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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
Description
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
Description
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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For support of work around communications and public dialogue on education
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Media and communications are important vehicles for guiding public debate around education and mobilizing stakeholders in support of change. Coverage of education reform however has largely been top-down, and there is a need to build public demand by elevating trusted voices such as those of parents, teachers, and students. Since 2014, Education Post, a project of Results in Education Foundation, has built a team of communications experts that support local writers in key cities with policy changes underway. Through these writers who offer new narratives to the national conversation, Education Post fosters informed public dialogue. They have published over 1200 unique authors on their site to date and reach about 20,000 readers daily. With support from the Corporation, Education Post will expand its blogs by developing new sites in the Midwest and the South, and leveraging its current network to cover topics of income inequality and the role of education in social mobility.
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For support of the Global Family Research Project to conduct a landscape analysis of family engagement capacity-building efforts
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
6 months
Description
Despite the importance for developing, scaling, and sustaining family and community engagement efforts, education organizations often lack the capacity to effectively support and engage families in sustainable ways. With increased demand for professional and organizational development strategies, frameworks, and tools that engage families and communities, there is an opportunity to understand the landscape and then use proven strategies to support educators, training providers, and community organizations through professional training and capacity-building. The Global Family Research Project, the successor to the Harvard Family Research Project, conducts rigorous research that advances the field of family, school, and community engagement. With support from the Corporation, Global Family Research Project will conduct a landscape analysis of the gaps and opportunities in the field, identify promising methods and approaches, and provide the field with best practices in training and capacity building efforts.
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For strategic growth
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
High school graduation rates have been on the rise for several years, but a disproportionate number of low-income students of color continue to attend long-struggling schools. School Empowerment Network (SEN) addresses this challenge by leveraging the power of transformational school leadership to reset and restart struggling schools. High level former district leaders with deep expertise in new school design and implementation comprise the SEN team, and they have been bringing that expertise to bear across the country since SEN’s founding in 2015. With Corporation support, SEN will now deepen its capacity to expand its impact through three primary activities: 1) Codify SEN’s core curriculum, which will serve as the foundation for tailoring programs to client-specific needs; 2) Establish a unified approach, methodology, and set of tools to support the assessment of program participants and the overall evaluation of program impact over time; and 3) Build visibility and influence by developing public-facing materials that convey SEN’s approach and expertise.
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For a project to support OpenSciEd
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
OpenSciEd is a collaborative initiative that brings together states and curriculum developers, and national science education leaders and experts to create a complete set of robust, research-based, openly licensed K-12 science instructional materials, while building in tandem demand for these materials and supports for their implementation. The OpenSciEd Project will address several challenges currently facing science education in the United States, including designing exemplary research-based curricula to meet new standards and supporting high quality enactment that results in deeper learning outcomes for students. The partner states (CA, IA, LA, MA, MI, NM, NJ, OK, RI, WA) volunteered to join this effort, which is initially focusing on grades six through eight. Through this renewal grant, OpenSciEd will develop and field test six additional units of instruction.
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For the George C. Marshall Legacy Series
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
This grant will provide continued support for the Legacy Series of the George C. Marshall Research Foundation (the Series). The Series interprets the legacy of the former statesmen and soldier, renowned for his leadership roles during World War II and the Cold War, through a series of exhibitions, programs, and speakers centered on key themes, events, and episodes from his noteworthy career. This grant support the Series to continue its research and documenting of Marshall’s impact and legacy. The now broadly popular Series was inaugurated in April 2015 as an intentional complement to the scholarly work of the recently concluded Marshall Papers Project. The Series supports the sharing of lessons from Marshall’s remarkable example of public service for current and future generations.
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For continued development of the New York Consortium for Research on Education and the Workforce
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
29 months
Description
The absence of comprehensive, linked data on how students and young adults interact with New York state’s education and employment systems makes it difficult to observe and understand how its children, youth, and young adults fare as they proceed, or fail to proceed, through the state’s public pre-kindergarten, K-12 schools, postsecondary colleges and universities, training and licensure programs, and into the workforce. To remedy this problem, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government (the Institute) is working with five state agencies to establish a consortium for research on education and the workforce. The consortium will construct a P20W statewide longitudinal data system (SLDS)—while ensuring the privacy of all personally identifiable information. It will conduct and support research and analyses aimed at improving education and workforce experiences and outcomes for all New Yorkers. It will also disseminate findings to students, parents, policymakers, educators, workforce investment boards, regional economic development councils, and other stakeholders through reports, briefings, forums, and online tools.
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For participation of African academics in the 15th General Assembly conference on "Africa and the Crisis of Globalization"
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
10 months
Description
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) General Assembly has become the largest triennial gathering of social science researchers in Africa. Members come together to review the state of Africa and the world in the context of the challenges posed for social research. The 15th General Assembly will take place in Dakar, Senegal from December 17-21 2018, with the theme “Africa and the Crisis of Globalization.” An expected 300 participants from Africa and the diaspora will participate in sessions, review the functioning of the Council, and decide on its broad agenda for the next three years. Corporation support will enable twenty-six African social science and humanities scholars to present their papers and participate in panels on knowledge production and higher education in the context of globalization.
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For a research project on public school families and capacity-building of parent leaders to understand instructional and support instructional quality in their schools
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
9 months
Description
Many parents, especially in low-income communities, find it difficult to evaluate quality instruction. Parents often base their understanding of high-quality instruction on anecdotes and brief interactions with teachers rather than on robust data and consistent information channels. Since 2009, Parent Revolution has been working with several thousand public school families in Los Angeles’ most underserved communities, both in a direct service capacity and to develop parent leadership so that parents can serve as effective advocates for their communities. With support from the Corporation, Parent Revolution will conduct a research study of parents on the subject of quality instruction. The study will inform the development of tools for families to use in their conversations with their teachers and their schools, and build the capacity of parent leaders to engage in evaluating instructional quality.
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For the Working Group on the Future of U.S.-Russia Relations
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
58 months
Description
Despite the tensions between the United States and Russia, global stability and the interests of both countries call for expert level engagements. A Working Group on U.S.-Russia Relations, coordinated by Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Higher School of Economics in Moscow brings together experts in international relations to discuss and debate the dynamics between the two powers and their global implications. Comprised of both rising and established scholars from leading American and Russian institutions, the Group enables participants with different perspectives to advance mutual understanding, analysis, training, and networking. The Group’s written outputs reflect American and Russian perspectives on key global challenges and the options for addressing them.
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For programs on the Arab Region, humanitarian interventions, and curricular development on international issues
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
123 months
Description
The global refugee crisis has grown dramatically, affecting how institutions, practitioners, and educators engage with existing humanitarian, peace and security questions. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that in 2016 more than 125 million people worldwide were in need of humanitarian assistance, with costs over $28 billion. With Corporation support, Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Affairs will team up with the U.S. Naval War College’s Humanitarian Response Program to expand the evidence base for effective civilian-military coordination, while developing new approaches to information sharing among humanitarian, military, and academic communities. The Corporation will also enable the Watson Institute’s Choices Program to develop and disseminate a curriculum unit exploring a series of issues raised by the Syrian Civil War, and will support two new book series in Middle East and Islamic Studies.
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For strengthening U.S. expertise and knowledge about Russia
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The U.S. relationship with Russia matters to key U.S. and international concerns, from nuclear security to nonproliferation to international terrorism to regional conflicts. To enhance the understanding of this relationship, the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a premier American institution dedicated to the study of Russia and Eurasia, advances expertise, enhances the capacity of scholars to communicate their findings to policy and general audiences, provides a non-partisan space to present and debate research findings, and promotes academic exchanges between the United States and Russia. With Corporation support, the Institute will continue a set of programs, activities, and publications to help improve the U.S. understanding of Russia so as to offer a solid and objective analytical base for U.S. policy toward Russia.
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For the Congressional Research Program on U.S.-Russia and U.S.-China Relations
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
96 months
Description
Given the importance of U.S. foreign policy and international relations more broadly, it is essential that lawmakers have up-to-date, nuanced information about the political, economic, and security developments of major powers. The Congressional Foreign Policy Research Program, a project of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress (LOC), brings senior scholars to Washington, D.C., for the academic year to both serve as expert resources for legislators and enhance the Library’s capacity for policy-relevant research and outreach. With Corporation support, two scholars with expertise in Russia and China will join the Center. They will conduct research, publish articles, and advance the discussion of U.S. relations with these countries through a series of bipartisan events with members of Congress and senior congressional staffers.
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As a final grant for fellowships in the humanities in Africa
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
63 months
Description
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) launched the African Humanities Program (AHP) in 2008 in response to the dearth of research opportunities for early-career African humanities scholars. Fellowships for doctoral dissertation and postdoctoral research and writing have been awarded on a competitive basis to 406 scholars working in universities in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. This grant will support an additional ninety postdoctoral fellowships, thirty-seven travel fellowships for senior humanities scholars, six manuscript development workshops for fellows, and the publication of fifteen books in the African Humanities Series. Three assemblies will provide opportunities for the AHP community to explore how best to integrate AHP practices for supervision and mentoring into postgraduate training programs in African universities.
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For the McCain Institute's Next Generation Leaders program to support African fellows focused on peacebuilding
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
The University of Arizona’s McCain Institute for International Leadership’s (the Institute) flagship “Next Generation Leaders” (NGL) program is designed to identify, train, network, and empower a diverse group of emerging leaders from around the world. Since its launch in 2012, the NGL program has offered emerging leaders professional development experience, with exposure to top-level policymakers and formal training in leadership, values and ethics. By linking successive classes of leaders, the Institute has built a global network of advocates for common core values of security, economic opportunity, freedom, and human dignity. Recognizing the complex dimensions of peacebuilding in Africa, Corporation support is focused specifically on the training and mentoring of NGLs from the continent to address key challenges in this field.
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For a project on cross-national perspectives on the future of cyber security
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
21 months
Description
The rise of national security cyber capabilities creates questions about the norms, understandings, and standards around their use. How would cyber capabilities be used in a time of rising tensions? Would a 21st century Cuban Missile Crisis involve cyber-attacks? Are there dynamics that reduce the likelihood of cyber-attacks when international tensions rise? Led by the Atlantic Council, this project will conduct simulations to test how groups interact and react with cyber capabilities in times of escalating tensions. The research is designed to improve the academic and policy communities’ understanding of strategic preferences in cyberspace.
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For Puerto Rican students displaced in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria
Date
Jun. 14, 2018
Duration
12 months
Description
Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 16, 2017, and residents are still struggling to repair the damage wrought by the storm. Not only were schools, businesses, and countless homes destroyed, but the life trajectories of citizens were thrown drastically off course. In hopes of continuing their education uninterrupted, college students have come by the thousands to Florida. Florida International University (FIU), a public research university in Miami, has extended services to displaced students in the region. As a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution, FIU is well equipped to ensure that arriving students are given the tools to succeed. FIU’s commitment to teaching, research and creative activity, and collaborative engagement with local and global communities aligns with the Corporation’s mission of promoting the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. With Corporation support, FIU will help subsidize tuition and basic living expenses for displaced Puerto Rican students.
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For planning a more inclusive and sustainable World Digital Library
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
To promote international understanding after the September 11th attacks, James Billington, Librarian of Congress from 1987 to 2015, proposed the creation of an Internet-based library that would make the world’s cultural heritage materials easily accessible. His vision came to fruition in 2009 with the establishment of the World Digital Library (WDL). Today, the WDL contains more than 19,000 rare books, manuscripts, maps, prints and photographs, films, and sound recordings contributed by 158 libraries, archives and museums in 60 countries. It holds approximately 1.1 million pages of content, in 145 languages. The site averages 800,000 international visitors per month and, since its inception, has had nearly 55 million people from every country in the world have visit the site. The WDL is of particular importance for states that have lost access to many of these documents through colonialism, war, internal upheaval, or natural disasters. Since its founding, the WDL has been under the auspices of the Library of Congress, which ended the partnership this year. Carnegie Corporation is providing support for WDL’s planning effort to become a self-sustaining entity under a new host and managing organization.
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As a final grant for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
In 2012, with Corporation support, the American Library Association (ALA) established a national award honoring the best adult fiction and nonfiction books of the preceding year. Since then, the Andrew Carnegie medals have gained national prestige and an enthusiastic following among librarians, booksellers, and general readers. The first ALA medals for single titles in adult fiction and nonfiction, the awards are unique in that the winners are selected by library professionals who work closely with adult readers. With Corporation support, the ALA will continue to award the winners cash prizes, hold the popular annual award ceremony, and increase national media outreach, while they work toward the sustainability of the awards.
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For support of two international conferences and associated activities on peacebuilding in Africa
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1946, Wilton Park organizes more than fifty events a year in the United Kingdom and in other countries, convening leading representatives from the worlds of politics, diplomacy, academia, business, civil society, the military, and the media. Continuing its partnership with two key Corporation grantees, the Social Science Research Council-led African Peacebuilding Network and the King’s College London-led African Leadership Centre, Wilton Park will organize two international conferences on selected peacebuilding topics. Building on four meetings organized between 2015 and 2018, these events will bring together a range of Corporation grantees with local partners, international institutions, scholars from both the Global North and South, and key policymakers to discuss African perspectives on peacebuilding and approaches toward it on the continent.
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For State Department Training and Education
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
A robust diplomatic corps is critical to the U.S. Government’s ability to navigate an increasingly complicated international arena. Maintaining a highly-capable community of foreign service officers requires ongoing education and training to advance professional skills and understanding of world trends and events. The U.S. Diplomatic Studies Foundation (DSF) will work with the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) to further the capacities of U.S. diplomatic professionals after they enter the Foreign Service. DSF will evaluate FSI’s current course work, encourage teaching by retired diplomats to fill critical gaps, and build more awareness and engagement between the Foreign Service and the U.S. Congress by convening meetings of diplomats and policymakers.
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For a research study of African higher education policymakers and practices
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
80 months
Description
Over the past decade, African higher education has undergone significant changes due to increased societal demand for equitable access to higher education. Several recently adopted, African-led continental and national policy frameworks, including the African Union Continental Education Strategy for Africa, aim to guide the sector’s expansion. At the same time, non-state actors with diverse agendas play a significant role in influencing government decision-making and higher education budget allocation. With Corporation support, the proposed research project will advance understanding of African higher education policy reform by providing a landscape analysis of key influencers, actors, and processes, along with a report and policy brief. The intent will be to guide Corporation and stakeholder investments in African higher education policy reform.
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For support of a strategic evidence plan for family playlists and optimizing the adoption of family playlists
Date
Sep. 13, 2018
Duration
24 months
Description
Children learn not only with the teachers in their schools, but with the families in their homes and communities. Research indicates that learning happens best when what is happening in school is reinforced by what is happening in students’ homes. This relationship can be challenging however in high poverty communities, where families often lack the time, knowledge or skills to help their children with their schoolwork. Founded in 1999, PowerMyLearning has emerged as a national nonprofit organization partnering with schools and districts to meet the needs of every learner by leveraging technology that fosters a “triangle” of learning relationships between students, teachers, and families. Support from the Corporation led PowerMyLearning to develop Family Playlists, a program for interactive homework assignments that cultivate teacher-parent ties and communication channels. With continued support from the Corporation, PowerMyLearning will design a Strategic Evidence Plan for Family Playlists, optimizing the adoption process for teachers and refining their triangle model to build evidence for the field.
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For building public understanding and supporting the home-to-school connection in a digital age
Date
Dec. 06, 2018
Duration
15 months
Description
Research shows that student achievement increases when parents are engaged in their children’s learning. But in today’s digital world, learning happens both in and out of school, often through technology and portable devices. Families are in need of tools and resources to support their children’s learning and healthy development in this context. Common Sense Media is the country’s leading nonprofit organization working to help all kids thrive in the world of media and technology, by empowering parents, teachers, and policymakers with unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all children’s lives. With continued Corporation support, Common Sense will provide guidance to families through their valued ratings and reviews, advance the national dialogue around the roles media and technology play in children’s learning through national surveys and research, and strengthen the school-home connection by helping educators support families in the learning process.
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For support of activities related to National Voter Registration Day
Date
Mar. 08, 2018
Duration
18 months
Description
Every year, millions of Americans are unable to vote due to issues with their voter registration or a missed registration deadline. These issues disproportionately affect low-income people, who relocate more frequently, young voters who are new to the process, and new citizens who have only recently become eligible to vote. National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) was established in 2012 as a coordinated, nonpartisan day of action to raise awareness of the voter registration process and to ensure that voters are not denied their fundamental right to vote. In 2016, President Obama proclaimed NVRD a national holiday. Through partnerships with major election associations of both major parties, business allies, major national nonprofits, and other acclaimed institutions, Nonprofit VOTE spearheads the activities and media campaigns around NVRD. With Corporation support, Nonprofit VOTE will continue to lead this nationwide effort to register voters and engage them in the democratic process.
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For core support of Managing the Atom
Date
Dec. 07, 2017
Duration
27 months
Description
Policymakers in the United States and abroad confront no shortage of nuclear security challenges, from North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests to the deterioration of U.S.-Russia relations to the uncertain future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (known as the Iran deal). The scope and the significance of these and other challenges with nuclear undertones require fresh ideas, perspectives, and analyses. Harvard University’s Managing the Atom project (MTA) has a track record of identifying and incubating new approaches and potential solutions. This core support grant will allow MTA to adapt its research and outreach efforts to the highest priority challenges as they emerge, and engage with U.S. and international partners to identify and promote practical risk reduction steps.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Concerns about nuclear weapons grow with the risks of nuclear proliferation and other challenges to international peace and security. These issues call for greater public attention and the need for expert analysis and factual information produced by trusted sources. Since its establishment in 1945, and using its iconic Doomsday Clock to draw attention to its mission, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (the Bulletin) has continued to provide assessments to inform the public and policymakers about the dangers posed by nuclear weapons, climate change, and emerging technologies and diseases. In the coming years and with support from the Corporation, the Bulletin will develop new platforms and vehicles for engaging and motivating new audiences.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1875, the Providence Public Library provides free public library services through print, recorded and digital collections, information resources, programs of interest and relevance, and expert staff. PPL’s mission is to inspire lifelong education among all Rhode Islanders, fostering personal fulfillment and enhanced quality of life for an informed, enlightened, and engaged citizenry. With continuing general support from the Corporation, the PPL will focus on building and strengthening its core mission and services for all Rhode Islanders—expanding their reach and fostering critical connections with individuals and groups statewide—to nurture and enhance the educational, historical and cultural fabric of Rhode Island. To achieve its mission, the PPL is strategically focused on three key service areas: early literacy learning services, adult lifelong learning literacy, and workforce development support.
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For core support of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Launched in 2010, the Grade Level Reading (GLR) Campaign is a decade-long collaborative effort by funders, nonprofits, public officials, government agencies, business leaders, states and more than 285 communities to assure many more children from low-income families succeed in school and have the opportunity to graduate from high school prepared for college, a career, and active citizenship. The GLR Campaign focuses on reading proficiency by the end of third grade, a key predictor of high school graduation and a milestone missed by more than 80 percent of low-income children. With renewed support from the Corporation, the GLR Campaign will continue to ensure there is broad-based support for and investment in “on-track” child development, learning, and literacy across the early years and grades; widespread community engagement, civic action, and citizen service to find and implement community solutions to barriers to student success; and local, state, and federal policy reforms to strengthen, scale, and sustain improved outcomes and school success for children in low-income families continues.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1886, the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) aims to turn Jewish scholarship into transformative action. JTS works to achieve its mission by training thoughtful, innovative leaders—rabbis, cantors, educators, lay leaders, and scholars— as well as by providing lifelong learning and professional development to alumni, adult learners, and Jewish communities in the United States, Israel, and around the world. JTS includes an undergraduate college; a rabbinical and cantorial school; a graduate school of education; a graduate school for Jewish studies; centers for pastoral education, spiritual arts, interreligious dialogue, and immersive programs; and a program in social entrepreneurship. With Corporation support, JTS will continue to mentor the next generation of Jewish leaders who will bring creativity and innovation to schools, congregations, nonprofit organizations, and communities.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Established in 1998, the Citizens Campaign is dedicated to empowering New Jersey residents through civic leadership training in innovative problem solving to meet today’s challenges. Through live events and online classes, the Citizens Campaign has educated thousands of New Jersey residents in how to navigate the power structure of government and to exercise leadership beginning with their own hometowns. The Citizens Campaign educates citizens on how to get results through five powerful non-elected leadership positions, as citizen legislators, political navigators, citizen journalists, political party committee people, and appointed officials. With Corporation support, the campaign will continue to engage residents in the civic process, including the development of a local government civics component to be incorporated into high school social studies classes. This is a model for national replication.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Georgette Bennett founded the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding in 1992 to honor the human-rights work of her husband, Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum. The center promotes mutual respect through practical programs that encourage interreligious dialogue and tackle prejudice in schools, workplaces, health-care settings, and areas of armed conflict. Tanenbaum has been a driving force in the growing use of religiously motivated peacemakers by secular groups. Through its Peacemakers in Action program, Tanenbaum identifies and supports exceptional individuals who work for peace in violent conflicts around the world. With Corporation support, Tanenbaum will continue to combat religious prejudice and fight for global stability.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
12 months
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Founded fifteen years ago, Women for Afghan Women (WAW) has grown from a small operation assisting the Afghan community in New York City to a major force. Today, WAW operates legal aid centers and long-term shelters for women and children across 13 provinces in Afghanistan, in addition to providing an array of community services in Queens and advocating on behalf of Afghan women in Washington, D.C. The organization’s work has been covered by publications such as The New York Times, The Huffington Post, and Time Magazine, and has earned prominent advocates, such as Rula Ghani, the First Lady of Afghanistan. With Corporation support, WAW will further expand its services in both New York and Afghanistan, including through the hiring of additional executive-level staff.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
12 months
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Young people who have been poorly served by the current public education system, while having the most at stake in the system’s improvement, often have almost no voice in the conversation about its reform. Students for Education Reform (SFER), founded by Alexis Morin as a college student in 2009, aims to amplify student voice by identifying and training college students in grassroots organizing to be able to advocate for educational reform in their communities. The network has grown to 1,300 student members at ninety-three college campus chapters, about 50 percent of whom are students of color. Through organizing work, SFER builds public understanding of crucial education reform policies by training student organizers, who conduct mobilization campaigns in cities, influence media reporting, and canvass thousands of low-income residents to spread knowledge about reform policies that can serve their students. Their goals going forward are to support and expand the cities staffed by full-time organizers and strengthen and sustain their national office.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
24 months
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Advocates for comprehensive immigration reform have worked hard to establish deep alliances with a diverse group of partners inside the immigrant community and out. As the reform movement’s leaders have learned, establishing a big tent that includes as many members of diverse communities as possible is crucial to the success of the movement. Partnerships with faith communities, business, and law enforcement—groups that have strong credibility with conservative constituencies—are particularly necessary. With Corporation support, the National Immigration Forum will continue to build these relationships and help leaders from the faith, business, and law enforcement communities educate their communities on the need for immigrant-friendly policies. In addition, the forum will also expand its efforts to involve employers in the naturalization process, making it easier for lawful permanent residents to naturalize and integrate as Americans into their communities.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
24 months
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In the coming years, given some of the rhetoric of the 2016 campaign, immigrant communities are anticipating a number of increased threats, including harsh enforcement, deportation, and the separation of families. It is urgent, now more than ever, that immigrant advocates continue to educate and activate voters and strengthen their ties with diverse non-immigrant communities—especially low-income African American and white communities. With renewed Corporation support, the Center for Community Change (CCC) provides technical support, training, capacity building, and opportunities for collaboration among state and local groups throughout the country working to increase civic participation among low-income people, minorities, and citizen immigrants.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 02, 2017
Duration
24 months
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As the refugee crisis worsens throughout the world, the United States should be a global leader, not only in assisting refugees and immigrants who are escaping desperate situations, but in preventing the further spread of conflict by supporting newcomer efforts to integrate into new communities. There have already been many examples around the world of what happens when immigrants are systematically marginalized and made vulnerable to the influences of extremism. The Refugee Center Online (RCO) offers innovative, cost-effective online resources to help refugees and immigrants integrate and build new lives in the United States. With Corporation support RCO will build its web-based programming, offering free online courses to learn English, prepare for citizenship, and study for a Graduate Equivalency Degree; find local service providers in their communities; learn American customs; and interact with other immigrants through online forums.
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For core support of the Knight First Amendment Institute
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Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
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News organizations have a long history of championing First Amendment rights, helping to shape and clarify laws on privacy, information access, libel, and press freedom. In the past decade, however, economic pressures on traditional news companies have put a strain on their capacity to fight for these rights. The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia, established in 2015 by the Knight Foundation and Columbia University, aims to fill this critical void. The institute is dedicated to preserving and protecting First Amendment rights in the digital age and to championing freedoms of speech and the press through strategic litigation, research, and public education. The institute aims, among other things, to be an advocate for these fundamental freedoms in public discourse and an effective defender of these freedoms in the courts.
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For general support of the New York Public Library commemorating the reopening of the Rose Main Reading Room
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
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12 months
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The New York Public Library (NYPL) has been an essential provider of free books, information, ideas, and education for all New Yorkers for more than 100 years. It is the nation’s largest public library system, featuring a unique combination of eighty-eight neighborhood branches in three New York City boroughs and four scholarly research centers, serving over 17.6 million patrons onsite annually, and millions more online. With Carnegie Corporation support, the NYPL will continue to strive to improve and enhance its core operations and research services as well as serve as a hub of discovery and innovation.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
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The Trump Administration has expanded the pool of immigrants eligible for expedited removal to include long-time residents with no criminal record and has called for hiring more immigration judges in order to accelerate the pace of deportation proceedings. Using its deep knowledge of the country’s complex immigration system, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) provides legal trainings and technical assistance to nonprofits and pro bono attorneys who serve the country’s most vulnerable immigrants, including people in deportation proceedings and people who cannot afford counsel. With Corporation support, CLINIC will continue to assist and strengthen the capacities of legal service providers who directly support immigrants nationwide.
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For core support of its immigration program
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
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The Cato Institute is a nonpartisan think tank that grounds itself in the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Cato’s ideology and commitment to rigorous, evidence-based research has made the institute a trusted clearinghouse that unites conservatives, liberals, and libertarians on broad principles that have helped shape concrete policy initiatives. Launched in 2016, Cato’s Project on Immigration Reform is a growing program that has already covered a broad range of immigration issues and original policies. Cato’s immigration experts and research are frequently featured in the media, including in outlets like CNN and Fox News. With Corporation support, Cato will continue bringing valuable data and unique perspectives to the public debate on immigration. Cato’s contributions will give a balanced assessment of the national landscape and help inform policymakers about the need for critical immigration reform.
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For core support of the State Infrastructure Fund, a donor collaborative that focuses on nonpartisan voter engagement
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
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Class and racial tensions, intensified by vitriolic campaign rhetoric, fomented “us-against-them” politics in the 2016 election season. Fourteen states enacted new voting restrictions, which have historically impacted racial minorities and low-income communities most heavily. The election results reflected a country divided by geography, gender, age, race, income, and education. Based at Neo Philanthropy, State Infrastructure Fund (SIF) is a nonpartisan donor collaborative that supports and enhances nonprofit organizations that protect voting rights and engage historically underrepresented voters nationwide. With Corporation support, SIF will continue building state networks that maximize civic and voter participation, protect voting rights, and strengthen long-term capacity for voter education and mobilization.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
12 months
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The American Agora Foundation publishes Lapham’s Quarterly, aimed at fostering an understanding and a love of history in a new generation of readers. Four times a year, the editors of the quarterly choose an issue of national importance and assemble a wide range of texts—essays, letters, speeches, etc.—that put the issue in historical context. By maintaining a focus on a single theme in each issue, and by employing a rigorous editorial process, the quarterly brings together some of the most engaging pieces of literature, poetry, prose, and art from the last 5,000 years. With renewed Corporation support, Lapham’s Quarterly will make a concerted effort to appeal to a younger audience, by expanding its social media presence, launching a podcast, and making the publication available through library databases and digital subscriptions.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
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The terms of the American debate around immigration and refugee resettlement are being radically redefined. The Trump Administration has attempted twice to halt admissions from multiple Muslim-majority countries; ordered the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border; and rebuked hundreds of jurisdictions for noncompliance with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The wide-ranging implications of the administration’s policies demand high-quality, evidence-based information on their ongoing impact. Dedicated to the study of migration, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) is a leading think tank in the U.S. and the world. With Corporation support, MPI will monitor the rapidly changing American immigration landscape, play a leading role in research around immigrant integration challenges and opportunities, and facilitate global alliance building for sustainable solutions to the ongoing global refugee crisis.
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