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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.
EPSS: Michal Kurlaender
DATE: April 17, 2026
10:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
LOCATION: 252 Erickson Hall
EPSS: Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj
DATE: February 20, 2026
10:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
LOCATION: 252 Erickson Hall
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The Impact of Coaching on K–3 Literacy Instruction in Michigan
This policy brief examines how early literacy coaching has been implemented under the Read By Grade Three Law and whether it has supported improvements in teachers’ literacy instruction by drawing on data collected across three school years, including 318 hours of observations in 89 classrooms, 1,330 coaching logs, and interviews with 18 ISD early literacy coaches.
Does Charter School Autonomy Improve Matching of Teacher Attributes With Student Needs?
AUTHORS Jane Arnold Lincove, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Salem Rogers, EPIC, Michigan State University Alex Handler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Tara Kilbride, EPIC, Michigan State University Katharine O. Strunk, University of PennsylvaniaA...
Michigan English Learners: State-of-the-State
This report documents trends in ELs’ enrollment, reclassification, and academic achievement, as well as educator preparation and funding that supports EL services. It provides the first comprehensive, statewide portrait of Michigan’s English learners (EL) population.
2026 Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference – EPIC Sessions
DATE: March 19-21, 2026
Location: Swissôtel Chicago; Chicago, IL
EPIC Team Provides Testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on PreK-12
EPIC team members Madeline Mavrogordato and Jason Burns provided Testimony to the Michigan Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on PreK-12
Michigan Teacher Shortage Study: 2026 Report
This is the fifth in a series of annual reports about teacher shortages in Michigan that the state legislature requested in December 2020 (2020 PA 316). Despite several years of significant state investments in the educator pipeline, teacher shortages persist throughout Michigan in varying ways and to varying extents.
Round 4 of the Partnership Model: 2024-25 Implementation Report
This report examines school improvement efforts of Partnership districts and schools during the 2024-25 school year. Then it moves to the intervention’s implementation of improvement strategies — focusing mainly on human capital, curriculum and instruction, and student attendance.
