In the Media

As educators throughout the state design and implement rules regarding cellphone use in school, we urge them to think carefully about how they will know if their policies are working as intended. It is easy for anecdotes and perceptions to shape the...

University of Michigan Education Policy Professor Brian Jacob criticized the cuts. “There’s really very little thought going into what to cut, when to cut, and how much to cut. It’s kind of slash and burn,” said Jacob.Read on WDIV Click On...

The Ford School's Brian Jacob recently spoke with The Wall Street Journal regarding his 2023 research survey on the use of technology in classrooms. Jacob's survey was conducted among 1,000 educators and showed technology is used for completing...

WISD partnered with the Youth Policy Lab at the University of Michigan to commission a report, released earlier this year, called “Inequities in CTE Access in Washtenaw County.”The report found that all students in Washtenaw County had access to...

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

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...

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...

Decades of research are clear: attending preschool boosts children’s kindergarten readiness, and the benefits can last into adulthood.  To her credit, Governor Whitmer pledged to expand universal pre-K in Michigan to all 4-year-olds as early as this...

School-age children affected by the water crisis in Flint, Mich., nearly a decade ago suffered significant and lasting academic setbacks, according to a study released Wednesday, showing the disaster’s profound impact on a generation of children.The...

Math education across the country is in urgent need of redesign, and recent NAEP scores confirm there is no time to waste, with students showing the largest decline in math scores for 4th and 8th graders since 1990.Recent findings from the EdWeek...

“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...

In an opinion piece for The Hechinger Report, YPL faculty affiliate Awilda Rodriguez outlines the reasons why a test-optional approach isn’t necessarily a game changer for more equitable college admissions. In response to the pandemic, many...

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...

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...

Across the country, schools are struggling with chronic absenteeism. Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, weighed in on the issue. "Even before we figure out if we should improve the curriculum, at the basic level you...

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools across the nation are struggling with rising absenteeism rates. Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, weighed in on the issue.  "There was a once-in-a-century global public...

Social and emotional learning has become very important for schools as students adjust to the many changes they have had to endure during the pandemic. According to Robin Jacob, co-director of the Youth Policy Lab, Detroit students were experiencing...

Immediate academic gains from early-childhood programs often fade as children move into upper elementary school. But a new study suggests math supports in the earliest grades may build on each other over years to create longer-term benefits in math...

U-M's Youth Policy Lab (YPL) analyzed data for the Detroit Regional Chamber's "2021 State of Education" report, finding "a sober assessment of education attainment in the Detroit region." "With many key enrollment and attainment indicators trending...

Detroit public school students will soon have access to new services to help them effectively manage symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress, under a partnership with a University of Michigan program.TRAILS — Transforming Research...

DETROIT—Detroit public school students will soon have access to new services to help them effectively manage symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress.Detroit Public Schools Community District has partnered with a University of...

Consider these numbers: The four-year high school graduation rate for students in the city of Detroit is 69%, compared with 83% statewide and 85% nationally.The numbers for Motor City students have dropped by 1 percentage point since 2014, despite...

The Detroit Public Schools Community District received $5 million in grants and additional funds to augment behavioral and mental health services throughout the district earlier this month.The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network awarded the...