In the Media

Brian Jacob found that white families removed their children from public schools at much higher rates in districts that were slow to reopen for in-person instruction. Jacob said in an interview that he was "not surprised" to see that parents who had ...

The resolution, which passed by a 7-1 vote, states that “CTE offers students opportunities to earn college credit, industry certification, and licenses in high-wage, high-skill, and in-demand fields,” ranging from agriculture to skilled trades, to pu...

Black infants died at a rate of 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, the CDC said. By Mary Kekatos and Dr. Harika Rayala November 14, 2024, 12:01 AM Infant mortality rates remained relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial and ethnic dispariti...

The number of Michigan students taking career and technical education courses has surpassed pre-COVID enrollment for the first time, according to the Michigan Department of Education. Those courses, which provide career training for high school stude...

On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Brian Jacob about the ways in which the pandemic changed the grammar of schooling. Nat and Brian discuss the pandemic’s effects on student technology use, parent-teacher communication, and in...

“Social-emotional learning involves teaching students about self-awareness, self-management, social skills, and responsible decision-making,” says Robin Tepper Jacob, faculty co-director and founder of the Youth Policy Lab at the University of Michig...

Sixth graders at Polly Ryon Middle School in Richmond, Tex., clamored to get into a certain math class at the beginning of the last school year. That’s not because they’d heard rumors that the class was easy or that they’d get to watch a lot of movie...

Most Americans recently set their clocks forward by an hour for daylight saving time, making our evenings brighter and mornings darker. But the biannual change to our clocks may end now that the Senate has passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which wa...