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For developing and launching an Institute model for Proving Ground, an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research.
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
51 months
Description
As states, districts, and schools increasingly move towards using evidence-based practices to drive continuous improvement at the school level, a number of limitations, including cost, time, and capacity, prevent them from fully leveraging data and analysis. As a result, school districts are constantly cycling through new initiatives, with no valid way to know which are working and which are not. To address this challenge, Proving Ground, an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, has launched a collaborative network of state, district, and charter management organizations that makes analytical results more readily available and widespread in order to learn together about what is working and what is not in U.S. education. The goal is to provide education leaders with better evidence in order to inform decision making, improve implementation, and assess impact. This grant supports the development and launch of an Institute to provide intensive support to pipeline districts not yet in the network.
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For support of the Brooklyn STEAM Center
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
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. Yet, work-based learning experiences remain out of reach for the majority of students. In partnership with the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE), the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) has developed the STEAM Center, an educational hub that provides high school students with rigorous, work-based learning opportunities. Through this innovative partnership, BNYDC leverages the professional community at the Navy Yard to convene industry professionals and employers for planning and programming, while NYCDOE runs the instructional components of the STEAM Center. With Corporation support, BNYDC will iterate upon and test program design, develop curriculum and industry-aligned pathways, and document efforts for potential replication.
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For a project to design and implement a professional learning model to support middle school teachers using the Illustrative Math curriculum
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Despite decades of attention and research into what mathematics curriculum, teaching, and learning should look like, the United States continues to see large achievement gaps between students in low socioeconomic status schools and their wealthier counterparts. In order to impact mathematics teaching and learning at scale and to close this gap, teachers need access to high-quality curriculum materials and complementary professional learning supported by school and district leaders. Even when schools adopt a coherent K–12 curriculum, well aligned, job-embedded professional learning supports are often missing. Illustrative Mathematics (IM) seeks to develop curriculum-based professional learning supports that produce measurable growth in teachers’ knowledge and quality of instruction. IM has begun to create a three-year learning sequence for districts and teachers implementing the highly rated IM 6–8 Math curriculum. With support from the Corporation, IM will develop year two of the professional learning to support teachers and work with an external evaluator to measure changes in teachers’ practices using the curriculum.
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For support of e/merge Africa e-learning professional development network
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
36 months
Description
African universities are increasingly requiring infrastructure and staff capabilities for online blended learning. During 2016 student protest campus shutdowns in South Africa, vice chancellors required faculty to deploy blended learning remotely to avoid delays in course completion, for example. In this context, e/merge Africa, a professional development network, draws on African and global expertise to bring educators, educational technologists, and administrators together to learn about innovative approaches to teaching with technology. Since inception in 2014, e/merge Africa has grown to over one thousand participants from thirty-four African countries. With Corporation renewed support, e/merge Africa will develop an online workshop series on teaching with technology, facilitate short courses, and support researchers to build capacity of the next generation of academics.
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For support of the Robust and Equitable Measures to Identify Quality Schools (REMIQS) project
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Student success in the twenty-first century is predicated upon more than academic performance, yet school quality evaluations continue to be over-reliant on academic indicators. While there are examples of good practice, there are neither nuanced measures nor universal structures to identify those schools that are beating the odds with underserved populations. The implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which requires schools to report against at least one non-academic indicator, opens new opportunities to evaluate school quality beyond test scores. Jobs for the Future’s (JFF) Robust and Equitable Measures to Identify Quality Schools (REMIQS) project will provide a model and rationale for incorporating a broader definition of student success into school quality evaluations, moving the field closer to using more authentic, contextual, and responsive data sources to identify bright spots that may be scaled, particularly for the benefit of underserved students. With Corporation support, JFF will refine the REMIQS design, prepare for implementation, and communicate the design and its findings to cross-sector stakeholder audiences.
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For a project on the implications of small satellites and defense innovation for nuclear security and strategic stability
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
14 months
Description
Advances in small satellite technologies and defense innovation will affect crisis stability and arms control in both positive and negative ways. This project at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) focuses on two particular challenges. First, the project will assess the growth in the use of small satellites and their implications for nuclear early warning. The second line of work, on defense innovation, will examine the extent to which certain emerging dual-use technologies are weaponizable, and will suggest approaches for improved trans-Atlantic cooperation to prevent proliferation. Both efforts will shed light on under-explored topics and outline options for policymakers. This grant will contribute toward the studies and their dissemination.
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For a project to track funds raised from undisclosed sources that are spent by political campaigns
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
An exponential growth of funding from undisclosed sources is influencing American elections and policymaking. In 2018, super political action committees (PACs) and politically active nonprofits—which are not required to disclose their donors—have already spent $146 million on congressional races, not including advertisements run by more than 35,000 dark money groups that did not disclose spending to the Federal Election Commission. The Center for Responsive Politics is a nonpartisan and independent research group that tracks political spending in the United States and its effect on elections and public policy. With Corporation support, the Center for Responsive Politics will engage, train, collaborate with, and build the capacity of journalists and advocates to examine undisclosed funding from industries, lobbyists, and wealthy donors.
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For strengthening the guardrails in U.S.-Russian relations
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
With a focus on U.S.-Russia relations, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) will convene a group of American and Russian experts and former policy officials to identify areas where targeted bilateral efforts can contribute to mitigating the risks of confrontation. The discussions will include topics of critical national and international security with the aim of developing actionable recommendations to both U.S. and Russian governments. The work will result in policy memos, publications, and outreach.
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For a U.S.-Russia track II by the Nuclear Crisis Group
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
Global Zero launched the Nuclear Crisis Group in early 2017 to channel the organization’s efforts to prevent international flashpoints from escalating to the nuclear threshold. The Nuclear Crisis Group, in collaboration with the Arms Control Association, will convene a US-Russian Track II meeting in July 2018. The initiative builds on work by the Global Zero Commission on Nuclear Risk Reduction, which has examined the risk of nuclear weapons use in all of the nuclear-armed countries and outlined pragmatic measures to reduce those risks.
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For sharing and disseminating stories of youth leadership and advocacy
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Young people across the country have the most at stake in the education system, but they are frequently left out of important discussions that impact their learning in classrooms and schools. Peace First is a nonprofit organization that invests in young people’s ideas, providing them tools and skills to connect with other young leaders in order to improve their schools and communities. During their latest Peace First Challenge, Peace First, with Corporation support, worked with young people directly to create a national platform for integrating their voice and developing their project ideas to improve their schools and communities. With further support from the Corporation, Peace First will share and disseminate the powerful stories of youth-led change collected through their national platform as well as through their network of young people with a multi-phased, multi-faceted storytelling campaign that will elevate and amplify the social change young people are creating together with their adult allies, further strengthening a growing community of young leaders.
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As a one-time grant for the podcast "Space-Bridge!", a production of showcase from Public Radio Exchange's Radiotopia
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Launched in 2003, Public Radio Exchange (PRX) is a public media company that reaches more than 25 million people each month, on-air, across the U.S., and is responsible for more than 43 million monthly podcasts, including the Moth Radio Hour and This American Life. With Corporation support, PRX will produce Space-Bridge!, a four episode podcast recounting the late Cold-War era story on how American and Russian citizens used early technology and a conventional phone line, a predecessor to the internet, to create a diplomacy channel without government intervention. Their ability to connect directly fundamentally altered the nature of international relations. The podcasts are being created in partnership with Azarmas Academy, a Russian-language educational website dedicated to the history of culture and aims to expand international understanding of the Cold War, especially among young listeners who are not familiar with that time in history, and how its consequences manifest today.
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For phase two of the International Panel in Exiting Violence
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
31 months
Description
Diverse forms of transnational violence continue to affect Europe and the Arab region. The leading social science council of France is generating problem-solving research on entry points and exit strategies for social and violent conflict. The International Panel on Exiting Violence (IPEV) unites over 200 experts globally to produce policy options for de-escalating diverse forms of social conflict. With renewed Corporation support, IPEV will broaden and solidify partnerships with Arab region institutions, produce scientific knowledge, hold working groups and workshops, create a digital hub and a journal, and disseminate research results in the Arab region and beyond.
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As a final grant for the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP)
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
60 months
Description
Scholars and practitioners still have an incomplete understanding of the forces that drive nuclear proliferation. This results, in part, from a lack of access to closed historical archives, has real-world implications. Over the past decade, the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP) has demonstrated its ability to surface new empirical evidence that offers new insights and challenges outdated assumptions. By supporting researchers through an interlinked network of institutions across fifteen countries, NPIHP has helped revitalize the field of nuclear history. The network will continue research into previously closed archives, facilitate collaboration between scholars, and engage the policy community through workshops, briefings, and media outreach. This final grant will consolidate the partner network as part of a decade-long investment in capacity building, archival research, and outreach.
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For developing a national strategy for early child care and education (ages 0-3)
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Studies show that early education is critical to ameliorating the stark achievement race- and class-based gaps in cognitive ability that are present at kindergarten entry and that are rarely closed after second grade. However, multiple funding streams, federal and state mandates, and accreditation/licensing requirements have led to a lack of coherence and accountability in early childhood education. Bank Street College of Education plans to engage thought leaders, policymakers, researchers, practitioners, educators, and families in a process of design-thinking around young children’s development, in order to begin to identify locally sourced solutions that pull communities together to support sustainable approaches. The process will culminate in the identification of a national goal for 0-3 care and education and the formulation of a national strategy.
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For a project to develop alignment between research and practice, infrastructures for cross-sector collaboration and competency-based professional learning
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Developments in the use of new technologies have demonstrated great promise to improve learning opportunities for all. Yet, the lack of alignment between research and practice, infrastructure for cross-sector collaboration, and relevant, competency-based professional learning for educators impedes the creation of effective teaching and learning solutions. Digital Promise was founded in 2005 to address these gaps, by working with education leaders, researchers, and technology developers to improve learning opportunities. Building on the current grants, Digital Promise will build the capacity of its networks to improve the alignment between research and practice and will test a competency-based professional development program for teachers focused on computational thinking supported by the use of micro-credentials.
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As a one-time grant for the Russian Studies Anniversary Challenge Grant and Russian Scholar Travel Grant Program
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
56 months
Description
Russia has come to the forefront of the American political debate just as federal and university funding for the study of Russian politics, society, history, and language is being reduced. In order to promote the continued cultivation and dissemination of Russian area expertise in these challenging circumstances, the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, with support from the Carnegie Corporation, will aim to bolster long-term support for research, dissertation completion, internships, scholarly exchange and collaboration, and opportunities to disseminate expert knowledge. In addition, the Corporation will support the Russian Scholar Travel Grant Program, which will bring Russian scholars to participate in the 2019 and 2020 annual ASEEES conventions.
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For U.S.-Russian collaboration to improve understanding of the intersections of violent extremism and radiological terrorism
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
10 months
Description
Building on a series of discussions that have taken place over the last two years, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), together with members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), will continue to explore how sustained inter-academy dialogue among specialists could improve understanding of important aspects of violent extremism. Upcoming workshops in Cairo and Helsinki will focus on the intersection of extremism and radiological terrorism. The project builds on a long history of U.S. and Russian scientist-to-scientist cooperation under the auspices of the NASEM and RAS.
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For a series of dialogues on conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction in Syria
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
The continuation of the Syrian conflict poses ongoing risks to broader regional stability and threatens to escalate proxy conflict among regional and international powers. In this context, engaged efforts among the involved parties to end the fighting and develop a framework for post-conflict reconstruction are crucial. The RAND Corporation, in partnership with the Istanbul-based, Omran Center, and the Geneva Center for Security Policy, is conducting Track II dialogues with relevant Syrian and international interlocutors. The dialogues look for pathways to conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction that can sustain future settlements and provide security, governance, and livelihood to affected populations.
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For support of an initiative integrating nonpartisan voter registration into university life
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Although high school and university students are passionate about various policy issues, they often do not recognize the impact that voting has in addressing them. In 2017, the University of Michigan helped develop the “Big Ten Voting Challenge,” an effort to commit colleges of the Big Ten Conference to registering student voters and educating them on the democratic process. Fourteen universities have conducted nonpartisan voter registration drives, voter education, and get-out-the-vote activities designed to engage voters on their campuses. The University of Michigan has also been sharing educational materials and strategies with numerous universities and national associations, beyond the conference. With Corporation support, the University of Michigan will continue to develop and monitor nonpartisan efforts to integrate voter engagement on college campuses, before disseminating its findings nationally.
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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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