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For a project to use school quality information to empower families
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
18 months
Description
In Los Angeles, home to the second largest school district and the largest charter school sector in the nation, inequitable access to a great education is exacerbated by a lack of reliable and useful information on school quality. Families in the Los Angeles Unified School District do not have access to any tool that allows them to understand the quality of their current school or their school options. Since 2009, Parent Revolution has worked with low-income families in Los Angeles to transform their schools through community organizing and more recently, through the Choice4LA program, has provided support to individual families as they navigate the public school choice process to find the best K-12 schools for their children. In their work with families, it is clear that the lack of parent engagement with understandable and comparable information on school quality has serious consequences for student achievement. With Corporation support, Parent Revolution will conduct research on how low-income families, and the community organizations that serve and influence these families, understand and use information on school quality. This research will be used to develop and implement a tool that empowers families to use school quality information as a catalyst for actions that have a positive impact on their children’s education. At the conclusion of this project, Parent Revolution will publish a report to widely share the results of the research, the tool, and the results of implementation.
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For building capacity of institutional data gathering, monitoring, and analysis at African Research University Alliance universities
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
47 months
Description
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), established in 2015, is a network of sixteen leading universities from nine African countries. Its mission is to develop strong and viable African research-intensive universities. One of the biggest hurdles to measuring ARUA’s impact is the quality, accuracy, and completeness of the data that member universities can provide on research activities. Support from the Corporation will enable ARUA to do a baseline assessment of institutional data collection processes and user analysis; institutional capacity-building to address identified gaps; develop a set of performance indicators; and deliver a performance report on ARUA universities. The university performance indicators will be used to inform decision-making at institutional, national, and continental policy levels.
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For expanded local reporting in New Jersey and the development of a digital content delivery platform
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
With public discourse becoming increasingly polarized in a climate saturated with “fake news,” the need to invest in public media is greater than ever. Public media provides communities with objective, fact-based, public service journalism and educational programming that provides low propensity voters and families with the information they need to civically engage. New York Public Radio (NYPR) offers award-winning local programming that empowers more than 20 million monthly listeners to be well-informed civic participants. In response to an overall drop in New Jersey news coverage, NYPR has been working to ensure that residents have access to essential state and local news. NYPR is also developing ways to increase audience engagement and enable greater news diversification. With Corporation support, NYPR will promote quality, independent journalism in the State of New Jersey and advance an innovative technology platform that will allow NYPR to continue educating and connecting with its diverse audience.
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For support to plan, launch, and implement a new high school model, and to codify and share Valor's model of socio-emotional support more broadly
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
36 months
Description
An extensive body of research shows that students’ socio-emotional skills are key to their lifelong success. Yet, there remains a dearth of program models that marry socio-emotional learning (SEL) with academic instruction, particularly at the high school level. Valor Collegiate Academies (Valor) is a charter management organization, founded in Nashville in 2014, currently operating two successful middle schools that incorporate SEL at the core of their school design through a standalone curriculum called Compass. In its inaugural year, Valor was the top rated academic school in Nashville, with achievement and growth scores consistent across diverse sub-groups of students. Building upon the success of their two middle schools and the high demand for their work, Valor will adapt their model to the high school context and codify their approach to SEL to share with operators outside of the Valor network for broader student impact.
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For support of its immigration program
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
18 months
Description
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Immigration Project is committed to forging bipartisan support for immigration reform through 1) working toward renewed policy consensus; 2) producing substantive research and analysis to reorient and inform the debate; and 3) serving as a source for media, policymakers, and reform advocates for facts and messaging that can bridge partisan divides. As part of this work, BPC launched the Immigration Task Force, comprised of leading immigration experts, business and labor leaders, former elected and appointed officials, and other stakeholders dedicated to providing credible economic analysis around reform and developing consensus recommendations to move legislation forward. With Corporation support, BPC will advance a broad scope of immigration-related activities, including public events that convene task force members and policymakers who are making the case for reform; private convenings with a breadth of stakeholders to discuss persistently divisive issues; efforts to develop new proposals; research and analysis on the issues; and formation and strengthening of partnerships with state-level organizations.
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For support of research and development activities, including identifying high capacity practitioners for future partnership and developing a learning agenda that responds to critical challenges identified by practitioners
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
There is an emerging consensus that program designs that incorporate personalization, mastery, and positive youth development offer the kind of learning experiences that will prepare students for future success. However, most school operators don’t have the time or capacity to simultaneously operate schools and undertake the important research and development (R&D) work necessary to innovate or redesign their program models. Founded in 2015, Transcend accelerates the design of next generation programs and schools by serving as an R&D engine for the field and as a design partner for schools and districts. In taking on this role, Transcend is addressing an important gap in school design, not only helping individual operators design and implement their models but also creating pathways for continuous improvement and building capacity for the field at large. With Corporation support, Transcend will build capacity and identify opportunities to collectively develop, codify, and spread innovative models, and build actionable knowledge to inform the innovation process with evidence-based insights.
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For support of the School and Systems Redesign working group and stakeholder engagement efforts
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
District and state leaders have increasingly come to recognize the need to redesign student learning experiences, but they face myriad challenges in acting upon this imperative, including deeply entrenched policies, systems, and structures that inhibit new approaches and protect the status quo. Founded in 2015, Chiefs for Change (CFC), is a bi-partisan network of innovative education leaders that is well-positioned to tackle this challenge. CFC convenes its members to boldly design the future of education in America, positioning them for success by increasing their capacity to propose and implement innovative policy, building a unique community of practice, and cultivating a pipeline of the next generation of diverse education leaders. With Corporation support, CFC will facilitate, convene, and provide technical assistance to chiefs as part of a School and System Redesign workgroup, and prepare chiefs to change policies and lead innovative systems in a way that is deeply informed by stakeholder engagement.
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For support of Remake Learning Days 2017 and planning for a nation-wide, action-oriented month for family engagement in 2018, modeled on Remake Learning Days
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
16 months
Description
Engaging a diversity of stakeholders, including community members, in learning innovation is key to the success of such endeavors. Building on the success of the first ever Remake Learning Days in May 2016, Remake Learning Days 2017 will engage communities across southwest Pennsylvania and West Virginia during a week of over 300 events that showcase innovative, hands-on learning in the region. In addition, Corporation support will enable the Remake Learning Council to undertake planning activities for a national campaign that builds on the success of the regional event. The Remake Learning Network has been at the forefront of national conversations regarding next-generation learning, and is well-positioned to convene partners for a national campaign. The nation-wide, coordinated strategy would apply lessons from the regional Remake Learning Days to diverse contexts across the country. With Corporation support, the Remake Learning Council will develop an implementation plan for a month-long, national event to engage communities across the country in innovative learning.
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For a case study to establish a model for developing sustainable and bipartisan policy in individual states and nationwide
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
4 months
Description
Personalized, rigorous learning opportunities must be available to all students, a goal which can be supported by education technology but is often impeded by state policy. The Digital Learning Institute (digiLEARN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating digital learning for learners of all ages with a goal of expanding personalized instructional opportunities for teachers and students. digiLEARN has experienced success in garnering bipartisan support and advancing state policy to enable digital learning in North Carolina, and now proposes to develop a case study of the North Carolina example to establish a model for developing sustainable and bipartisan policy that can be used in other states and nationwide. With Corporation support, digiLEARN will contract with an experienced partner to assist in researching, writing, and distributing a case study that establishes a model for policymakers in other states and the nation.
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For the Learning at Home platform providing digital tools for educators to connect with parents
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
18 months
Description
Research strongly suggests that parental involvement in education has positive effects on student achievement. As technology transforms teaching and learning, there is a pressing need among parents and educators to communicate about ways technology can support student learning. Today, flipped classrooms and blended learning models leverage technology to bring instruction to students anytime, anywhere. These shifts have created an unmet demand to form new kinds of home-school connections to inform parents and educators about the resources that exist to create a more seamless learning experience for children. With Corporation support, Common Sense Media will continue to create media ratings and reviews to help parents select the best digital content to promote social, emotional, and cognitive development; will continue to support educators in helping parents in reinforcing learning at home; and will publish original research on kids’ media use and the ways educational technologies are being adopted in the education landscape.
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For parent and family engagement through museum programs and events to help strengthen school-community bonds, especially for immigrant families
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) has launched a new community engagement initiative called Queens 20/20 to offer first and second generation American families real pathways out of poverty through a pipeline of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. They see empowering parents as leaders and advocates for their children and in their broader community as essential to their work. With renewed support from the Corporation, NYSCI will continue to implement and test key programs that will lay a solid foundation for a new parent engagement program called Parent University. Utilizing a two-generation approach, where both children and parents are engaged, the goal of Parent University is to help parents increase their awareness of STEM career opportunities for their children and to offer tools and resources to help their children achieve academic and career success. They will also engage a group of experts to help inform the programs and research, and reach out to other organizations and institutions across the country that are focused on hyper-local STEM programming for first-generation parents and communities to engage in a national dialogue and community of practice.
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For general support and project support to develop a three-year strategic plan to strengthen existing programs and begin the design work of the new plan
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
15 months
Description
Since 2007, the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) has dramatically increased the number of students succeeding in rigorous math, science, and English coursework – particularly those traditionally underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). But while NMSI has experienced great success with its existing programs, they recognize that there are opportunities to have both larger impact and greater reach. In addition, access to STEM education goes well beyond enrollment practices at schools. National data show that students of color, low-income students, and rural students fare worst of all in terms of access to STEM education. As a result, NMSI is at an inflection point. This project – a strategic planning process to help the organization develop plans for greater reach and impact – is designed to help them take NMSI’s programs to the next level. Through this project, NMSI will embark on a consulting partnership that combines design-centered conceptual thinking with a rigorous, practical planning process in order to make a bold, innovative and actionable plan. As a result of this effort, NMSI will develop a strategic plan and a three-year implementation plan as well as a budget model and fundraising plan.
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For a project to continue support for the Leverage Leadership Institute
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
The Relay Graduate School of Education supports leaders across the different stages of the leadership pipeline, including aspiring principals, sitting principals and principal supervisors. Relay’s Leverage Leadership Institute (LLI) is focused on leaders “at the top” – those who have already achieved strong results on student learning. With prior Corporation support, Relay has completed three and a half years of the LLI program. This renewal grant supports the next phase of LLI, including a fourth cohort of LLI fellows, and will enable Relay to design and implement strategic plans for alumni engagement and mobilization, codify alumni case studies to drive continuous improvement, show diversity and strategies for success in different contexts, and develop the long-term programmatic and economic model for the LLI to sustain itself. This program is unique in its focus, and, as its name suggests, poised to leverage its work by scaling effective leadership to new contexts and geographies, by both improving leader practice and training those leaders to train others.
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For a project to field test and refine the School Leadership Program working with three districts to develop principals as instructional leaders coupled with support for other key district personnel to lead school change, improve student achievement, and
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Research shows that school leaders are the key driver of change in their schools, but they generally receive very little professional learning and ongoing support to truly build their instructional leadership skills and support for a distributed teacher leadership model. Through its work with over 500 districts since its founding in 1998, the New Teacher Center (NTC) knows firsthand what the research has shown – that school leader and teacher development systems are too often siloed, disconnected and not impactful. NTC’s new strategic plan recognizes both the need in the field and the powerful impact that can be realized by developing a more focused, integrated approach to school leader and teacher development. With this grant, NTC will field test their updated School Leadership Program to enable them to continue to refine and position the program for scale.
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For the College Success Award to drive demand within K-12 education for increased postsecondary success
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
By 2020, 65 percent of all jobs will require a postsecondary education, but less than 25 percent of high school graduates today go on to receive a college degree, and rates are even lower for low-income and minority students. Efforts to improve the K-to-college pipeline must start with an understanding of what practices are most successful in driving postsecondary success. A new provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act takes the first step by requiring states to report postsecondary enrollment by high school and subgroup, but that is not sufficient. Stakeholders need data on remediation and persistence and the ability to track students through multiple pathways in order to generate meaningful insights. In addition, data alone will not change outcomes; the data must be used to identify and study areas of success, engage communities in celebrating that success, and cultivate parental demand for improvement. GreatSchools, a national nonprofit organization that provides school information and parenting resources for families, aims to build demand for better data on postsecondary outcomes by launching, in partnership with the Data Quality Campaign, a national awards program that recognizes and celebrates high schools that beat the odds in preparing students for success in college.
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For a parent almanac
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
As voters, community members, and the primary overseers of their children’s education, parents have always had an outsized potential to impact education policy. As the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) scales back the federal role in education, giving states and districts greater authority to implement localized education initiatives, parents arguably have the power to be more influential than ever. Yet too few fact-based, accessible resources exist to arm parents with basic information, definitions, and explanations about key topics in education. While softer parenting resources and action-oriented advocacy resources are out there, there is little in between that attempts to translate education concepts for parents. With Corporation support, the non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America, The74 is proposing to create a “parent almanac” by developing a dual-language video library and microsite (connected to The 74 but with distinct branding): 50 things (and more) every parent should know about their school. The microsite will launch with fifty explainer videos (fifty in English and fifty in Spanish) and The74 will continue adding to it over time. This will be a dedicated “news you can use” parent channel within The 74’s network of sites.
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For the Next Generation Science Exemplar (NGSX) Learning System project to develop and field-test a new pathway for professional learning that integrates blended learning experiences for teachers with the enactment of educative instructional materials des
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
There is a significant and stubborn challenge before this country in improving science teaching and learning. While we have two visionary documents – the National Research Council’s Framework of K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) – the changes called for in these documents have been slow to find their way into classrooms, and they raise new challenges for teachers, schools and districts. Northwestern University’s Learning While Teaching project is a research-based designed response built on the success of the NGSX Learning System that addresses the challenges of scaling-up K-12 teachers’ capacity and confidence with three-dimensional learning and teaching. This grant will support the refinement of a new and much needed model of professional learning for K-12 science teachers. Teachers will learn about and use educative instructional materials in science along with tools and resources that are designed for the NGSS. Through these experiences teachers will build capacity and confidence to make changes in their practice, and in their understanding of how students engage in progressive knowledge building about the natural world.
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For a joint U.S.-Russian workshop on understanding violent extremism
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
8 months
Description
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), together with the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the French National Center for Scientific Research, will hold a workshop in Paris in late June 2017. Building on discussions that took place last year between the U.S. and Russian academies, the workshop will explore how a sustained inter-academy dialogue among specialists from the three countries could improve understanding of important aspects of violent extremism. Summary proceedings and workshop papers will be disseminated widely. 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 the Media and National Security Project
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
For a democracy to function effectively, it needs a public that understands international security and defense issues. Positioned to convey that knowledge and understanding while sitting at the juncture of media, journalism, and politics in Washington, D.C., is the School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) at The George Washington University. Since the 1990s, SMPA has hosted distinguished speakers, conducted international programs, and produced students poised to be leaders in politics, government, and journalism. Now, SMPA’s Media and National Security Project will launch a series of events to foster relationships between the media and security communities. Let by U.S. diplomat and Voice of America Director David Ensor, the initiative will continue the activities of the Defense Writer’s Group forums and expand the depth and reach of its programming, and host a public event focused on national security and cyber issues.
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For Student Success Network's strategic plan development
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
5 months
Description
Students require not only rigorous academic experiences, but also socio-emotional learning (SEL) to be truly college- and career-ready. The Student Success Network (SSN) is a rapidly growing network of forty-nine organizations across New York City, all working to create student experiences for low-income youth that build students’ social-emotional intelligence. SSN empowers members with the skills to collect and use data to drive decision-making, and it creates multiple opportunities to share resources within and across its member organizations. The combination of SSN’s rapid growth and unique model have prompted it to undertake a strategic planning process with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in order to clarify SSN’s value proposition within the context of the larger landscape and to address specific issues related to its product offering, membership model and growth within and beyond New York City. With Corporation support and in partnership with BCG, SSN will develop a detailed implementation plan for the next five years.
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For a convening of Track II practitioners
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
18 months
Description
The Center for Peacemaking Practice at George Mason University is proposing a convening of Track II facilitators and conflict resolution practitioners. Track II and conflict resolution processes span a range of topics, contexts, and modes of implementation. The broad variation in dialogues in these related fields has involved limited sharing among facilitators. By convening actors across the spectrum of these processes, the project intends to: (1) increase collaboration by creating a network of conveners; (2) create future opportunities for further collaboration; and (3) produce a number of publications advancing best practices in convening and facilitation. Overall, increased collaboration among Track II facilitators and conflict resolution practitioners aims to strengthen their ability to provide non-violent, dialogue-based, solutions to peace and security issues.
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For parent engagement panels at the Education Writers Association National Seminar and a reception on high schools of the future
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
6 months
Description
Education Writers Association (EWA), a national professional organization for journalists and other writers who cover education, has a track record of delivering consistently high-quality programming at its events. EWA partners with education journalists and experts from across the country to advance their mission to strengthen the community of education writers and improve the quality of education coverage to better inform the public. With Corporation support, EWA will provide learning opportunities at its 2017 National Seminar, the largest and most influential gathering of education journalists in the nation. EWA aims to enhance the field’s capacity to effectively inform and advance the public discourse about emerging secondary school models conducive to higher levels of student learning. They also want to help journalists sharpen their ability to explore and reflect parent perspectives on education in their work, thus providing coverage that better engages and connects with this critically important group of stakeholders in public education. EWA anticipates that this programming will result in education coverage that builds knowledge and understanding among parents and other members of the public about the movement to transform public education to meet contemporary needs to prepare young people to be responsible citizens and successful participants in the knowledge-based, global economy.
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For general support and project support to develop and market a flexible learning model to prepare school and district leaders that integrates equity and blended learning experiences
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Many of the 15,000 school and district leaders across the United States do not have adequate access to professional development due to financial and human resources constraints. Additionally, many smaller and rural districts lack the number of aspiring principals necessary to support in-house leadership development programs, and their geographic location makes in-person leadership development impractical or cost prohibitive. Online education and regionally-based, multi-district learning experiences can serve as an effective response to these challenges. This grant will support the New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA) to develop and market its new Flexible Learning Model (e.g., in-person, online, blended learning, access to tools/resources) to meet school and district market needs for personalized leadership development services. NYCLA’s research indicates that the market demand for leadership development is high and supports the diversification of NYCLA’s service portfolio to include leadership development experiences that are varied in terms of pricing, timing, degree of interaction, learning approaches, learning medium, and location.
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For support of a public education campaign on the societal value of nonprofit organizations
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
With single-party control of the U.S. executive and legislative branches, many people consider comprehensive tax reform to finally be in reach. However, policymakers from across the political spectrum continue to disagree on numerous aspects of tax reform. One of the many points of contention is the charitable contribution deduction, which incentivizes taxpayers to support nonprofit organizations that are improving their communities. Council on Foundations has been working with allies in the social sector to educate policymakers on the importance of federal policy reforms that do not diminish the positive impact that nonprofits have on society. With Corporation support, Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, and Philanthropy Roundtable will educate policymakers and community leaders on the societal value of nonprofit organizations, as well as advocate for the preservation of the charitable deduction.
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For a project to improve instructional support tools and resources for coaches, teachers, and school leaders
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
15 months
Description
Far too few teachers and school leaders have access to the professional learning they need to provide instruction that reflects the expectations of new, more rigorous standards. Without more and higher quality professional learning opportunities for educators, the United States could lose out on the promise offered by rigorous expectations for all students. Through this project, the Achievement Network (ANet) seeks to improve the professional learning opportunities and coaching strategy available to teachers and school leaders in its 700 partner schools. ANet plans to develop and analyze the effectiveness of multi-session professional learning sequences (rather than one-off sessions) as well as develop and pilot online learning modules used in a “blended” approach to improve its in-person coaching with teachers and school leaders.
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For a project to relaunch Urban Advantage Denver with a new program design and budget model
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Urban Advantage Denver (UA Denver) is an innovative formal-informal partnership program in science education that builds on prior work, including an established Urban Advantage program in New York City, a five-year National Science Foundation-funded efficacy study of UA Denver, and a Corporation discretionary planning grant. The partnership includes three of Denver’s major informal science education institutions – Denver Museum of Nature & Science (DMNS), Denver Zoo, and Denver Botanic Gardens – and Colorado’s largest and most diverse public school district, Denver Public Schools. The collaborating institutions have a six-year track record of successfully implementing UA Denver. Now, informed by a growing body of research on learning science in informal settings, education challenges specific to Colorado and Denver, and results of the efficacy study of the UA program and subsequent co-visioning process with the school district, the program is poised to launch a revised model to achieve even greater impact. This grant will support relaunching UA Denver with a new program design and budget model. Specifically, participating middle school science teachers will implement science and engineering practices in the context of phenomenon-driven pedagogy in classrooms, through field trips, and with outreach events to engage families and school leaders.
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For a study on the decline of democracies resulting in the potential risk of mass violence
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
6 months
Description
The United States and Europe are registering declines in democratic indicators, including trust in political institutions, political participation, media freedoms, and civil liberties. Among the possible consequences of this decline is an increased risk of conflict and mass violence in the Euro-Atlantic region, including nuclear conflict. Led by David Hamburg, president emeritus of Carnegie Corporation (1982-1997) and now a member of The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) advisory team, this project will examine the risks and causes of the erosion of democracy, the potential consequences of this erosion — including nuclear conflict in the Euro-Atlantic region, and to develop recommendations for strengthening democracies to help prevent conflict and mass violence With Corporation support, Dr. Hamburg we will survey relevant scholarship in this area; identify key analytic questions; refine the focus to ensure that the work will add value; identify individual and institutional partners; and establish a working group that will help develop the project methodology, work plan and division of labor.
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For a behavioral science consumer-citizen lab
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Behavioral science is a critical element in advancing practical problem-solving by Arab region social scientists. In dozens of countries, behavioral science applications have demonstrated success in identifying and addressing gaps in governance and service provision. The Arab region’s first non-governmental behavioral science entity has just been chartered in Lebanon, by a leading economist. This new entity, Nudge Lebanon, has a “mandate to improve governance through the participation of the governed.” With Corporation support, it will create the first Arab Consumer-Citizen Lab, where public policy issues will be identified and solutions will be tested. In fields ranging from municipal services to education, Consumer-Citizen Lab will facilitate both practical civic engagement and the adoption of behavioral designs.
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For social science education at Iraqi universities
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
75 months
Description
The Academic Research Institute in Iraq is a longstanding partner of Iraqi scholars and universities. Its new project addresses social science methods and training at major Iraqi universities. In cooperation with the Arab Council for the Social Sciences, the proposed project will develop undergraduate instruction in liberal arts, as well as interdisciplinary methods at university departments within Iraq. The project will include junior faculty seminars, video lecture modules, and meetings of university leaders and administrators.
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For a project on the impact of the Ukraine conflict on cooperation in the Black Sea region to combat nuclear smuggling of fissile materials
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
18 months
Description
Russian and European cooperation on securing nuclear materials has been critical to preventing nuclear terrorism, but is under great strain because of the situation in Ukraine. The conflict there has greatly complicated regional efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear materials. With Corporation support, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIRPI) will study the impact of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine on illicit trafficking of nuclear materials in the region. Working with local partners, SIPRI will assess how developments have affected existing regional nuclear security mechanisms and what can be done to minimize risks. This work will help regional actors adapt their efforts to combat illicit trafficking and help outside partners, including funders, determine whether additional resources are needed to combat the threat.
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For a project with Henry L. Stimson Center on South Asian Nuclear Transparency
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
33 months
Description
While the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit called for states to “secure, account for, and consolidate” civilian plutonium and highly-enriched uranium stockpiles, there has been limited progress in South Asia. Through this project, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in partnership with the Henry L. Stimson Center (Stimson), will address India’s and Pakistan’s lack of reporting on their rapidly-growing fissile material stockpiles. India and Pakistan face bilateral tensions and significant challenges from terrorist organizations. This project will leverage an existing mechanism, INFCIRC/549, to improve transparency on civilian plutonium and highly-enriched uranium.
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For a project on Reinventing Civil Defense: Returning Nuclear Security to Civil Society
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
48 months
Description
While any use of nuclear weapons would have dramatic global consequences, American attitudes toward nuclear risk reveal little urgency or understanding. Through this grant, Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens) will seek to identify new ways to communicate about nuclear risk that have greater potential to resonate with target audiences. While building on the prior history of Civil Defense, Stevens will investigate alternative forms of engagement: art, new media, and interactive digital technologies. The ultimate goal is to identify a new approach to effective, non-partisan, level-headed nuclear risk communication for the 21st Century.
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For a project on enhancing civil society collaboration post-Nuclear Security Summit
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
46 months
Description
Although the Nuclear Security Summit process has come to a close, civil society engagement remains important to closing gaps in the international nuclear security system. The Fissile Materials Working Group (FMWG) is a global network of civil society groups dedicated to minimizing the threat from weapons-usable nuclear materials. FMWG prioritizes policy goals, brings together experts across disciplines, and taps into the outreach potential of its international network. Through this grant, FMWG will continue to leverage its coalition of eighty member organizations to influence policy in the United States and globally. Priority areas include improving cybersecurity of nuclear facilities, minimizing highly enriched uranium (HEU), and preventing further accumulation of plutonium. FMWG will increase its focus on Congressional leaders and staff, and continuously engage executive branch officials, media, and the public.
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For a project on new approaches to transparency in nuclear security and disarmament
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
33 months
Description
This project will draw upon recent advances in verification technologies to improve nuclear material security. New verification techniques have allowed for “transparency without intrusiveness,” but these approaches have not yet been applied to fissile material security and the prevention of nuclear terrorism. The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) will demonstrate practical ways to apply these new methods to improve security of materials and facilities, particularly in the military domain. Non-intrusive tools could allow for some sharing of information without compromising security or state secrets, allowing nuclear weapon states to be more open about their fissile material stocks. The project could demonstrate it is possible to achieve a considerable degree of openness and cooperation even when dealing with information related to military fissile materials or nuclear weapons.
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For building the policymaking capacity of state and society in the Arab region
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
A team of experts from the Arab region are partnering with the British Council to improve social service design in the region. The project will entail new research on social policies in six countries, and collaboration with regional and multilateral bodies. The research and other activities will aim to advance academic research in areas relevant to social policy, while also mobilizing and connecting communities of experts and policymakers to advance markers of success in social policy design and implementation in the Arab region. Poverty alleviation is a priority action area.
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For support of NewSchools Venture Fund Summit 2017
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
6 months
Description
Newschools Venture Fund’s (NSVF) Summit is an annual, invitation-only gathering that offers a diverse community of over 1,000 education practitioners, leaders, policymakers, and funders an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and share ideas about education innovation. The sessions and panels at Summit 2017 will feature content directly relevant to the Corporation’s program interests in school design, equity, and socio-emotional learning. As such, the Summit is an important opportunity for innovative thought leaders to network and collaborate around a range of pressing issues highly aligned to Corporation interests, and these discussions are a key way in which many issues and organizations gain greater exposure within the education community. With Corporation support of this year’s Summit, NSVF will organize engaging discussions around the education innovation that is necessary to prepare all students for success.
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For support for the project titled, "The Role of Research Universities in Our Nation’s Economic, Social, and Cultural Security"
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
In 2012, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued a report, Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation’s Prosperity and Security, highlighting the role of research universities in the nation’s economic development and calling for greater public investment in universities. The report was well received and some of its recommendations have been implemented—for example, the recently passed 21st Century Cures Act included language easing federal regulations on university research scientists, as the report recommended. However, many critical issues, such as increasing university cost-effectiveness or the lack of state appropriations for higher education, have not been addressed. In recognition of the five-year anniversary of the publication of the report, the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Higher Education and Workforce plans to hold a national convocation to renew discussion of the report and consideration of its recommendations, with Corporation support. The event will bring together approximately 100 national leaders from higher education, business, the non-profit sector, and federal and state government in the fall of 2017 to examine the role of research universities in the economic, social, and cultural well-being of the nation.
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In support of the Rochambeau Dialogue
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
24 months
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The Rochambeau Dialogue will serve to strengthen Franco-American defense cooperation through a Track 2 forum with senior level Track 1 participation. The Dialogue will focus on identifying common areas of shared interests, building a core network of policy experts; and to raise awareness of U.S. and French relations and cooperation. In the mid-1990s, relations between the U.S. and France had waned with negative rhetoric coming from both sides during the Iraq War. However, over the past decade, relations once again warmed with mutual Franco-U.S. cooperation politically and militarily. Policy experts fear that relations may again deteriorate due to leadership changes in both countries, changes in immigration policies, and the U.S. withdrawal of the Paris Agreement. With Corporation support, the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University will organized two annual dialogues in Newport, RI which will include panel discussions, and networking events. The Dialogue is named after General Rochambeau who had joined forces with George Washington and the Continental Army in the Siege of Yorktown and the Battle of the Chesapeake, ultimately forcing Cornwallis to surrender.
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For Academic Fellowships in Russia (AFR)
Date
Dec. 07, 2017
Duration
20 months
Description
Expert understanding of the languages, cultures, social, and political dynamics of Russia is critical to formulating U.S. policy towards Russia. The American Councils for International Education (American Councils) is a leading organization in promoting academic exchanges with Russia aimed at improving U.S. knowledge of the country. With support from the Corporation, the American Councils will offer new fellowship opportunities to advanced graduate students in the United States to deepen their expertise and research through visits to Russian academic institutions. The study and research fellowships will result in publications.
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For establishing a research working group on economic vulnerability in the Arab region
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
The Arab region continues to face enormous political, economic, and social challenges. Countries such as Egypt and Tunisia have adopted policy responses that primarily benefit high-income elites, often at the expense of low-income sectors. The University of Minnesota (UMN) is a center of research on economic insecurity in the region, with a focus on improving policy responses. To simultaneously understand and address the Arab region’s challenges, UMN will build economics research capacity, support collaborative research grounded in labor economics, and develop researchers’ capacities to translate their work into effectively communicated, policy-relevant recommendations.
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For the Arab Public Data Initiative
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
39 months
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A leading obstacle identified in Arab social sciences is lack of data and data analysis capacity within the region. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will launch the Arab Public Data Initiative, building partnerships among Arab and North American social scientists and library and information science professionals to train junior researchers and scholars in quantitative methods. The Initiative will address the problem of accessing data and applying quantitative methods in data analysis in the region. The project would also offer coordination support to some activities of libraries in the region.
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For connecting the social sciences with religious knowledge in the Arab region
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
36 months
Description
Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut (AUB) will bring together policy experts and practitioners who are working to build civil society solutions where governance and social services are lacking. Researchers will document social movements that are playing vital roles in five countries, share successful practices, and develop education materials. Secondly, a project led by an AUB sociologist will work with religious studies departments, which are part of the structure of numerous universities in the region, and connect these departments with their peers in the social sciences. The project will conduct workshops, research and publications jointly between religious scholars and social scientists on issues of shared interest.
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As a final grant for the Malta VIII: “Frontiers of Science: Research and Education in the Middle East – A Bridge to Peace” conference
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
12 months
Description
Malta Conferences Foundation (MCF) organizes biennial conferences that bring scientists and science educators from fifteen Middle Eastern countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates and Morocco together with five Nobel laureates and other United States and European Union scientists for five days. MCF proposes to convene the Malta VIII conference on December 10-15, 2017 on the island of Malta. Scientists will collaborate on issues including (1) Environment: Air and Water Quality, (2) Energy Sources, (3) Science and Technology Education at All Levels, (4) Nanotechnology and Material Science, (5) Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, (6) Chemistry Safety and Security and (7) Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
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For the development, in partnership with Education First, of an Integration and Innovation Fellowship for State and District Leaders and the launch of a pilot with participants from three states (as one of the five projects in the Corporation's Integratio
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
57 months
Description
Disconnected and sometimes dueling education reform initiatives cause inefficiency, confusion, alienation and lackluster results. This lack of integration occurs at the federal, state, district and school level and within partner organizations, in part because (1) state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) lack the organizational capabilities, structures and incentives for effective cross-agency integration and collaboration; (2) SEA and LEA leaders design and roll out multiple policies and programs without the early and often engagement of educators; and (3) SEA and LEA leaders fail to understand how adults learn and how to tap the right professional and social networks to reach all teachers and principals. The Aspen Education and Society Program at the Aspen Institute and Education First are partnering to design and launch a State and Local Integration and Innovation Fellowship to address this challenge. Fellows will learn how to remove systemic barriers to collaboration and integration and create new structures to replace them, and to design policies that engage and motivate educators and foster the adult learning necessary for integration to occur in the classroom. This grant supports fellowship design and the launch of a pilot cohort of teams from three states, with SEA’s and LEA’s participating.
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For a project on cyber threats to nuclear command and control systems
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
45 months
Description
Concerns grow that the threat of cyber attacks on nuclear command and control systems could be extremely destabilizing and increase the risk that nuclear weapons would be unleashed inadvertently or precipitously in an escalating conflict. Cyber threats could also lead to changes in nuclear force postures and operational practices that would exacerbate arms racing and crisis instability. This project will focus on the U.S.-China relationship which has suffered from the absence of regular military and civilian official dialogues. Through this project, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) will enlist relevant officials and experts from the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and Israel in a joint effort to share perspectives on these risks, augment mutual understanding, and explore possible technical and policy innovations to reduce risks.
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For a project on hypersonic missiles and strategic stability
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
60 months
Description
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis (CSBA) has done extensive work on how evolving technologies have led to and resolved periods of nuclear instability. This project will focus on advances in hypersonic weapons in Russia, China, and the United States, and how they may affect nuclear stability. Due to their short time of flight, maneuverability, and target ambiguity, hypersonic missiles may create new challenges to strategic stability. CSBA will use scenario-based workshops and wargaming methodology to understand how these capabilities could challenge existing assumptions about nuclear operations.
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For a project on cyber, space, missile defense developments and strategic stability
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
24 months
Description
Prevailing wisdom is that new technologies create nuclear risk when they create first-strike incentives; this project explores an alternative view that new technologies may be destabilizing when they narrow the gap between incumbent and revisionist powers. The project will convene workshops and construct an index of the international balance of power on several key technologies (cyber, missile defense, and space), then use strategic foresight methods to understand how these trends may affect the future distribution of power. The project seeks concrete recommendations to policymakers about tools they could employ (from arms control and export control regimes to foreign military assistance and targeted technology transfers) to enhance nuclear stability.
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For a project on the implications of nuclear weapons with alternate effects regimes or low yields on global nuclear stability
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
30 months
Description
In the future, it may be possible for states to construct nuclear weapons with alternative effects regimes that are optimized for specific military purposes. Such weapons could lower the nuclear threshold by providing new military applications or by reducing negative repercussions of nuclear use. This project, a collaboration between the University of California, Berkeley and Sandia National Laboratory, will assess these potential developments through simulations and analysis. The project will engage young and experienced scholars as well as decision makers, and will create a data set to test existing and new theories.
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For a project on the strategic implications of advanced conventional weapons in non-nuclear-weapons states
Date
Sep. 07, 2017
Duration
36 months
Description
Emerging technologies are creating new “strategic” capabilities among non-nuclear states, including among American allies or partners who feel threatened by nuclear forces in Russia, China, or North Korea. These states, long reliant upon U.S. extended nuclear deterrence and ballistic missile defenses, are now integrating advances in automation, surveillance, data integration, and material sciences into precision strike capabilities, such as South Korea’s integrated “Kill Chain” system designed to counter North Korea’s nuclear missiles and command and control. This project represents one of the first efforts to understand these developments and their implications for nuclear stability and alliance management.
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For strategic communications and mobilization around science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in Every Student Succeeds Act plans
Date
Jun. 01, 2017
Duration
5 months
Description
With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states and districts have a unique opportunity to shape the implementation of a new education law. Over the last year, every state has been developing a new plan to submit to the U.S. Department of Education with filing deadlines of either April 2017 or September 2017. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia submitted their plans in April, leaving thirty-one states for the September deadline. As states develop their first-ever state plans under ESSA, stakeholders must capitalize on this occasion to make their voices heard and shape the direction of this new law. Facilitated by Collaborative Communications and 100Kin10, the Every Student Succeeds with STEM campaign emerged as a means to make STEM a priority in every state under ESSA. Every Student Succeeds with STEM looks to arm co-investing partners and engaged STEM community members with the tools and resources they need to reach out to ESSA state plan writers and approvers to encourage them to prioritize an excellent STEM education for all students.
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