Susan M. Dynarski and Brian A. Jacob, as part of a National Bureau of Economic Research team, received a three-year, $1.6 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences to study charter schools.The project will examine why some charter...
WDET talk show host Craig Fahle interviewed Ford School professor of education policy Brian A. Jacob about the recent Michigan Education Assessment Program results and their implications for Michigan.Higher standards for the MEAP this year resulted...
Durga, the Hindu goddess of power, is often depicted mounted on a tiger, her eight arms loaded for bear with a trident, a sword, a thunderbolt, a spear.... Some say this powerful goddess was born of the gods' fury over an illiterate demon who was...
The Muskegon Chronicle reported on a study co-authored by Brian A. Jacob that suggested pushing back middle school and high school start times would improve student performance.The Hamilton Project, a Brookings Institution study Jacob co-authored...
Over the past year, significant new research and post-doctoral training grants added to the already active slate of education policy initiatives underway at the Ford School.
In May, Susan M. Dynarski and Brian A. Jacob received a $250,000 grant...
A new study by Susan M. Dynarski and Brian A. Jacob was highlighted on the University of Michigan's NPR station, Michigan Radio, in a segment called "U of M to study effectiveness of Michigan's charter schools."The study of more than 200 Michigan...
A federal grant will fund a new postdoctoral training program at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and School of Education, providing fellows with rigorous training in the education research sciences.The program will train a total of five...
Three Ford School professors—David K. Cohen, Susan Dynarski, and Brian Jacob—were listed in an Education Week blog ranking edu-scholars "public presence" in 2010.The rankings were calculated based on researchers' contributions to education-related...
Susan Dynarski co-authored a report for The Brookings Institution about government regulation of charter schools. In "Charter Schools: A Report on Rethinking the Federal Role in Education," the authors explain the government’s current role in...
Brian Jacob spoke to Eight Forty-Eight, an award-winning WBEZ Chicago Public Radio show, about policy changes within the Chicago Public School system. Newly published research by Jacob examines the impacts of a policy giving principals the autonomy...
According to new research by Brian Jacob, public school teachers took less time off when principals had more flexibility to dismiss them without completing elaborate documentation or attending a hearing.Two papers authored by Jacob examined a policy...
In December, Susan Dynarski gave the keynote address at a University College Dublin (UCD) conference called "Evaluating the Impact of UCD New Era Widening Participation Initiative." The conference examined the performance of this initiative in terms...
The Obama Administration implements Susan Dynarski's research on financial aid
Stretched family incomes, fewer private sources of credit, and rising tuition costs–while still a key predictor of lifetime earnings, a college education has become...
The Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE), published by the University of Chicago Press, is the top economics field journal that disseminates research related to the economics of education and employment. The Journal's contributors investigate various...
The New York Times 8th Annual Year in Ideas features the research and issues that have shaped the past 12 months. Dynarski's paper explored "academic redshirting"—the idea of holding children, especially those in Kindergarten, back one...
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Professor Brian Jacob will be presented the David N. Kershaw Award and Prize in November for his contributions to the field of public policy analysis and management.Jacob, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of...
Susan Dynarski has spent the last two years with a group investigating the federal financial aid system in order to improve its service and support of students. The Rethinking Student Aid Study Group, sponsored by the College Board, set forth...
Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions introduces key issues regarding the causes and consequences of poverty through an in-person lecture series featuring experts in policy and practice from across the nation.
Despite the growing interest in social and emotional learning (SEL) implementation in K-12 settings, few measures exist to assess teachers’ SEL practices. In this talk, we describe the interactive mixed-method approach we took in developing the Racial Equity-oriented Social and Emotional Learning (REQSEL) practices measure.
Policy Talks @ the Ford School,
EPI Speaker Series,
Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha A. Darling Health Policy Fund
Join Professor Brian Jacob for a conversation on the academic impacts of the Flint Water Crisis 7-8 years later, and the big picture implications for young people in the community, featuring Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha - recognized as one of USA Today’s Women of the Century for her role in uncovering the Flint water crisis and leading recovery effort - alongside Dr. Sam Trejo, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, and Flint Community Schools Superintendent Kevelin Jones.
Norma Rey-Alicea, Executive Director and co-founder of NextGen Talent (NGT), presents as part of the Real World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions Speaker Series.
Come learn from four stakeholders renowned for their experience and expertise in improving children's literacy; two professors of education, an education reporter, and the head of one of Michigan's school administrator associations.
Please join the Education Policy Initiative in welcoming Hirokazu Yoshikawa, the Courtney Sale Ross Professor of Globalization and Education at NYU Steinhardt and a University Professor at NYU, and Co-Director (with J. Lawrence Aber) of the Global TIES for Children center at NYU, for a virtual education policy talk.
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)
About CIERS: The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
Wealth is highly correlated between parents and their children; however, little is known about the extent to which these relationships are genetic or determined by environmental factors. We use administrative data on the net wealth of a large sample of Swedish adoptees merged with similar information for their biological and adoptive parents.
Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)
The objective of the Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS) is to engage students and faculty from across the university in conversations around education research using various research methodologies.
