Samuel Owusu

Samuel Owusu helps Michigan strengthen early childhood data systems so leaders can see if public investments are reaching the children and families they are designed to serve.

The nation’s 250th anniversary this summer invited us to reflect on how much has changed and to look ahead at the choices shaping our future. That forward-looking perspective feels especially important as emerging technologies are rapidly reshaping h...

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Expanding access to high-quality early education has been a bipartisan goal of Michigan policymakers for at least a decade.  New findings by the University of Michigan Education Policy Initiative provide the first systematic description of transi...

Access to early education programs have been shown for decades to improve the educational prospects for children in kindergarten and beyond. A new type of early education program widespread in Michigan and California—transitional kindergarten (TK)—ha...