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Ford School welcomes new faculty that bridge research and policy engagement
A former foreign minister to Mali, a leading educational economist, a tech entrepreneur who explores indigenous technoscience are among the...
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Homecoming 2023
The Ford School warmly welcomes back our graduates for Homecoming this fall!
Activities are being planned for Homecoming weekend Friday,...
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From cradle through career, education programs exist to help children and youth learn, grow, and succeed in school and in life. But how do decision makers know which interventions work? How can their investments address institutional and systemic...
Urgent questions at the intersection of science, technology, and public policy are shaping nearly every aspect of our society. Science and technology policies shape transportation, communication, public safety, social services, and much...
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One of the most exciting aspects of our work is how deeply engaged students and faculty are with practitioners and policymakers, whether it is working in Lansing or Washington, DC, or advising school districts from Massachusetts to Washington State.
Brian A. Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy
Jacob is one of America's top education policy scholars, renowned for his empirically rigorous and policy-relevant research. He has produced substantive insights into how to improve educational outcomes and altered the way education policy research is conducted.
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