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Project Title
As a final grant for its Homeland Security Project
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Homeland Security Project is a bipartisan group of national security, terrorism, and intelligence experts committed to providing an active, bipartisan voice on national security issues. Under the leadership of the former chairmen of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States (commonly known as the 9/11 Commission), former Governor Thomas Kean and former Congressman Lee Hamilton, the Homeland Security Project, is partnering with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on a congressionally mandated study to help develop a plan that addresses the root causes of terrorism. With Corporation support, the Bipartisan Policy Center will work with USIP to build upon its previous work on the evolution of the terrorist threat to create a comprehensive plan to respond to emerging security challenges.
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For a project to launch district and school partnerships to implement new science standards with high-quality instructional materials
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
21 months
Description
Despite the adoption of new college and career-ready standards around the country many teachers still find themselves unprepared to teach at the level of rigor required to move these standards into implementation. Similarly, districts find themselves ill equipped to support their educators in making this shift. Instruction Partners recognizes the need in districts for instructional support and access to in-depth professional development. Their work over the past three years has successfully aided districts and schools in improving their instruction in math and English Language Arts. This grant will support Instruction Partners in developing internal capacity to support science instruction with a middle and high school science pilot program and middle school science specific professional development in Tennessee.
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For support of an initiative coordinating national, state, and local level grantmaking efforts
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Without access to reliable, low-cost legal services, immigrants are more likely to fall prey to fraudulent legal practitioners and experience abuse in various sectors of society, impeding their ability to integrate. However, due to the escalating policy challenges in the field of immigration, foundations and nonprofit organizations are struggling to coordinate their efforts to meet the growing needs of immigrants and refugees. Established in 1990, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) is a hub and informational resource for funders who are active in or new to the immigration field. GCIR coordinates the Delivering on the Dream initiative, a network of twenty local funder collaboratives in fifteen states across the country. With Corporation support, GCIR’s Delivering on the Dream collaboratives will bring new foundations into the immigration space and connect national funders with local, state, and regional philanthropy, helping to cultivate strategic and long-term partnerships that help local stakeholders fill gaps in immigration legal services.
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For continued implementation of strategic school and district redesign partnerships at scale
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
While innovative K-12 educational models are now more prevalent than they were a decade ago, many students still lack access to the robust learning experiences these models afford. In order to expand student access to these experiences, school- and district- level capacity must be built to support innovation, quality implementation, and effective change management. This is precisely the work of Education Resource Strategies (ERS), a national nonprofit transforming how urban schools and systems organize people, time, and money so that every school is designed to serve every student. Through partnerships with districts, schools, and state leaders, ERS enables districts to develop and implement comprehensive improvement strategies that support strong schools with an integrated data analysis, design, and implementation model. With Corporation support, ERS will continue to support states and districts in effective resource management and undertake field-building activities to support schools beyond ERS’ direct engagements.
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For development and launch of the SEA Change Institute.
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
35 months
Description
Science, technology, engineering, medicine, and mathematics (STEM) fields have major impact on many factors related to the U.S. economy and quality of life. But the population of those entering postsecondary education in STEM and succeeding to degrees in these fields does not reflect the demographics of either the overall population in higher education or the U.S. population. To date, numerous small scale interventions, while sometimes effective, have taken on these issues one at a time or in one institution at a time. In contrast to these piecemeal methods, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general science organization in the world, proposes an approach to structural transformation that moves from the decades of “fixing the students” to fixing the system. They aim to do this through the establishment of STEM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change, a LEED-like certification system for diversity and inclusion in STEM in higher education. This grant is for the creation of the SEA Change Institute, which will provide training and resources as part of a sustainable, reinforcing system of support for institutional transformation through SEA Change.
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For the California Civic Engagement Project’s research on the state-level impact of automatic voter registration and an in-depth analysis of the national Latino electorate
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
21 months
Description
Twelve states and the District of Columbia are implementing automatic voter registration (AVR), a new reform dedicated to modernizing the electoral system and dramatically increasing civic engagement through voting. Latino voters are also turning out in record numbers, with 13 million people voting in the 2016 presidential election. Housed at the University of Southern California, the California Civic Engagement Project is dedicated to research that informs policy and on-the-ground efforts to actualize a more engaged and representative democracy. With Corporation support, the California Civic Engagement Project will conduct two studies. It will examine the impact of AVR on turnout in recent elections, as well as analyze Latino voter engagement in the United States to understand how socioeconomic conditions within the community affect access to voting and voting behavior.
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For a trilateral dialogue series among the United States, Japan, and South Korea on future security and economic dynamics of the Asia-Pacific
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
44 months
Description
Shifts in economic and military balances of power in the Asia-Pacific are reshaping the region’s international relations. At this moment of rapid change in the region, ensuring effective and open channels of communication has become increasingly important. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs (the Council) will convene a series of trilateral policy meetings with senior policy practitioners and experts from the United States, Japan, and South Korea to discuss the evolving security, military, and economic dynamics in the Asia-Pacific, with a particular emphasis on East Asia. Members of the meetings will discuss issues and produce policy briefs that move beyond the immediacy of the current political moment to look at the long-term planning and trends for each of the countries involved.
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As a one-time only grant for the Perils and Promise of Democracy
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
63 months
Description
Across the globe, anti-democratic movements are growing, often led by charismatic strong men, such as Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Rodrigo Duterte, Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump. Nations new to representative government as well as those with deep democratic traditions have fallen victim to this trend. Institutions that are vital to the preservation and strengthening of democracy, such as a free press, an independent judiciary, and public schools, are on the defensive. To respond to these threats, the Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY) will dedicate two years of programming and scholarship to explore the present state and future of democracy. With Corporation support, the Graduate Center will produce a series of lectures, academic conferences, teach-ins, seminars, retreats, and artistic performances and exhibitions that aim to identify the causes and potential solutions to the current crisis of democracy.
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For a project involving the national expansion of Remake Learning Days and associated family and community engagement activities
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
For most families across the country, opportunities to engage in new designs for learning are few and far between, and for families in low-income communities, they are even scarcer. While schools are struggling to close the opportunity gap between affluent peers and learners living in poverty, the accelerating pace of technological change threatens to exacerbate this gap. Remake Learning, established in 2007, is a network of over 500 organizations igniting relevant, engaging, and equitable learning practices to help all learners thrive. With previous support from the Corporation, Remake Learning partnered with national leaders like PBS and Common Sense Media to develop a toolkit for regions across the country to implement Remake Learning Days, a series of multi-generational events for families to take an active part in the future of learning within all spaces that kids learn, including schools, museums, and libraries. With continued support, Remake Learning will help five regions in addition to Pittsburgh implement the toolkit, support communications, coordinate regional and national media campaigns and outreach to local, state, and federal leaders to encourage participation.
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For a project to identify, adapt, and implement effective change management strategies within a school district context
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Many visionary school operators have begun to forge paths to new school models in both the charter and district contexts, creating proof points of what works and delivering student-centered educational experiences to tens of thousands of students. Scaling up innovation continues to be a challenge within the education field, however, in part due to the outdated change management strategies that typically characterize districts’ attempts to scale the innovation seeded at the school level. Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC), an initiative of EDUCAUSE and leader in innovative school design for almost a decade, is well-positioned to address this challenge of applying lessons learned from innovative school design more broadly. Acting upon the belief that implementation and scale of innovative learning models requires equally innovative adoption strategies at the district level, NGLC will build the field’s capacity to scale innovation through the development, testing, and eventual proliferation of “next generation adoption strategies.”
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For a project to design and implement a system of text-message alerts to families about their child’s academic performance
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
49 months
Description
Many efforts over the last decade to raise student achievement have had uneven results across the country and average achievement among children from low-income or minority backgrounds continues to fare lower than their wealthier peers. We know from national surveys supported by the Corporation and conducted by Learning Heroes that while nine in ten K-8 parents believe their child performs at or above grade level in math and reading, barely a third of students demonstrate the ability to perform at this level. Using technology as a platform to support communications has been proven to be an efficient and scalable way of leveraging family engagement, but such programs serve only parents of pre-kindergarten and elementary students. To fill this gap, Dr. Peter Bergman, assistant professor of economics and education at Teachers College, Columbia University, has conducted various studies on the impact of parent-facing applications serving middle and high school families. With Corporation support, Dr. Bergman and his team will create an application for sharing information with parents via text-messages, and will pilot the application to obtain feedback for refining the tool. In so doing, the team will support families of children in the middle and high school years, improve student achievement, and generate knowledge for the field.
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As a one-time grant for technical and strategic analysis of boost phase missile defense
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
32 months
Description
Current missile defense programs, focused on midcourse or terminal intercept, have technical limitations and create political challenges. For this reason, many experts, including critics of the current missile defense programs, favor boost phase intercept. However, there is debate over the viability of various boost phase defense concepts, driven in part by divergent assumptions about threat characteristics, technological capability, and operational constraints. This study will provide a fresh assessment based on the current state of technology and the evolving strategic environment. The project team will also examine the international ramifications of deploying a boost phase defense and will offer recommendations for policymakers.
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For a project to convene national organizations and district leaders around the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to inform future capacity building efforts
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
10 months
Description
Elementary and secondary science education in the United States is undergoing a transformation shaped primarily by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). As states move forward with the implementation of new science standards they face many challenges; however, there are few mechanisms available to help districts collaborate within and across states. The Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, a recognized leader in science education, proposes to hold a one-day meeting to bring together district science leaders engaged in implementing new science standards. The meeting will involve several national leadership organizations, such as Achieve, the National Science Teachers Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, that have been involved in the new science standards initiative since its inception, along with other Corporation grantees working to support the implementation of the NGSS. The outcome will help inform how organizations can work together to build district capacity and support collaboration across districts.
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For a project to support school redesign work and district partnerships beyond Los Angeles
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Opening new, innovative schools in place of failing schools has emerged as a proven strategy to improve student achievement in places that have previously seen a persistent record of failure. However, while this has proven effective in some places, it is neither always feasible nor desirable in every context. The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (the Partnership) was founded to address this strategic gap, and over the last ten years has worked with high-need, historically low-performing schools to implement robust improvement strategies, bringing innovative learning models to the most challenging contexts. They have also worked intentionally to aggregate and share insights from these experiences to inform district-level policy, and they have fomented a strong partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) as a result. Now entering their second decade of work, the Partnership will build on their successes by continuing to transform schools in LAUSD and also partnering with leaders in other school systems to empower all students with a high-quality education.
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For a student survey to evaluate broader long-term outcomes associated with the Bottom Line program
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Numerous college access and success organizations have achieved promising academic results for low-income and first-generation college students. Yet, there remains a dearth of rigorous evidence that attests to the effectiveness of such programs and, for those programs that are supported by rigorous evidence, evaluations tend to focus on a narrow band of primarily academic indicators. A growing body of literature suggests, however, that these programs impact broader, long-term outcomes that extend beyond college persistence, including career preparation, health, and psychosocial well-being. This proposal from National Opinion Research Center (NORC), a nonprofit organization committed to conducting social science research for the public good, will test this hypothesis. NORC will build upon an existing rigorous evaluation of Bottom Line, a college access and success organization with a demonstrated track record of success, to incorporate impact data around non-academic outcomes into the existing evaluation. With Corporation support, NORC will develop, deliver, and analyze the results of a student survey focused on these long-term outcomes, and disseminate those findings to benefit the field at large.
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For training, research, and outreach to bridge the gap between academia and the policy world
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
International relations scholars traditionally do not receive training geared to policy-relevant research or its dissemination to policymakers and the broader public. This problem is compounded by university hiring, tenure, and promotion standards, which typically undervalue this type of policy-relevant research and outreach. Bridging the Gap (BtG) is a flagship project among three institutions – American University, Duke University, and the University of California, Berkeley – promoting greater linkages between the academic and policy worlds. The project approaches this objective by fostering policy-relevant scholarship within universities, providing scholars with the tools and skills to disseminate their knowledge and insights beyond academia, strengthening networks of policy-relevant scholars, and working with university leaders to identify and address obstacles to policy engagement. Continued support will further these approaches.
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For support of United States-Iran relations
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The United States-Iran relationship remains an intractable foreign policy challenge. Despite an increase in communication leading up to and following the agreement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the Iran nuclear deal), these channels have again been severely reduced. The U.S.-Iran Initiative, recently moved to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) from New America, provides an opportunity for expert-level engagements between the United States and Iran. Through Track II dialogues, policy-relevant research, and a series of bilateral and multilateral roundtable discussions, the initiative develops mutually acceptable strategies for managing a range of challenging issues between the United States and Iran.
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As a one-time only grant for Festival Albertine 2018
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The Albertine Books Foundation serves as an intercultural exchange in New York raising awareness of French art, culture, literature, visual and performing arts, through various educational projects and events. With Corporation support, Albertine will organize the annual Festival Albertine. The theme this year is “Reimagining Democracy”, and will bring together artists, activists, writers, social scientists, politicians and journalists to discuss some of the most pressing issues at stake for the future of democracy including how to rethink education outside of the school, how to think beyond states and borders, how to reconceive political parties and the mechanics of democracy, and how to understand mental health outside a framework of normality and disease.
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For strengthening U.S.-Russian nuclear security
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Although there are significant impediments to U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control and moves to withdraw from the current agreements, cooperation between the two countries on nuclear issues is necessary for global stability. To evaluate and propose solutions to some of the most pressing problems in the nuclear domain, a project of the Center for Policy Studies in Russia, a nonprofit organization that carries out policy research and educational activities, will establish a working group of high-level Russian and American experts to conduct dialogues on strategic stability and arms control. To help sustain the dialogue, the Center will train and engage young professionals and leaders who could contribute in the longer-term to the improvement of U.S.-Russia strategic relations and international security.
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For the Congressional Program
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Legislators play a central role in the formation of U.S. foreign policy. The Aspen Institute Congressional Program offers a neutral forum for discussing complex foreign policy issues. As a nongovernmental, nonpartisan Congressional education program, it brings together senators and representatives with leading American and international experts to delve into critical foreign policy issues and build relationships across the aisle. With Corporation support, the program will continue to sponsor regular breakfast sessions on topical foreign and security developments for congressional members, and convene an annual international meeting on Eurasia—a region that is considered pertinent to international relations and U.S. foreign policy. This grant will also include an educational event for senior congressional staffers.
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As a one-time only grant for the Director's Visitor Program
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
36 months
Description
Founded in 1930, the Institute for Advanced Study is a private, independent academic with a mission to encourage and support fundamental scholarship, the original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world. The Institute’s Director’s Visitor Program exemplifies one of the Institute’s founding principles “to enable the curiosity-driven pursuit of knowledge with no view to its immediate utility or the expectation of meeting predetermined goals”. With Corporation support, the Institute will continue to invite Director’s Visitors that bring a richness and depth to their pursuit of knowledge that can only be achieved by a community of people with diverse backgrounds.
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For the annual Carnegie Corporation New York Times librarian awards program honoring exemplary performance by public, academic and school librarians
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
In 2008, the Corporation partnered with the American Library Association (ALA) and The New York Times to reinstate and expand the awards program under the administration of the ALA. Every year since then, the I Love My Librarian Awards have recognized ten exceptional public, academic, or school librarians who have improved the lives of the people in their communities. According to recipients, the awards have raised the profile of library services and librarians within their communities, and they have been celebrated by local mayors, city councils, and school districts in addition to print, radio, television, and online media. These awards are aimed at drawing attention to the key roles librarians play in promoting literacy and education, creating lifelong learners, and developing an informed electorate to sustain democratic traditions.
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For support to the Teachers Guild to implement a project that would strengthen parent-teacher collaboration
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
According to the Learning Heroes report, Parents 2017: Unleashing Their Power and Potential, there is a disconnect between parents and teachers regarding student academic performance. We also know that parents and teachers have few effective communication channels or opportunities to collaborate and co-design support systems on behalf of student learning. The Teachers Guild, which began as an initiative within IDEO’s Design for Learning Studio, is a network of educators using design thinking to solve issues in the field of education. Since 2015 The Teachers Guild has run twelve design challenges on topics like reimagining parent-teacher conferences, college and career pathways, and STEM learning with partners such as the Reach Higher Initiative and 100kin10. With prior support from the Corporation, The Teachers Guild created a plan for the “Strengthening Parent-Teacher Collaboration” project aimed at solving this communication challenge. With this grant, The Teachers Guild will embark on implementing their project, executing a national awareness campaign, launching the Parent-Teacher Design Challenge, and creating a solutions fund that will offer support to parent-teacher design teams with leading solutions.
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For the Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship to support women in nonproliferation
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
While research shows that improving gender parity leads to greater peace and security, women remain underrepresented in the fields of nuclear security and nonproliferation. The Robin Memorial Copeland Fellowship seeks to address that gap by providing women in emerging countries–particularly those with technical backgrounds–the opportunity to participate in a multi-faceted, year-long security fellowship. The fellowships enable the participants to gain greater knowledge of nuclear security policy, build a professional network, and connect with other women in the field. This grant will support the 2019 fellow, who will spend a semester at a U.S. university; complete a three-month internship at a leading Washington, D.C. nonproliferation institution; and carry out a capstone project. The program’s ultimate goal is to provide the tools, resources, and training necessary for fellows to take on further leadership roles in her home country.
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For expanding and enriching the study of Russia
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The challenges for U.S. policy and relations with Russia call for strengthening the research and training on Russia and its region. With Corporation support, Yale University’s newly established Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies will aim to meet this need with a special focus on the social sciences. The Program will facilitate collaborations across the university’s professional schools, create new research and advanced training opportunities, organize international academic conferences, and offer research and travel grants to Russia for graduate students. These and other activities will lay the groundwork for sustained, long-term engagement by Yale in the field of Russian studies.
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For the creation of a robust dataset on school-level innovation nationwide
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Years of education innovation have spurred the creation of exemplary school models across the country. Yet, while some have attempted to elevate the practices and lessons that can be gleaned from individual models, there is no mechanism for doing so systematically. Funders, intermediaries, and research organizations continue to collect information within the context of their particular projects, yielding data that is either unavailable to or of limited utility to others. This project from the Clayton Christensen Institute (the Institute), a nonprofit think tank whose education team is dedicated to applying theories of disruptive innovation in service of student-centered design, will address this gap. With support from the Corporation and three other seed funders, the Institute will: 1) source and compile existing data sets of innovative schools; 2) overlay this data with additional tags on specific approaches being taken such that various data can be linked; and 3) share and analyze the data across the national landscape.
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For the Learning Community on Scaled Impact in Education
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The effectiveness of any single intervention in education reform is often diminished because many organizations work in isolation, and because there are few mechanisms to facilitate and ensure coordinated approaches that spread effective, complimentary practices and solutions. As a result, the achievement of broad, population-level impact in education has been elusive. The Social Impact Exchange (SIE) at Growth Philanthropy Network (GPN) seeks to minimize these missed opportunities, inefficiencies, and decreased impact by creating a system in the social sector to consistently scale promising practices and effective interventions. This grant supports SIE’s ongoing education working group, the Learning Community on Scaled Impact, which seeks to strengthen and deepen the learning and knowledge about the most current thinking and research for achieving large-scale impact in education.
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For continued development of Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE Math), a project to transform education in postsecondary mathematics in the United States
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
30 months
Description
Postsecondary education in mathematics does not adequately meet the evolving needs of today’s students, employers, or society, due largely to outdated teaching materials, methods, and content. Few undergraduates have an understanding of the many stimulating and vital ways mathematics is now used in diverse fields, and many students, especially those from under-served communities, experience mathematics as a barrier rather than a gateway. Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics (TPSE Math) was created in 2013 with funding from the Corporation, to understand how postsecondary education in mathematics might better meet students’ and employers’ needs, and to serve as a catalyst for change by identifying innovative practices where they exist, advocating for such practices where they do not, and working with partners to implement and scale up effective practices. This grant supports further development, with a particular emphasis on upper division pathways and graduate education.
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For The Future of Work project
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
A future that works for everyone requires us to focus on what that future might look like and harness our collective energy and knowledge to provide our students a more purposeful education-one that prepares them for postsecondary success. This requires facilitated conversations between all stakeholders in regional ecosystems so that there is cohesion and a clear path forward for how to collectively prepare students for the future of work. eduInnovation, in partnership with Getting Smart, uses advocacy and communications campaigns to advance innovations in education so that every young person has the best chance at unleashing their potential. They aim to bring together stakeholders across regional ecosystems comprised to have conversations about what communities want to see in their future graduates, focusing on the future of work and what it means for education systems. This grant provides support for regional convenings, graduate profile workshops, and multimedia content development designed to provide resources and spark conversations that lay the foundation for educators and students to redesign learning experiences.
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For a project on promoting ethical approaches to policy engagement
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Conducting policy-relevant research outside of government and bringing it to the attention of policymakers provide an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of policymaking. However, policy engagement has not always been without controversy, and the unintended and unforeseen consequences of researcher-policymaker engagement can raise ethical dilemmas. This context hinders academics’ engagement with policy matters. The Sié Center at the University of Denver’s Joseph Korbel School of International Studies proposes a two-year project that will focus on the ethical dimensions of academic-policy engagement. The project will build a knowledge base and supporting network to assist relevant academics in interacting responsibly and constructively with governmental and nongovernmental policy actors. With Corporation support, the project will form an emerging international community attuned to questions of ethical scholarship.
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For the Forum on High School to College Mathematics Pathways
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The past decade has made clear that the construction of the needed bridges from high school to college mathematics cannot be accomplished by only working from only one side. Rather, collaborative efforts are required between the organizations and structures that shape both K-12 and postsecondary mathematics education. States are particularly well positioned to drive this collaboration, as they have considerable leverage over both K-12 and college education, and can be sensitive to local context. The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) is an umbrella organization consisting of seventeen professional societies, all of which share the objective of the increase or diffusion of knowledge in one or more of the mathematical sciences. Together with the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas, Austin, CBMS will host a Forum to initiate a multi-state effort of those engaged in state-level policy, directed at bridging the gaps between high school and college mathematics.
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For support of a project to enhance the digital experience of an online citizenship application platform and expand its audience reach
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Despite the overwhelming benefits of citizenship, only about 10 percent of the 9 million eligible legal permanent residents in the United States acquire citizenship each year. Barriers to naturalization include lack of familiarity with the process, expensive fees charged by private attorneys, lack of service capacity of nonprofit providers, and other factors. With mistrust of the federal government growing in the immigrant community, safe and independent resources for naturalization assistance and support are critical. Created by the Immigration Advocates Network based at Pro Bono Net, Citizenshipworks is a technological platform that enables eligible immigrants to file their own naturalization applications and connects them to the appropriate legal support for their needs. With Corporation support, Immigration Advocates Network will improve user accessibility on Citizenshipworks, enhance the platform’s digital and offline outreach, and expand its network of partners and resources.
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For a conference and publication on United States-China diplomatic and economic relations
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
As China’s economy and global influence continue to grow, public pronouncements and political actions have increased United States-China economic and geostrategic competition. In response to this complex and fraught dynamic, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas is convening a conference with relevant policymakers, academics, and policy researchers on the long-term future of Sino-American relations. A series of conference papers on such issues as diplomacy, trade, intellectual property, energy, human rights, and regional influence will be published in special hardcopy and online editions of the journal
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As a one-time grant for analysis on the implications of technological change for tracking mobile missiles
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
21 months
Description
Advances in sensing and processing technologies may soon allow tracking of mobile missiles, creating a more than a theoretical ability to destroy a small nuclear force in a conventional or nuclear first strike. The Foreign Policy Research Institute will analyze the changing dynamics underlying this possibility and will assess their impact on nuclear stability. The research team will break down the problem into understandable pieces, analyze the ways these pieces interact, and establish criteria for evaluating risks and benefits of various cyber-nuclear strategies. The project will seek to generate policy-relevant insights and disseminate them to policymakers and the informed public.
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For support of "Working," a documentary film series and multi-media engagement campaign
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
39 months
Description
The nature of work is changing in rapid and profound ways. For the first time in generations, children live less well economically than their parents, and by 2020 as many as thirty percent of U.S. workers will freelance without the benefits of full-time employment. It is imperative to inform the public about the causes and characteristics of these changes and to support young people with resources and tools that will assist them as they enter the workforce. WGBH, an award-winning public media station and PBS’s single largest producer of television and web content, has a mission to inform audiences about profound social changes through programming and services that inspire and entertain. With support from the Corporation, WGBH will produce a three-hour national, prime-time, broadcast series and engagement campaign titled “Working.” The series will inform and equip young people to be successful in the changing dynamics of the global economy and highlight ways that students and families can meet the challenges of the work of the future.
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For a communications campaign to re-frame the conversation around family engagement
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Research suggests that well-designed school-family partnerships are a core strategy for improving schools and supporting equity. The National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE) is a nonprofit association of leaders and member organizations collectively focused on advancing high-impact policies and practices for family and community engagement. Since 2009, NAFSCE has increased awareness and opportunities among practitioners and stakeholders through initiatives and partnerships, including a collaboration with the FrameWorks Institute to conduct a multi-disciplinary communications research to empirically identify the most effective ways of reframing the conversation about family engagement as a strategy to increase student achievement. With support from the Corporation, NAFSCE will create a National Alliance for Family Engagement that would unify practitioners in the field, promote tools and messaging, and share the reframing strategy with key stakeholders such as policy-makers and state education agencies.
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For continued support to scale promising Next Generation Learning school designs
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
36 months
Description
The New Designs to Advance Learning portfolio aims to catalyze system-level transformation through the proliferation of new school models that exemplify three core design principles: personalization, mastery, and positive youth development. We believe innovative, student-centered whole-school models can be most effectively scaled through partnerships with established portfolio organizations, which have rigorous processes for identifying, vetting, testing, and supporting schools through their initial scaling efforts. Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF) is one such organization and an important partner in extending the Corporation’s ability to support a wide array of innovative schools. With Corporation support since 2011, CSGF has launched and implemented a next generation schools investment strategy that has resulted in the creation of over 23,000 new seats in high-quality, personalized learning environments. With renewed support, CSGF will continue to expand access to these kinds of learning experiences by supporting new schools and accelerating performance across its portfolio.
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For continued development of the Global Learning Lab
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Insufficient progress in schools, classrooms, and systems has been made to ensure that all children can thrive, regardless of the circumstances of their birth—in part because the purposes, strategies, and outcomes of schools are not aligned to the children they serve and the future those children will face. The research is weak around how to develop teachers to teach to broader student outcomes and solicit community input on vision, and the ability of the education sector to share learning is limited. The Global Learning Lab (GLL) of Teach for All, launched in October 2016 with Corporation support, aims explore the multifaceted challenge described above, and to undertake research and sharing that addresses the research limitations that exacerbate that challenge. The Lab leverages insights from a network of forty-eight partner organizations to develop hypotheses about what systemic changes are needed; test these insights in a variety of contexts worldwide; learn quickly; and support network partners and other stakeholders to act on the latest insights.
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For a project to design new online professional learning and elevate teachers’ voices on the use of instructional materials
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Although the standards that shape curriculum remain rigorous across the country, by themselves they cannot raise achievement. Professional learning is rarely standards-aligned and job-embedded, and most teachers don’t demand standards-aligned instructional materials. Student Achievement Partners (SAP), an organization that serves as a technical advisor to curriculum publishers, assessment developers, professional learning organizations, states and districts, ensures that teachers have access to standards-aligned resources. Through this renewal grant, SAP will undertake three projects: (1) provide technical advisory support to Learning Forward, a Corporation grantee with national reach and influence over professional learning policy and practice; (2) pilot new professional learning opportunities leveraging standards-aligned resources and free digital platforms, and (3) develop blog posts by content experts and teachers working with standards aligned instructional materials.
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For a project to support the What Matters Now Network improvement community focused on professional learning and instructional materials
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
State, district, and school leaders have an integral role to play in accelerating access to job-embedded professional learning focused on the use of high-quality instructional materials. Leaders must align their policies and practices; and this is the objective of Learning Forward’s What Matters Now Network (WMNN), a coalition of states, districts, and schools using improvement science focused on professional learning linked to the use of high-quality instructional materials. Through this renewal grant, Learning Forward, the national non-profit membership association that builds the capacity of education leaders to sustain effective professional learning will continue to support the WMNN. Through this grant, Learning Forward will: (1) support three state coalitions to engage within and across the WMNN, (2) develop tools and processes to support data collection, (3) support coalitions as they develop plans and use cycles of inquiry to improve professional learning systems, and (4) work with coalitions to develop strategies to sustain its work beyond the grant period.
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For a project to support smarter implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards focused on increased demand for high-quality instructional materials
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
15 months
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The lack of high-quality science instructional materials available to teachers and students poses a challenge to the implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Achieve, the nonprofit organization that has spent one decade leading the effort to help states make college and career readiness a priority played a significant role in the development and adoption of NGSS. Now, Achieve is working to improve the supply and demand of science instructional materials, and supporting states and districts to help them implement the NGSS. Through this renewal grant, Achieve will: 1) review science units and provide feedback to developers, including OpenSciEd instructional units, 2) create and sustain a network of districts using NextGen TIME to select and implement instructional materials, 3) advise states and districts on science implementation work, 4) create a tool to evaluate NGSS high-school science courses, and 5) increase the number of individuals that deliver EQuIP-focused professional learning sessions to educators.
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For a project with school districts to work on content-rich, equity focused professional learning and the adoption of high-quality curricula
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
18 months
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Despite the adoption of higher college and career standards across the country, far too few teachers and leaders receive the professional development needed to deliver instruction that meets the rigor of these standards. The Achievement Network (ANet) provides this support to teachers and leaders by working alongside school teams to strengthen their practice and culture of using learning standards and achievement data to get results in underserved communities. Through this renewal grant, they seek to improve the quality and consistency of their professional learning across their national network of partner schools. ANet has seen substantial impact in its 900 partner schools and hopes to scale and accelerate this impact in three key ways: 1) providing deeper professional learning on the implementation of high-quality curricula, 2) equipping their coaches with skills to address issues of equity and bias, and 3) refining their approach to progress monitoring and coach development with early stage partners.
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For a project to build organizational capacity around data collection and analysis
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
While billions are spent annually on teacher professional learning, many professional learning experiences do not result in improved teacher practice or student learning. With a mission to achieve educational equity through instructional improvement, Teaching Lab aims to change professional learning through a research-based model with teacher-led cycles of inquiry focused on the implementation of high-quality curricula. They partner with teachers, schools, districts, and states to integrate curriculum and professional learning while building capacity for continuous improvement in instructional practices. Through this grant Teaching Lab will create and test a comprehensive data system—including technical, human capital, and cultural components—that will support real-time learning and improvement for the organization centered on cycles of improvement.
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For a project to expand the Standards Institute focused on improving local capacity to implement standards aligned instruction and increase access to high-quality open education resources
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
There is a persistent gap between low-income, minority student’s academic outcomes and their counterparts which is often referred to as the “achievement gap,” but UnboundEd sees this as a “provision gap” based on the opportunity to learn what adults provide students. Therefore, to remedy this gap educator’s biased beliefs about student’s abilities and a lack of pedagogical content knowledge must be addressed. UnboundEd does this through open education resources designed to accelerate students to grade-level work and by providing content-aligned, bias-free resources and professional learning programs for teachers and school leaders. Through this grant, UnboundEd will 1) enhance the Standards Institute program and expand two newly launched programs focused on chief academic officers and facilitators of professional learning in districts (equity influencers), 2) invest in marketing and communications to scale these programs, and 3) implement a Learning Management System for their programs.
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For support of programs that train and develop effective community organizers and parent leaders
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
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There is a growing understanding in the field that community organizing and parent advocacy are critical to achieving significant change in our education system. Innovate Public Schools, a nonprofit organization founded in 2015, fills this particular demand by developing the leadership skills, communication abilities, and organizing capacities of parent leaders from local organizations so that families themselves drive the movement toward school improvement. Innovate’s flagship programs, the Community Organizing Training Program and Parent Leadership Institute have trained over 440 parents, providing them with the professional training needed to lead reform efforts and advocate for equitable policies and practices in their communities. Through continued support from the Corporation, Innovate will deliver its flagship programs, expand coaching to new focus cities, and offer deeper support across all partner organizations, including workshops for parents and assistance in advancing coordinated grassroots strategies.
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As a final grant for launching the Coalition for a STEM Future
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
We believe that local educational institutions, such as museums and science centers, serve to strengthen communities, especially communities with low-income or immigrant families. These neighborhood centers can offer access to educational and career opportunities through their programming and local outreach efforts. Founded in 1964, The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) in Queens, New York is the city’s home for interactive science as well as a hub for providing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) opportunities to local families by using a two-generation approach with both parents and their children. Over the past year, NYSCI has partnered with leading science centers across the country to create a community of practice around family engagement in STEM. Through this final grant from the Corporation, NYSCI will formally launch the Coalition for a STEM Future, bringing together five science centers from across the county to create a common aim for the Coalition, share best practices, and coordinate new and refined programming for family and community engagement.
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For a pilot project to develop programming and infrastructure for high quality internship experiences that leverage the Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) options in New York State
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
21 months
Description
Big Picture Learning (BPL) has two decades of experience creating learning environments that connect students’ education with the real world, and has been supporting schools in New York State since 2002. In 2013, the advent of the Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) pathway presented a new opportunity to bolster career readiness among high school students in New York. However, this pathway has been underutilized due to policy- and capacity-related challenges at the school and system levels. Now, leveraging their extensive experience and new internship platform, ImBlaze, BPL will partner with schools in three New York communities—Rochester, Newburgh, and Brooklyn—to capitalize on the opportunities presented by CDOS. With Corporation support, BPL will launch a pilot program to test a new, more cost-effective and dynamic way of supporting schools and communities in providing high quality internships for all students.
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For support for K-12 education and bi-partisan political reporting
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
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Founded in 2007, ProPublica is an independent, non-profit news agency dedicated to exposing abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by government, business, and other institutions. The recipient of four Pulitzer Prizes, four Peabody Awards, and six George Polk Awards, ProPublica’s strength lies in both the quality of its reporting staff and its extensive data-mining and analysis capabilities. In 2014 and 2016, the Corporation awarded ProPublica grants to support its reporting on K-12 education. This funding enabled the organization to publish revealing articles on topics such as the widespread misuse of restraints in public schools and the abuse of people with disabilities by a company that runs schools and residential facilities for the disabled. In both cases, the articles resulted in state laws banning those practices. With renewed support, ProPublica will continue to uncover inequality and exploitation in the nation’s education system as well as expand its political reporting.
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For the Journalist's Resource
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
In the era of political polarization and “fake news,” it is more critical than ever that journalists provide the public with substantive and factual reporting. Academic research can increase the accuracy of news and provide much-needed context for individual stories. However, many journalists do not know where to find trustworthy research or how to use it in their reporting, do not have the time to sift through lengthy journal articles, or, when reporting on research, do not know how to avoid common pitfalls that inadvertently lead to misinformation. Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy has created the Journalist’s Resource, an online database containing curated academic and government research findings selected for their relevance to current the challenges facing American society. The center works to make arcane information accessible to non-academics by translating complex statistics into logical data points and reformulating esoteric terminology into clear language. This tool enables reporters to incorporate scientific evidence and high-quality, peer-reviewed research into their stories, essentially acting as a research desk for newsrooms with few other resources. With renewed Corporation support, the Shorenstein Center will continue to improve and expand the Journalists Resource.
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For a project to create a middle school search for families in New York City
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
School choice is both an opportunity and a challenge for families in New York City. While families have dozens of middle schools to choose from, they have to spend many hours researching their options. In communities with low-income or immigrant populations, families are often overwhelmed by the choice system and confused about which schools would best serve their child’s particular needs. InsideSchools, founded in 2002 as a project of the New School’s Center for New York City Affairs, provides parents, teachers and administrators with reviews of each of the city’s 1,800 district and charter schools and 1,200 stand-alone pre-kindergarten programs using in-depth local knowledge from school visits and interviews with principals. With support from the Corporation, InsideSchools will develop a guided search for middle schools, giving parents a list of suitable and personalized options, and then directing them to pertinent information such as key metrics, parent comments, and photos. Through this project, InsideSchools will inform and guide families in New York City to maximize their opportunities in the middle school process.
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