Johns Hopkins University/Center for Social Organization of Schools
$50,000 / 2009 / Education
Toward continued support of the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC). BERC is a partnership of the Baltimore City public schools, Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University, and other civic and community partners. BERC’s mission is to conduct and disseminate long- and short-term strategic data analysis and research that informs decisions about policy and practice to improve the educational life outcomes of children in Baltimore.
Johns Hopkins University/Center for Social Organization of Schools
$14,033 / 2009 / Education
Fourth- and fifth-year funding for an evaluation of the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) at Vivien T. Thomas and Augusta Fells Savage High Schools. The evaluation will study EOP, a sequential mentoring program designed to increase graduation rates, and determine whether, by assessing various criteria, EOP merits replication.
Johns Hopkins University/Center for Social Organization of Schools
$66,000 / 2010 / Education
For first-year support of a Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) research study on the record of Baltimore City public school students’ rate of graduation from high school and college. The College On Track report will use data from the classes of 2003-2004 to analyze factors predictive of students’ applying, enrolling, and remaining in college.
Johns Hopkins University/Center for Social Organization of Schools
$40,000 / 2014 / Education
For continued support of the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) core research program; and for continued work on the College Access & Readiness program for Baltimore City students.
Johns Hopkins University/Center for Social Organization of Schools
$55,000 / 2015 / Education
For continued support of the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) core research program; and for continued research on the College Access & Readiness program for Baltimore City students.