Lead in the water: What are the educational impacts on Flint students?

In early 2016, the Flint Water Crisis captured national attention - major news outlets reported that the city’s tap water had been contaminated with lead since April of 2014. Given the well-documented detrimental effects of lead exposure in early childhood on cognitive development, many worried that the academic progress of Flint's youngest residents may have been impacted. Over the past few years, important data has become available, allowing researchers to rigorously study and measure effects of the lead water crisis on children in Flint. 

• education policy
• Education Policy Initiative
• Flint Water Crisis
• Flint
• education
• Mona Hanna-Attish
• Brian Jacob
• Sam Trejo
• University of Michigan Flint
• Ford School
• EPI
• DEI
• Kevelin Jones