and beyond.
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As a one-time grant for a project on assessing Russia's strategic goals
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
27 months
Description
In the context of today’s adversarial relationship between the United States and Russia, understanding Russia’s strategic objectives is critical to the formulation of effective approaches toward dealing with Russia. The nongovernmental expert community has a role to play in analyzing and interpreting Russia’s intentions and capabilities. A project of the Center for the National Interest (the Center), a public policy think tank, will assemble a bi-partisan working group of American experts toward this aim. The group will engaged in assessments and reviews, and will produce a consensus report capturing its findings for policymakers and the general public.
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As a one-time grant for a joint project of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Russian International Affairs Council on the Return of Global Russia: Policy Choices and Trade-Offs
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Today’s international environment is marked by several regional conflicts involving major powers with global implications. Over the past several years, Russia has become more actively engaged in international affairs, both militarily and diplomatically. A group of American and Russian foreign policy experts will examine the drivers for Russia’s foreign policy considerations and actions, and will assess their global impact. The policy-relevant research will entail case studies and will result in an array of publications and outreach activities.
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For immigration policy research and public outreach
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The 2016 presidential campaigns and general election were clear testaments to the salience and power of immigration issues among American voters. In recent years, conservative leaders from a variety of backgrounds, including the faith, business, and law enforcement communities, have been working alongside immigration reform advocates to inform the immigration debate and weigh in on pragmatic immigration policies that make America safer, more prosperous, and more welcoming. The Niskanen Center is a libertarian nonpartisan policy institute that actively engages policymakers to address issues using a rigorous evidence-based approach. Linda Chavez, former staff director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under President Reagan, is a senior fellow at Niskanen Center, actively engaging conservatives on immigration reform and immigrant integration. With Corporation support, Chavez and the Niskanen Center’s immigration program will contribute to the enrichment of the public debate on immigration.
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As a one-time only grant toward the Carnegie Peace Building Conversations conference
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
4 months
Description
Perhaps one of the greatest achievements during his lifetime, Andrew Carnegie founded the Peace Palace in The Hague, a building that would include the Permanent Court of Arbitration and one of the world’s greatest public legal libraries. The Carnegie Foundation, established in 1904, continues to provide oversight and management of the building and programs. With Corporation support, the Foundation will continue its efforts to organize events with themes around the topic of world peace, facilitate the oversight of the various courts housed in the Peace Palace, and strengthen its role as a central actor among institutions and individuals tied to peacekeeping in order help foster greater cooperation, intervention, and other global challenges related to international peace and security.
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For the Disaster Recovery Legal Corps
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
30 months
Description
Many low-income and marginalized communities across the United States lack adequate access to legal aid services. In Florida, for example, there is less than one civil legal aid attorney for every 21,000 individuals in poverty, while in Texas the ratio is one to 33,000. Natural disasters, of course, only increase the need for legal aid, when civilians require help with challenges ranging from evictions and contractor fraud to insurance disputes and FEMA filings. Equal Justice Works (EJW) aims to close the gap in legal aid for low-income communities by providing and supporting attorneys at legal aid agencies across the nation. In the wake of the hurricanes that devastated parts of Texas and South Florida in the fall of 2017, with Corporation support EJW will mobilize a Disaster Recovery Legal Corps to provide legal aid to disaster-affected areas—a need that is only projected to grow with time.
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For planning related to the relaunch of the National Center for Community Schools
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
As the larger educational reform conversation shifts from a near-exclusive focus on academics to an understanding that social-emotional learning and a focus on the needs of the whole child are also required for success, more and more districts across the country are becoming interested in community schools as a key reform strategy. In response, Children’s Aid is preparing to relaunch its National Center for Community Schools (NCCS), a practice-based technical assistance center that builds the capacity of schools, districts, and community partners to organize their human and financial resources around student success. Over the past twenty-four years, NCCS has provided technical assistance to 15,000 adaptation sites; their goal continues to be supporting whole school models that provide more effective learning environments for diverse learners, particularly those residing in low-income communities. This grant supports a nine-month strategic planning process for NCCS that will include market research, business planning, and change management.
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For support of research and project planning on family engagement and district efforts to develop media resources
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
Although schools across the country are working to strengthen relationships between educators and parents, family engagement in the middle grades requires enhancement that aligns with the specific needs of adolescents. As a flagship PBS member station with a track record of creating engaging educational materials for families, educators, and students, WGBH Educational Foundation seeks to research and evaluate family engagement strategies in the middle grades, the challenges that educators and families are grappling with, as well as the impact of media-based resources in addressing those challenges. With support from the Corporation, WGBH will evaluate the efficacy of family engagement strategies in two traditionally underserved districts – Lawrence, MA and Cleveland, OH. Through interviews, surveys, and analysis that leads to recommendations, as well as a catalogue of media-based resources proven to support family engagement, WGBH will offer strategies that can be replicated by other underserved districts.
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For a project to document the impact of proxy conflicts and develop legal alternatives
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
30 months
Description
The American Bar Association (ABA) will bring together an international team of experts to address gaps in the legal framework concerning the use of proxies in armed conflicts. ABA will increase awareness among policymakers about current laws and measures regulating the material support of armed non-state actors. ABA will build on existing research and networks to develop policy alternatives to proxy warfare and increase accountability. Corporation funds will support partnerships, meetings, research, and publications.
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For a project on state use of non-state proxies in conflicts
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
State use of non-state proxies against rival states is on the rise globally, but the impact of proxy wars is particularly evident in the Arab region. Across the Middle East and North Africa, competition for influence among global and regional powers has inflamed sectarian violence. New America Foundation and Arizona State University will team up to bring together Arab-region researchers with U.S. peers to expose the dynamics of the active proxy relationships. Building on the respective institutional strengths of a Washington, D.C.-based think tank and a public research university, the project will aim to inject greater rigor and relevance into current public discourse on one of the most pressing international security challenges of our time. The work will result in research and policy development, publications, and briefings.
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For assessing the impact of external actors in the Syrian and Afghan proxy wars
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
36 months
Description
Regional proxy conflicts have become a most significant driver of insecurity in the broader Middle East. Deakin University’s Middle East Studies Forum will draw on its contacts in the Persian Gulf, South Asia, and Central Asia to advance new understandings of the evolving role of states and non-state actors. Policymakers, academics, and practitioners from these regions will be drawn into the exploration of multilateral policy alternatives. The involvement of local experts from the Arab region will support the development of locally-driven policy responses to proxy conflicts. Corporation funds will support research, conferences, and dialogues.
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For a project on sectarianism and proxy actors in the Middle East
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Regional rivalries in the Middle East have occupied a central role in shaping the nature of the region’s politics. Amidst fragmentation of state-society relations, regional powers have attempted to increase their influence through the use of proxies along ethnic and religious lines. The United Kingdom’s oldest peace and conflict research center will activate research and networks on conflict de-escalation and the mobilization of proxy actors along sectarian lines. In partnership with Harvard University’s Belfer Center and other institutions, the Richardson Institute at Lancaster University will develop a conceptual toolkit for policymakers and partners in the region, shaping critical and constructive conversations in support of diplomatic processes. Corporation funds will support dialogues, research, and publications.
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For a project on exiting proxy wars in the Arab region
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
60 months
Description
The current wave of conflict and state collapse in the Arab region is unprecedented in scale and scope in modern times. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in partnership with the Brookings Doha Center, will apply scholarly research on conflict de-escalation to today’s civil wars in the Arab region. The scholarly work will also inform international policy dialogues designed to highlight pathways to conflict mitigation and resolution in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Libya. The policy dialogues will convene thought leaders from the region and beyond to discuss the options for reigning in local proxies engaged conflict so as to reduce risk to civilians. Corporation funds will support research, policy dialogues, and publications.
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For the production and launch of The New Agenda: The Quest for Stability in U.S.-Russia Relations
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
The relationship between the United States and Russia—the world’s largest nuclear powers—is critical to global security. Continuing an ongoing Corporation-supported effort, a team of video producers and experts on Russia will create a digital portal that explores the changing dynamics in the U.S.-Russia relationship. The portal will be made available for use both as an educational resource and as a source of information and data. Included will be lessons related to the influence of security, economics, history, and culture on U.S.-Russia relations.
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As a one-time grant for support of the Puerto Rico Community Recovery Fund in the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1985, The Puerto Rico Community Foundation’s (PRCF) mission is to develop the capacities of the communities in Puerto Rico to achieve their social and economic transformation, stimulating philanthropic investment and maximizing the yield of each contribution. In the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria, the PRCF responded to this crisis by providing immediate relief by providing water purifiers and energy generators. The PRCF future recovery efforts will look at long-term solutions in support of the various communities across Puerto Rico. With Corporation support, the PRCF will focus on challenges in including: providing potable drinking water to at least five communities, hydroponic farming, operating health centers, and promoting strategies to control flooding.
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For Puerto Rican and U.S. Virgin Islands students displaced in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
5 months
Description
Six months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, residents are still struggling to repair the damage wrought by the storm. Not only were schools, businesses, and countless homes destroyed, but the life trajectories of citizens were thrown drastically off course. In hopes of continuing their education uninterrupted, college students have come by the thousands to Florida. St. Thomas University (STU), a not-for-profit Catholic institution in Miami, has extended services to displaced students in the region. As a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution, STU is well equipped to ensure that arriving students are given the tools to succeed. STU’s commitment to creating educational access and opportunity for talented young people aligns with the Corporation’s mission of promoting the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. With Corporation support, STU will help subsidize tuition and basic living expenses for displaced Puerto Rican and USVI students.
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For support publishing Roadmap for the Future of Public Education and associated convening
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
13 months
Description
Over the last twenty-five years, The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) at the University of Washington has provided thought leadership and direct support for city-based school reform through their approach to creating a system of autonomous and accountable schools, known as a portfolio strategy. While their portfolio strategy has taken hold in dozens of cities, resulting in greater diversity in schooling options and providers for families, scaling this work will require a ‘next generation’ version of the portfolio strategy that reflects the complex needs of today’s public-school system. With Corporation support, CRPE will 1) Commission a series of papers on critical topics, published as the Roadmap for the Future of Public Education, that will serve as the platform for their renewed research agenda and 2) Host a convening to launch their new strategy that brings together thought leaders from across the sector to spur action in the community, moving forward their new body of work.
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For a project titled, "Helping Young Americans Know the World Better"
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
10 months
Description
Launched in 2016, DailyChatter is an international daily newsletter principally owned and operated by Philip Balboni, the founder and former CEO of the international news website GlobalPost, and Alex Jones, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for the New York Times and the former director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. With a mission of helping its subscribers understand the world better, the newsletter aims to be objective, clear, and concise, to allow subscribers to stay informed despite busy lives. Each day, a staff of experienced journalists based in Europe, Asia, and the United States research an extensive array of global news sources and craft a summary. In the age of fake news, it is crucial that the next generation learns to identify factual reporting. Providing college students, especially those in fields unrelated to journalism, with a trusted source of news that makes complex world affairs accessible will help combat the effect of misinformation on our democracy. With Corporation support, DailyChatter will offer free subscriptions to students at participating colleges and universities.
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For a conference on research methods and quantitative techniques for development
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
11 months
Description
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, otherwise known as the Library of Alexandria (the Library), is a world-famous repository of scholarship and knowledge. It is also an excellent space for convenings, with a large complex that includes a conference center as well as specialized libraries and museums. Led by its Founding Director, Ismail Serageldin, the Library will, with Corporation support, host a special conference on research methods and quantitative techniques for development. The gathering will bring together the leading quantitative analysts in Egypt and elsewhere in Africa to discuss socio-economic development, including project evaluation. Ultimately, the grantee hopes that the conference will serve as a starting point for a future network of quantitative analysts in Egypt.
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For expanding and enriching the study of Russia
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The importance of U.S.-Russia relations suggests the need for a comprehensive understanding of Russian domestic and foreign policies within the United States. Likewise, there is a need for better understanding of the United States in Russia. Universities and academic institutions with relevant programs play an important role in building up expert capacity. The Wisconsin Russia Project at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (UW) is among the Corporation-supported institutions that aim to deepen the U.S. expertise on Russia while also exposing the Russian academics to American thinking. With continued support, the UW will focus on improving social science research and PhD-level training on Russia by establishing research assistant positions and doctoral fellowships, facilitating PhD-level academic exchanges, promoting faculty initiatives, and hosting a Young Scholars Conference. Some of the activities will result in publications.
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For one-time support of a research and publication project on Iran
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The Islamic Republic of Iran has now been in power for four decades and is integral to numerous U.S. foreign policy and national security concerns, including Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation, cyber-security, terrorism, and energy security. Yet the nature of the Iranian regime and its foreign policy pursuits remains poorly understood among U.S. policymakers and the general public. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Senior Fellow Karim Sadjadpour will lead a research effort to examine Iran, and U.S. policy toward Iran, through a historic, cultural, and comparative lens. The research will consider what lessons have been learned from the last four decades of U.S. policy toward Iran and what lessons can be drawn from the history of U.S. policy toward other major powers who have sought to challenge American primacy. The project will result in a widely disseminated publication.
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For support of the nXu program
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
17 months
Description
In addition to academic rigor, research suggests that a sense of purpose, and support to identify and pursue that purpose, is necessary to enable students to reach their full potential. According to the Higher Education Research Institute, 79 percent of young people in America report that they are searching for meaning and purpose in their lives, and numerous studies confirm that a sense of purpose is linked to positive physical, mental, and emotional health outcomes. Yet, there is a lack of high-quality learning experiences that support adolescents to engage in purpose development. Uncommon Knowledge and Achievement’s (UKA) nXu program fills this gap, supporting and enabling high school students to explore, articulate, and pursue their goals. With prior Corporation support, nXu successfully completed a strategic planning process and implemented a pilot program with a cohort of twenty-four students. Continued support will enable the iteration, improvement, and expansion of this program to serve more students.
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For Puerto Rican students displaced in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Six months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, residents are still struggling to repair the damage wrought by the storm. Not only were schools, businesses, and countless homes destroyed, but the life trajectories of Puerto Ricans were thrown drastically off course. In hopes of continuing their education uninterrupted, college students have come by the thousands to Florida. Miami Dade College (MDC), as the largest Hispanic-serving institution of higher education in the United States, is well equipped to ensure that arriving students are given the tools to succeed. Extending services to displaced students directly aligns with MDC’s mission of changing lives through accessible, high-quality teaching and learning experiences. Florida Governor Rick Scott approved waiving out-of-state tuition rates for Puerto Rican students, reducing tuition costs and increasing the impact of donated funds. With Corporation support, Miami Dade College will cover tuition and basic living expenses for displaced Puerto Rican students in the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters.
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For the Media and National Security Project
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Public understanding of defense and international security issues is essential to the democratic process. Through its Project for Media and National Security, George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs fosters relationships between the media and foreign policy communities to encourage knowledgeable journalism on these issues. With renewed funding, the project will continue to hold expert panels, public conferences, and other events linking journalists, policymakers, scholars, students, and the public. It will also hold sessions of the Defense Writers Group, an association of correspondents that brings journalists together with American national security officials and experts to discuss current events and emerging foreign policy issues.
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For the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) Programme Phase II
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
51 months
Description
The escalation of the Syrian crisis over the past seven years has disintegrated national unity and the Syrian state. The United Nation’s National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) program is a multi-year technical political dialogue that is focused on the transition from conflict toward reconstruction in Syria. It is a lead provider of content and position papers to the UN Special Envoy for Syria. Building on the content produced with Corporation support in Phase I, the NAFS program will emphasize a scaling up of communication and outreach efforts in Phase II. It will increase communication activities through traditional media, social media, and the NAFS website, and will expand visibility by organizing media events and international partners meetings. The NAFS program will also hold capacity-building workshops to develop organizational and outreach skills.
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For support of Houston-area schools recovering from Hurricane Harvey
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Six months after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, teachers are still struggling with the impact of closed schools and displaced families. Many educators lack support in rebuilding their classrooms and providing their students with the resources and materials they need to succeed. As a crowdfunding platform with over 2 million donors, DonorsChoose.org has engaged the public in directly funding classroom projects with a focus on high poverty regions. The organization’s partners and donors have raised over $3 million for classrooms in affected areas, representing over 3,400 projects at 537 schools. With support from the Corporation, DonorsChoose.org will enable teachers in hurricane-affected areas in Houston to receive a dollar-for-dollar match on their classroom projects. The matching grant would inspire $300,000 in donations from the public, double recovery efforts, and more effectively improve the lives of students and their communities.
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For a pilot study on data collection in conflict-affected countries
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
58 months
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The scarcity of qualitative and quantitative data owned and collected by Africans with African-led methods contributes to major inequalities in knowledge production informing peacebuilding research in Africa. In response to a request for proposals, the Centre de Recherché et D’Action Pour la Paix (CERAP) and the University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley) will compare low-cost data collection methodologies in Cote d’Ivoire to analyze their effectiveness in generating specific forms of data on violent events. CERAP and Berkeley will conduct this pilot project to better capture a range of dynamics during violence, such as what forms it takes, where it occurs, and who is targeted. In addition, CERAP will conduct a peacebuilding program to train local leaders in conflict prevention strategies.
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For a pilot study on data collection in conflict-affected countries
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
27 months
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The scarcity of qualitative and quantitative data owned and collected by Africans with African-led methods contributes to major inequalities in knowledge production informing peacebuilding research in Africa. In response to a request for proposals, the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy (EISA) and the University of Michigan’s (Michigan) will leverage electoral observer missions and local election result reporting to gather information about security arrangements, incidents of political violence, and public infrastructure and services in individual polling stations in various African elections. EISA and Michigan will develop an open-source dataset allowing academics and practitioners to analyze how local conditions affect the relationship between elections and violence.
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For support of a public education campaign around immigrant families
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
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Faith communities are playing a critically important role in educating and engaging the public on immigration issues, across the political spectrum. Most faith leaders and congregations are rejecting anti-immigrant rhetoric and promoting positions that protect and support immigrants, refugees, and Muslim communities. Sojourners is a national, nonpartisan Christian organization using strategic communications to promote balanced and nuanced national narratives on immigrants and immigration policies. Sojourners supports the advocacy and communications capacity of faith-based organizations, to lift up immigrant voices and to shed light on the many benefits of humane immigration reform. With Corporation support, Sojourners will work with faith leaders across the country on a public education campaign to bridge divisive political debates around immigration, including those on undocumented youth and the legal immigration system.
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For support of a public engagement campaign for a documentary on civic engagement and voting rights
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
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Although young people are increasingly engaging in contemporary social and political movements—in some cases leading them—the youth share of the electorate has historically demonstrated some of the lowest turnout in both general and midterm elections. Capturing the Flag, a documentary film by Emmy Award-winning director Anne de Mare, highlights citizen action around voting rights during the 2016 general election. With Corporation support, the International Documentary Association will fiscally sponsor a public education campaign using Capturing the Flag as a vehicle for discussion on the importance of youth civic engagement. The campaign will partner with local and national civic engagement organizations to coordinate nationwide screenings at college campuses and to disseminate educational materials for young voters.
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For support of an adult civic education initiative
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
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Beginning in the 1970s, civic education was sidelined across many curricula and state standards. As a result, many American adults today do not understand their systems of government, lack trust in government institutions, and demonstrate general apathy for elections and politics. In fact, three in four adults cannot name the three branches of United States government or name a single Supreme Court justice. Founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, iCivics is committed to ensuring that all young citizens receive the high-quality civic education they need for full participation in American democracy. Since 2009, iCivics has been using innovations in technology to make high-quality civic learning available and accessible to schools. Approximately, 84,000 teachers now reliably use the iCivics video game platform in their classrooms every year. With Corporation support, iCivics will extend its services to expand adult civic learning and promote parent-student civic education.
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For the 2018 Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
3 months
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We will never meet our ever-rising aspirations for student achievement without a more responsive, agile approach to research and development, one that can accelerate the needed transformation in education. In response to this challenge, in 2014, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) launched their Summit on Improvement in Education with a simple but ambitious idea: if education leaders combined the discipline of improvement science and the capabilities of networks to foster innovation and social learning, then the rate and spread of improvement might accelerate dramatically. CFAT is now preparing to host its fifth annual Summit, bringing together over a thousand education stakeholders with the aim of building the field’s capacity to learn through practice to improve. This grant provides support for the 2018 Summit.
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For the Yale Child Study Center's celebration and symposium for the Comer School Development Program 50th Anniversary
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
9 months
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Research provides strong evidence that development and learning are inextricably linked and that students whose school experiences integrate development and academic learning fare best. The Comer School Development Program (SDP) of the Yale Child Study Center was an early pioneer of this insight, which has gained recognition in recent years with renewed interest in social emotional learning. The SDP launched fifty years ago and has helped more than 1,000 schools in the United States and abroad to integrate child development to improve school outcomes. The Comer model focuses on parent and family engagement; school teams to address organization, management, and student support; and comprehensive school planning. This grant supports a celebration and symposium to mark the program’s 50th anniversary and contribute historical perspective and add momentum to the movement to ground schooling in the science of development.
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For a workshop and fellowships for reporters to investigate nuclear challenges
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
15 months
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Atomic Reporters will provide educational opportunities for journalists to learn more about new technologies and nuclear risks. Atomic Reporters will hold a workshop for journalists around the anniversary of the January 2018 false alarm in Hawaii, an incident in which human and technical error created widespread anxiety. Atomic Reporters will also support reporting fellowships on these themes. The project will allow journalists to develop a better understanding of how changes in technology and geopolitics have affected nuclear risk, and to share these insights with the broader public.
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For support of NewSchools Venture Fund Summit 2018
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
5 months
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Newschools Venture Fund’s (NSVF) Summit is an annual, invitation-only gathering that offers a diverse community of over 1,000 education practitioners, leaders, policymakers, and funders an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and share ideas about education innovation. The sessions and panels at Summit 2018 will feature content directly relevant to the Corporation’s program interests in school design, equity, civic education, and the future of work. As such, the Summit is an important opportunity for innovative thought leaders to network and collaborate around a range of pressing issues highly aligned to Corporation interests, and these discussions are a key way in which many issues and organizations gain greater exposure within the education community. With Corporation support of this year’s Summit, NSVF will organize engaging discussions around the education innovation that is necessary to prepare all students for success within the context of an evolving democracy and career landscape.
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For support of the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
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New models of career and technical education (CTE) can prepare students for twenty-first century success by helping them navigate and continually adapt to an increasingly complex labor market. However, the renewed interest in CTE has come largely without the benefit of a strong evidence base about the efficacy of next generation CTE models. MDRC, a social policy research organization with a two-decade history of developing and evaluating CTE programs, is partnering with over a dozen CTE programs to build evidence and inform CTE policy and practice. With Corporation support, MDRC will launch the Center for Effective Career and Technical Education, a hub for building and synthesizing evidence on CTE effectiveness, incubating new ideas, synthesizing findings and lessons learned, disseminating these to policymakers and practitioners, and advancing the field overall so that expansion and scale-up is informed by a growing evidence base.
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