Laurel Sipes

The Gardner Center has always engaged young people as research partners and participants and, in recent years, introduced a new research fellowship for high school and college students. This report shares our experiences implementing the fellowship in three California communities.

How a group of California foundations transitioned from traditional, merit-based college scholarship programs to a more strategic, need-based approach — and how other organizations might do the same.

This report shares perspectives from school principals, family engagement staff, teachers, and community partners about how the Mission Promise Neighborhood initiative is supporting children and youth from cradle to college and career.

The four case examples presented in this brief are drawn from the Gardner Center's substantial experience conducting rigorous research in research-practice partnerships.

This study found that subjective criteria may be more effective than objective criteria in the early identification of students at risk of dropping out of high school.