low-income families

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Michelmore and Pilkauskas find EITC boosts employment, with decreasing impact as children age

Oct 4, 2021

Existing research has largely overlooked the variation in maternal employment effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) depending on the age of their children. In a new study, Katherine Michelmore and Natasha Pilkauskas, both associate...

Who’s caring for the kids? The Earned Income Tax Credit and child care arrangements

News

Low-income students lose ground

Dec 4, 2020 "Low-income students lose ground" article

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the gaps between low-income and high-income students, according to an editorial in Science magazine by Ford School professor Sue Dynarski, written with Christopher Avery of Harvard and Sarah Turner from the...

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The School Year Really Ended in March

May 13, 2020 "The School Year Really Ended in March" article

“Abrupt closings have stalled the learning of millions of students. U.S. education needs a rescue, an economist says, and it won’t be cheap.” (read...

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U-M faculty members Dynarski, Shaefer named Carnegie Fellows

May 12, 2020 "U-M faculty members Dynarski, Shaefer named Carnegie Fellows" article

University of Michigan faculty members Susan Dynarski and H. Luke Shaefer have been chosen from hundreds of nominees as part of the prestigious Carnegie Fellows program. (read...

Susan Dynarski sitting on the steps of a building

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Dynarski’s work on school day SAT testing cited in Inside Higher Ed analysis of the 2019 test results

Nov 8, 2019

Sue Dynarski’s research is cited in a recent Inside Higher Ed analysis of an initiative that expanded access to the SAT for low-income, first-generation, and minority students. 2019 marked the highest number of SAT test-takers to date: 2.2...

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Professor Susan Dynarski’s research confirms the basis for radical educational innovation

Sep 28, 2018

In the most poverty-stricken school district in San Antonio, the work of Syracuse University’s Katherine Michelmore and Ford professor Susan Dynarski is helping to reshape educational reform. In an effort to bolster college-readiness, increase...

Professor Susan Dynarski’s research confirms the basis for radical educational innovation

Other reports

Historic Crisis, Historic Opportunity: Using Evidence to Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children and Early Care and Education Programs

June 1, 2021

Christina Weiland, Erica Greenberg, Daphna Bassok, Anna Markowitz, Paola Guerrero Rosada, Grace Luetmer, Rachel Abenavoli, Celia Gomez, Anna Johnson, Brenda Jones-Harden, Michelle Maier, Meghan McCormick, Pamela Morris, Milagros Nores, Deborah Phillips, Catherine Snow

The COVID-19 crisis has brought unprecedented challenges to the high-quality early care and education (ECE) experiences that are essential for young children to thrive. Throughout the pandemic, early childhood policymakers had to quickly make...

EPI Policy briefs

Effects of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education Centers

March 1, 2021

Christina Weiland, Paola Guerrero Rosada, Anne Taylor, Louisa Penfold, Catherine Snow, Jason Sachs, Meghan McCormick

This brief is part of an ongoing study that is tracking implementation of the Boston Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) expansion, including effects of the COVID-19 crisis on UPK community-based centers. We use administrative and interview data to...

Parent walking two children to school with masks on

EPI Policy briefs

Applications for Financial Aid Lagging Among Low-Income Students

August 1, 2020

Sabrina Solanki, Kevin Stange, Orlando Sanchez Zavala, Catherine Brown

Applications for federal and state financial aid for college are a leading indicator of how many students will enroll in and complete a college degree. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Tuition Incentive Program (TIP), a...

EPI Working papers

Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion

December 1, 2011

Susan Dynarski, Martha Bailey

We describe changes over time in inequality in postsecondary education using nearly seventy years of data from the U.S. Census and the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth. We find growing gaps between children from high- and...

Two students collaborating on a computer assignment

low-income families

Michelmore and Pilkauskas find EITC boosts employment, with decreasing impact as children age

Low-income students lose ground

The School Year Really Ended in March

U-M faculty members Dynarski, Shaefer named Carnegie Fellows

Dynarski’s work on school day SAT testing cited in Inside Higher Ed analysis of the 2019 test results

Professor Susan Dynarski’s research confirms the basis for radical educational innovation

Historic Crisis, Historic Opportunity: Using Evidence to Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children and Early Care and Education Programs

Effects of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education Centers

Applications for Financial Aid Lagging Among Low-Income Students

Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion

Mitigating Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children and Early Care and Education Programs

From Rescue to Rebuild: Developing a National ECE System That Works

Sean Reardon: Income inequality and educational outcomes

Michael S. McPherson: Reflections on the 'undermatch' phenomenon in college choice