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Evidence in Action

Learn about the work of Project Evident and our partners to build and use evidence in innovative and equitable ways.

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Using Data to Drive Outcomes with AI: Beyond 12’s Data-Driven Approach to Using AI for Impact

Beyond 12 helps first-generation students get through college using data-driven coaching and AI tools. This case explores how a decade of investment in high-quality, integrated data enabled …
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AI,

How to Foster a Culture of Learning and Manage Change: AI Integration at Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools is navigating AI adoption across a system of 634 schools and 45,000 staff. This case explores how the district is building trust and capacity at scale — through coll …
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Youth Development, | AI,

Using Data to Drive Outcomes with AI: Beyond 12’s Data-Driven Approach to Using AI for Impact

Beyond 12 helps first-generation students get through college using data-driven coaching and AI tools. This case explores how a decade of investment in high-quality, integrated data enabled ...
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K-12 Education, | AI,

How to Foster a Culture of Learning and Manage Change: AI Integration at Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools is navigating AI adoption across a system of 634 schools and 45,000 staff. This case explores how the district is building trust and capacity at scale — through coll ...
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K-12 Education, | AI,Data and Evidence,

Staying Ahead of the Technology Curve:  AI Technology Evolution at Quill.org

Quill.org provides free, AI-powered literacy tools to over 3 million students annually. This case explores how the organization pivoted from predictive to generative AI, rebuilt its core inf ...
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Health and Mental Health, | AI,Data and Evidence,

Sustaining Scaled Impact, AI & Technology at Crisis Text Line

Crisis Text Line supports people in crisis through free, 24/7 text-based mental health services. This case explores what it takes to maintain and innovate within a complex AI-powered platfor ...
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Food Security, | Policy,

Scaling the Impact of Food on Health: Cross-Sectoral Research Opportunities

Project Evident recently partnered with Factor Health on a white paper that explores opportunities to build the evidence base for nutrition incentive programs.
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K-12 Education, | AI,

A Leader in Equitable Access to Education Leverages AI for Impact

How Equal Opportunity Schools is approaching using AI to increase efficiency while preserving equity and impact.
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K-12 Education, | AI,

A Leader in Technology for Education Puts Artificial Intelligence into Practice

Learn about Digital Promise's work to design an AI-powered recommendation engine and how the organization has come to view AI as as an essential element of its equity strategy.
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Early Childhood, | Data and Evidence,

Maximizing Insights from Existing Data for the Camden Promise Neighborhood Initiative

How the Camden Promise Neighborhood Initiative established a data-driven culture with and among partners.
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K-12 Education,Workforce Development, | Data and Evidence,Equity,

Improving Career Readiness Through Evidence Use in Baltimore City Public Schools

Strengthening career readiness programming in Baltimore City Public Schools to improve all students’ academic and career opportunities.
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K-12 Education, | Data and Evidence,

A Multi-Year Evidence Building Partnership: The Duke Endowment Summer Literacy Initiative

Closing the gap on summer reading loss for underserved students in rural North Carolina using an evidence-based approach.
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