Public Policy Associates, Inc. is pleased to welcome Dr. Clyde Barnett, III and Scott Southard to its staff. Dr. Barnett, a senior research associate, brings expertise in qualitative research, P-20 education, leadership, and elevating student and community voices. He has a Ph.D. in educational leadership and a master’s in higher education/student affairs from Eastern Michigan … Continued
The draft Child Care Market Rate Survey report completed by Public Policy Associates for the Michigan Department of Education is available for public comment until May 7, 2021. You may access the report and provide comments here: 2020 Draft Market Rate Survey (michigan.gov). States must update their Child Care Development Fund plans every three years. … Continued
On April 13, 2021, Daniel J. Quinn, Ph.D., Director for Education Policy at Public Policy Associates, Incorporated (PPA), spoke to the Education Policy Student Innovation (EPSI) Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University. The student-centered program includes students from colleges and universities across the country, ranging from the City University of New York to the University … Continued
On Wednesday, Public Policy Associates’ COO Colleen Graber and senior research associate Nathan Burroughs, Ph.D. presented to federal Child Care Development Block Grant grantees about the unique policy coordination self-assessment tool PPA created as part of its Child Care Policy Research Partnership study. This tool is being used to understand how two state agencies interacted … Continued
