Newswise — University of Michigan experts are available to discuss quality of education and public education policy:
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, dean of U-M's School of Education, can speak on a host of education-related topics. She was part of the White House's National Mathematics Advisory Panel charged with advising the Bush administration on the best way to improve the teaching of math as part of an effort to make the nation more competitive.
Elizabeth Birr Moje has spent years following around children in low-income, heavily Latino southwest Detroit—learning how they read, write and interact. She is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture in Educational Studies at U-M and has studied what motivates and what bores students in an effort to help teachers connect with them on their own level.
Stuart Rankin, education professor who spent 37 years as a top administrator for the Detroit Public Schools, works with people who are going back to school to seek new skills so they can change careers and has done extensive research on curriculum. He is one of the program coordinators for a one-year crash course helping adults earn a master's degree with certification and training so they can become teachers. He works directly with schools in Detroit and can address most issues impacting urban education.
Edward P. St. John, the Algo D. Henderson Professor of Education, is part of U-M's Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education and focuses on the impact of public finance and educational policies on education opportunity in both K-12 and higher education. For example, a recent study offered a systematic analysis of the association between state finance strategies and college access outcomes.
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