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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...
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New gift to support early childhood education policy research

May 14, 2025
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan will establish the Martha Darling and Gilbert Omenn Research Fund for Early Childhood Education with a generous $500,000 commitment from Martha A. Darling and Gilbert S....
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...
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Cohodes' research "helped define" education in 2024

Dec 22, 2024
Research conducted by the Ford School's Sarah Cohodes has been cited for "defining education in 2024." The 74 network, a non-profit education news service, highlighted Cohodes' research among 11 other studies as some of the "biggest discoveries from...
State & Hill

Greater than its sum: an update on the Kohn Collaborative

Dec 17, 2024
Six years ago, Harold and Carol Kohn approached the Ford School with a vision. Their goal was to help build a vibrant research community dedicated to promoting social equity and inclusion. Today, the Kohn Collaborative for Social Policy is poised to...
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Sarah Cohodes testifies before New Jersey Senate

Dec 17, 2024
On December 16, 2024, Ford School Associate Professor Sarah Cohodes testified before the New Jersey Senate Higher Education Committee. She was called on to speak at a public hearing to assist lawmakers in evaluating the status of charter schools...
In the Media

Cohodes on disparate school of choice system in Michigan

Nov 22, 2024 Bridge Michigan
In Michigan, 1 in 4 K-12 students attend either a charter school or a school of choice district. Nearly all of Michigan's 532 public school districts participate in school choice. The Trump administration is shown to be an advocate for school of...
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...
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...
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Weiland named to new EdReports' pre-K curriculum review board

Aug 27, 2024
Christina Weiland, Ford School and Karl and Martha Kohn Professor of Social Policy, and co-director of the Education Policy Initiative, was named to EdReports’ New Advisory Board for Pre-K Curriculum Reviews to support "educators by providing...
Publication

Higher education responds to changing labor markets

Jul 8, 2024
Do universities respond to the changing needs of industry by offering curriculums that provide students skills they need on the job? That’s the central question of a multi-year research project headed up by Kevin Stange, co-director of the...
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Stange and Weiland promoted to full professors

May 16, 2024
On May 16, the Regents of the University of Michigan approved promotions for Kevin Stange and Christina Weiland. Stange was promoted to professor of public policy, with tenure, and professor of education. Weiland was promoted to professor of...