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Katherine Michelmore wins the 24th David N. Kershaw Award and Prize
Katherine Michelmore, associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy has been awarded...
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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...
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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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