DID YOU KNOW?

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THESE WILLIAM T. GRANT FOUNDATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:

Research Grants on Reducing Inequality: “This program supports research to build, test, or increase understanding of programs, policies, or practices to reduce inequality in the academic, social, behavioral, or economic outcomes of young people ages 5-25 in the United States.”

Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence: “This program supports research on strategies to improve the use of research evidence in ways that benefit young people ages 5-25 in the United States. We want to know what it takes to produce useful research evidence, what it takes to get research used, and what happens when research is used.”

Applications due August 2, 2023
 
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THIS SPENCER FOUNDATION OPPORTUNITY:

Vision Grants: “The Vision Grants program funds the collaborative planning of innovative, methodologically diverse, interdisciplinary research on education that contributes to transforming education systems for equity.”

Intent to Apply forms due August 15
 

EVENTS

WHEN: Wednesday, June 28, at 2 pm ET / 1 pm CT / 11 am PT
 
PRESENTER: Jose Eos Trinidad, incoming Assistant Professor of Education Policy, University of California Berkeley
 
TOPIC: From Boardrooms to Classrooms: Dropouts, Data Systems, and How Outside Organizations Shape American Education
When many school innovations come and go, why do some spread, stick, and scale? In this presentation based on a book project, Jose Eos Trinidad will talk about the spread of school practices through neither top-down policy mandates nor bottom-up social movements, but through the often invisible infrastructure of “outside” research, philanthropic, and nonprofit organizations. Using the case of high school dropout prediction systems, Eos will document strategies organizations used to spread innovations through macro-level changes in paradigms, meso-level alliances of organizations, and micro-level shifts in school routines. As these early warning systems spread from Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City to many other schools in the US, these organizations have taken on the role of spreading and standardizing practices in a highly decentralized educational system. The presentation will highlight how organizations do not just impact their local school districts but can actually influence and shape the larger institution of American education. Please join us!