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Brian A. Jacob

Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy; Professor of Public Policy, Economics, and Education
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(734) 615-6994
Brian A. Jacob is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy and professor of economics at the Ford School, and is co-director of the Youth Policy Lab. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Brian came...
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Jacob: Standardized tests gave clear targets for math achievement

Jun 10, 2026 The Washington Post
The 2000s were defined by high-stakes standardized testing, rigid teacher evaluations and other federal accountability standards that researchers say had positive effects on math achievement. "By no means were these policies perfect or even sufficien...
Jacob: Standardized tests gave clear targets for math achievement
In the Media

Jacob: "No Child Left Behind" did improve test scores

May 16, 2026 The New York Times
The law, though, was deeply unpopular with many educators and parents. Critics said it put an outsize focus on testing, pushing schools to teach to the test and spend less time on other important subjects, like the arts or social studies. In 2015, Co...
Jacob: "No Child Left Behind" did improve test scores
State & Hill

"This research is not partisan"

May 7, 2026
With federal education data fading, Michigan's democratized approach empowers researchers and policymakers to drive evidence-based improvements in educationWhat are the long-term returns on public schooling? Does transitional kindergarten lead to bet...
"This research is not partisan"
In the Media

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
News

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
News

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?
In the Media

No easy answer to tech use in classrooms - Jacob

Jan 22, 2025 The Wall Street Journal
"I just don’t think we know yet" says Brian Jacob, Ford School professor, on the effectiveness of technology use in classrooms. As screen time has increased in classrooms research still shows mixed results on student learning.
No easy answer to tech use in classrooms - Jacob
In the Media

Jacob discusses new research and the shift in the "Grammar of Schooling"

Sep 4, 2024 American Enterprise Institute
Brian Jacob, Ford School professor discussed his recent papers "Did COVID-19 Shift the “Grammar of Schooling”?" and "The Lasting Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic" coauthored with Cristina Stanojevich about how schools have been transformed since the ...
Jacob on changes in the post-pandemic American classroom
In the Media

Jacob on changes in the post-pandemic American classroom

Sep 3, 2024 Education Next
Ford School professor Brian Jacob talked on Education Next about the way the COVID pandemic has changed American classrooms. He said "we did find that schools look quite a bit different in some important ways one way is obviously a use of a variety o...
Jacob on changes in the post-pandemic American classroom
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Jacob and Stange: Getting free college right

Feb 9, 2024
Governor Gretchen Whitmer proposed making the first two years of community college free in Michigan in her 2024 State of the State Address In an opinion published in Bridge Michigan, Brian Jacob and Kevin Strange applaud Governor Whitmer for her tang...
Jacob and Stange: Getting free college right
In the Media

Jacob's study on teacher loan forgiveness cited in Chalkbeat

Aug 1, 2023 Chalkbeat
Brian Jacob, Chalkbeat: “The program has really good intentions,” said Brian Jacob, a professor at the University of Michigan and coauthor of the study. But, ultimately, “it’s not effective as it’s currently structured.” “The teachers in schools wh...
Jacob's study on teacher loan forgiveness cited in Chalkbeat
News

MEDC shares its knowledge in a data-hungry world

Jul 31, 2023
Education researchers across the country are always in search of more data. They all have access to resources like the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC), but each state has different models of collaboration and data sharing. A recent example in Co...
MEDC shares its knowledge in a data-hungry world
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Jacob explores barriers to Teacher Loan Forgiveness program

Jul 10, 2023
The Biden Administration is preparing a new set of student loan debt-relief measures in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of its previous, ambitious plan, which would have eliminated between $10,000 and $20,000 per student. A number of s...
Jacob's study on teacher loan forgiveness cited in Chalkbeat
In the Media

Jacob on grade retention debate

Jun 20, 2023 Chalbeat
Brian Jacob, Chalkbeat: Brian Jacob, a professor at University of Michigan, has studied retention for many years, but he still is ambivalent about the policy. “I do really come out kind of in the middle,” he said. Maybe students themselves make mor...
Jacob's study on teacher loan forgiveness cited in Chalkbeat