Impartial. Actionable. Consequential. EPIC partners with Michigan policymakers and educators to produce research that makes a difference for public schools and their students.

Expert and innovative. Reputable and rigorous. Varied perspectives with multiple methods. EPIC is training the next generation of scholars producing research with consequence.

School and district turnaround. Teacher quality. Instructional innovation. Early literacy. Michigan policymakers and practitioners turn to EPIC for clear insights to guide their work.

Classroom with black students and teacher doing activities together. The teacher is guiding and talking to the children.

What Are They Planning? An Analysis of Round 4 Partnership Districts’ Improvement Goals and Plans

This report describes the goals and planning activities for Round 4 of Partnership schools and districts. It analyzes the targets that Partnership districts and schools set, the accountability measures they selected, and the specific activities they planned to implement as part of their improvement efforts.

The Education Policy Speaker Series (EPSS) invites leading voices in education research and policy to share their research and speak about the issues that are top-of-mind in education policy today.

EPIC works with state and district partners to create a targeted research agenda to learn which reform strategies are most effective, where, when and for whom.

Most images of students and teachers on site are courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action

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