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Jacob comments on competing screen policies for students

Jan 28, 2026 EdSurge
Brian Jacob, the co-director of University of Michigan's Youth Policy Lab, believes the two initiatives can co-exist, as they address two separate ideas. One expresses enthusiasm for applying AI for educational purposes, while the other centers fear ...
Jacob comments on competing screen policies for students
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Ford School faculty among the nation's top education scholars

Jan 8, 2026
Professors Sarah Cohodes, Brian Jacob, and Christina Weiland are ranked among the top 200 university-based scholars in the U.S. who had the biggest impact on educational practice and policy last year. This is according to Education Week's 2026 RHSU E...
Ford School faculty among the nation's top education scholars
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Falling Enrollment Most Extreme in Wealthy Districts, Study Finds

Jan 8, 2026 The74
Years after COVID-related health fears subsided, public school enrollment in Massachusetts remains significantly lower than in 2019, according to research released earlier this year. The sharp declines — matched by simultaneous moves to private schoo...
Compared to 2019 levels, enrollment at schools serving predominately wealthy students is 5.7 percent lower than predicted based on pre-pandemic trends. Enrollment among Asian and white students has declined, while Hispanic and Black student enrollment has grown. (Education Next)
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What is the secret to better reading outcomes?

May 26, 2025 Education Week
As states have struggled for decades to improve 3rd grade literacy on a large scale, many have enacted policies to hold struggling readers back a year. Education Week recently highlighted Christina Weiland and Brian Jacob's evaluation of Michigan’s “...
What is the secret to better reading outcomes?
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How the Flint water crisis set schoolchildren back

Mar 13, 2024 The Washington Post
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...
Flint residents voice their concerns at Flint City Hall water meeting. Photo credit: Sam Owens
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PPIA students reflect on their summer of study and social life 

Aug 2, 2023
What are the dynamics of inequity in labor markets? How do we determine appropriate categories for people in a multicultural society?  How is the U.S. approach to ethnicity and nationality different from what they are doing in Europe?  These were...
PPIA students reflect on their summer of study and social life 
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Ford School welcomes PPIA 2023 cohort

Jun 19, 2023
The 2023 Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute (JSI) has welcomed 23 students from 11 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. This year’s cohort will spend seven weeks taking classes, participating in polic...
Ford School welcomes PPIA 2023 cohort
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COVID-19 and education: A tough time for all

Dec 19, 2022
Ford School education researchers look for answers By Shaun Manning From early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally altered public education in the United States. Many schools introduced remote learning for at least part of the 2020-2021 ...
COVID-19 and education: A tough time for all
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Tompkins-Stange weighs in on no-strings-attached donations

Dec 5, 2022
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott is changing the world of education philanthropy by giving no-strings-attached, multimillion-dollar donations to schools. Megan Tompkins-Stange, associate professor of public policy, analyzed the donations, and the impac...
Tompkins-Stange weighs in on no-strings-attached donations
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Jacob breaks down increasing importance of school board elections

Oct 23, 2022
With midterms quickly approaching, school board races are getting increasing attention. Brian Jacob, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, explained to WWMT Channel 3. “School boards I think even before COVID had started being more engag...
Jacob finds little benefit, large costs to pretrial juvenile detention
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Jacob weighs in on chronic absenteeism

Feb 27, 2022 Chillicothe Gazette
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 j...
Jacob weighs in on chronic absenteeism
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Jacob discusses chronic absenteeism fueled by pandemic

Feb 20, 2022 The Columbus Dispatch
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 h...
Jacob finds little benefit, large costs to pretrial juvenile detention
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Building strength

Jun 10, 2021
With new leading-edge research and faces at the school, the Ford School builds depth in two key policy areas. Energy and the environmentEconomics, political science, psychology, and community engagement are at the roots of the Ford School’s interdisc...
Building strength
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Examining Detroit students' college pathways

May 26, 2021
Academic and non-academic barriers are preventing Detroit high school students from enrolling and succeeding in college. Detroit Students’ College Pathways and Outcomes, a policy brief released by the Youth Policy Lab (YPL) at the University of Michi...
YPL report: Pre-COVID, more than half of Detroit students felt anxious or depressed, 1 in 4 considered suicide