Newsletter

Now in its third year, ASPIRE (Applied Social Policy Internship and Research Experience) is a key pillar of YPL’s goal to foster high-quality training and mentorship for future and early-career policy professionals. We are immensely proud of what our...

American schools are grappling with how to most effectively improve the literacy and math skills of their students. Many educational institutions turned to tutoring as a means of supporting students and improving their skills. Youth Policy Lab has be...

Youth Policy Lab completed nearly $3.5M of work during this fiscal year. We are pleased to work in many different impact areas, with Youth Mental Health and Social Emotional Learning continuing to be the most substantial one (similar to last year). I...

Brian and Robin Jacob launched Youth Policy Lab (YPL) in 2016 with seed funding from Arnold Ventures and a clear vision for the future. With one leg in the Institute for Social Research and another in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, we ha...

We had another successful summer with the ASPIRE program! Now in its fourth year, ASPIRE (Applied Social Policy Internship and Research Experience) is an eight-week summer internship program for rising college juniors and seniors from Spelman and Mor...

School districts in Michigan and across the country have adopted various policies to limit student cellphone use. However, we still don’t know enough about how these policies affect academic outcomes and student wellbeing. YPL is working with researc...

Through the Policy Fellowship program, Youth Policy Lab places early-career policy professionals in full-time roles within state and local agencies in Michigan. The Fellows provide technical assistance and strategic support to achieve specific and me...

YPL is grateful for contributions from dedicated foundations and government agencies that support our work, as well as for the trust established with each partnership. Thank you to our funding partners that enable us to pursue research, evaluation, a...

As we present our annual report, we reflect on a year of pivotal research at the Youth Policy Lab, particularly in the areas of education governance, career and technical education, maternal and infant health, adolescent mental health, and early inte...

After a year of studying Michigan's K-12 education system, Youth Policy Lab's report for the Michigan Department of Education on K-12 education governance in the state was released in July. Our research points to critical reforms that together could ...

This past year marked significant growth for the program, as YPL welcomed two new Policy Fellows to our team: Dimitri Przeslawski joined the Michigan Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) 60 x 30 Initiative in July 2024, and Sam Owu...

Youth Policy Lab engaged in innovative Career and Technical Education (CTE) research in this year, through two key initiatives with: 1) Michigan Department of Education's Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE) and 2) Washtenaw Intermediate S...