Bryant Hopkins

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Education Policy Innovation Collaborative @EPICedpolicy, Michigan State University

[NBER @nberpubs]

New special education classifications in Michigan fell during the pandemic, delaying access to services, especially among Black, Asian, and remote-learning students, from @bghopkinsphd @KatharineStrunk @imbernomics @TruckTrucks Guzman, and @MarisaHFisher https://t.co/KL7u5ynxkB

[EPIC @EPICedpolicy]

🚨 NEW RELEASE! 🚨 Our latest policy brief looks at student learning on the M-STEP and benchmark assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic https://t.co/ylei14Np6y 🧵 ↓

[NBER @nberpubs]

Math achievement fell by 0.22 standard deviations in Michigan during the pandemic. Underrepresented minority, disadvantaged, and remote students in 2020-21 fared worse, from @KatharineStrunk @bghopkinsphd @Tara_Kilbride @imbernomics and Dongming Yu https://t.co/Ryq6SaFtds

[EPIC @EPICedpolicy]

JUST RELEASED: New report on Michigan’s 2020-21 benchmark and summative assessments https://t.co/oitsmRImZw TL;DR: Longstanding achievement gaps between racial & socioeconomic groups, as well as gaps between in-person & remote-only districts, widened over the course of the year.

[Katharine Strunk @KatharineStrunk]

Honored to have our paper on instructional modality & COVID spread listed as the 2nd paper on this list!

https://t.co/EaKK8TO7BV

Amazing co-authors & partners: @CEDR_US @imbernomics @bghopkinsphd @harbatkat @Tara_Kilbride @nate_brown12 @EPICedpolicy @caldercenter @mieducation

[Journal of Policy Analysis and Management @JPAM_DC]

The article entitled "To What Extent Does In-Person Schooling Contribute to the Spread of COVID-19? Evidence from Michigan and Washington" & coauthored w/ @CEDR_US, @katharinestrunk, @bghopkinsphd, @nate_brown12, @harbatkat, & @tara_kilbride will appear in the next issue of JPAM.

[EPIC @EPICedpolicy]

More details can be found in the revised working paper at https://t.co/eqwqKxzKCC This study is authored by @CEDR_us @imbernomics @KatharineStrunk @bghopkinsphd @nate_brown12 @harbatkat @Tara_Kilbride.

[EPIC @EPICedpolicy]

🚨Updated results for our @EPICedpolicy @caldercenter @CEDR_Research study on the impact of instructional modality on the spread of COVID-19. Now with new methods and data that includes Spring 2021. https://t.co/eqwqKxzKCC

[Bryant Hopkins @bghopkinsphd]

@KatharineStrunk @imbernomics @NateJones_BU 100% agree

[Journal of Policy Analysis and Management @JPAM_DC]

In the latest issue of JPAM: "The Effects of Special Education on the Academic Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities" by @AmySchwartzNY of @MaxwellSU, @bghopkinsphd of @EPICedpolicy, & Leanna Stiefel of @NYUWagner.
https://t.co/0idcZE478n

[Katharine Strunk @KatharineStrunk]

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Looking for another post-doc to join our amazing team of researchers @EPICedpolicy @MSUCollegeofEd incl postdocs @bghopkinsphd @harbatkat and others not on twitter! We have so much to do to help inform ed policy in MI! Application review begins April 28

[EPIC @EPICedpolicy]

🚨 New policy brief explores #Michigan educators’ perceptions of COVID-19 and K-12 schooling in the fall of 2020 🚨: https://t.co/aRbZkvt2uu

[EPIC @EPICedpolicy]

🚨 March report on #Michigan school districts’ instructional modality 🚨: https://t.co/2YzmFi01Lz
This month, we update metrics based on March ECOL plans & spotlight family modality choices by district characteristics.

[VoxEU @voxeu]

In-person #schooling and community spread of #Covid-19. Evidence from the #US
D Goldhaber @CEDR_US, S A Imberman @imbernomics @michiganstateu, @KatharineStrunk @MSUCollegeofEd, @bghopkinsphd @EPICedpolicy, N Brown, E Harbatkin @harbatkat, @Tara_Kilbride
https://t.co/JiFqHgR4G3

[EPIC @EPICedpolicy]

What’s happening in MI schools? @GovWhitmer “In-person learning is critical to the growth and development of our children and [EPIC's] findings show that the vast majority of schools in Michigan are providing students with face-to-face opportunities.” https://t.co/2QtmazIcmZ

[College of Education @MSUCollegeofEd]

Data from an @EPICedpolicy report suggest more MI students are returning to in-person learning. "However, there remain troubling discrepancies for some of the most vulnerable students," says @KatharineStrunk. Read more: https://t.co/4MUvtx1LHc

[NBER @nberpubs]

Schools that operate in-person do not significantly contribute to community spread of COVID-19 if existing cases are low, but do if existing cases are high from @CEDR_US, @imbernomics, @KatharineStrunk, @bghopkinsphd, Nate Brown, @harbatkat, @Tara_Kilbride https://t.co/AqsULEFSvH

[EPIC @EPICedpolicy]

January report on ECOL instructional modality is here: https://t.co/2YzmFi01Lz. This month, we update general metrics based on January plans & spotlight special education metrics.

[Journal of Policy Analysis and Management @JPAM_DC]

Early view from JPAM: "The Effects of Special Education on the Academic Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities" by @AmySchwartzNY of @MaxwellSU, @bghopkinsphd of @EPICedpolicy, & Leanna Stiefel of @NYUWagner.

https://t.co/Pd8IUinn1M

[EPIC @EPICedpolicy]

More details can be found in the working paper at https://t.co/JDs7k6QJyl Couldn’t have done it w/o an amazing team: @bghopkinsphd @nate_brown12 @harbatkat @Tara_Kilbride