Spencer Foundation
The Spencer Foundation was established in 1962 by Lyle M. Spencer. The Foundation received its major endowment upon Spencer's death in 1968 and began formal grant making in 1971. Since that time, the Foundation has made grants totaling approximately $250 million. The Foundation is intended, by Spencer's direction, to investigate ways in which education, broadly conceived, can be improved around the world. From the first, the Foundation has been dedicated to the belief that research is necessary to the improvement in education. The Foundation is thus committed to supporting high-quality investigation of education through its research programs and to strengthening and renewing the educational research community through its fellowship and training programs and related activities.www.spencer.org
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Sep 25, 2026
ClaraHOST
Yes, for sure.
IanHOST
Uh, and of course, the Spencer Foundation for funding this work, uh, and trusting us with the project.
IanHOST
We hope that you found it as enjoyable as we have.
IanHOST
Thank you so much.
Howard GardnerGUEST
I'm sure we had some disagreements.
Howard GardnerGUEST
But we were fortunate to get a sizable grant from the Spencer Foundation, which was very nice to us over many years, to develop something.
Howard GardnerGUEST
And I forget whether they gave us the topic or whether we did, but what it meant to understand things.
Howard GardnerGUEST
Now, understand seems to be totally obvious.