LANSING – Larry Merrill, the longtime executive director of the Michigan Townships Association (MTA) and one of the state’s leading experts on local government, will become a senior consultant at Public Policy Associates (PPA). Mr. Merrill will retire from the MTA on June 30 after 19 years leading the association, which advises and represents the … Continued
At its meeting on June 11, the Michigan State Board of Education (SBE) adopted newly updated Michigan K-12 social studies standards. The updated standards were informed by extensive stakeholder input gathering led by Public Policy Associates (PPA) researchers. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) retained PPA to design, facilitate, and report on 27 Listen and … Continued
PPA Senior Research Associate Dr. Nathan Burroughs, along with his team of fellow researchers, has released a book titled Teaching for Excellence and Equity. The book evaluates the relationship between common measures of teacher quality and student mathematics outcomes using an international dataset of 4th and 8th grade classrooms between 2003 and 2015. By using a multi-model statistical … Continued
Rob Fowler Sam Singh Public Policy Associates, a nationally recognized consulting firm headquartered in Lansing, announced today that Small Business Association of Michigan CEO Rob Fowler and former Michigan House Democratic Leader Sam Singh have joined its board of directors. Their experience will help the firm … Continued
Nancy McCrohan, Ph.D., leads Public Policy Associates, Inc. teams that help support healthier lives and stronger communities. Whether it’s working with food banks or philanthropies or workforce development agencies, she helps clients devise effective strategies for achieving their goals. Dr. McCrohan is a senior project manager with over 12 years at PPA and over 10 … Continued
PPA Senior Research Associate Dr. Nathan Burroughs shared his expertise in education policy at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference on April 9 in Toronto. Dr. Burroughs presented the findings of his research team’s recent study of the relationship between common measures of teacher quality and student mathematics outcomes using an international dataset of … Continued
