Brown MAT graduate Cody Pietro has transformed their passion for student-driven engagement into a career as the founder of CreatED Consulting, where they design award-winning educational games and curricula. By bridging their classroom experience with innovative civics tools, Cody continues to apply the lessons in mentorship and student-centered pedagogy they first honed in the MAT program.

Healthcare services outside of school can impact the likelihood of receiving school-based special education identification and services. Using Massachusetts administrative data on public school students, this paper employs the difference-in-differences method to examine the impacts of expanded Medicaid coverage for mental and behavioral healthcare resulting from the Rosie D. lawsuit of 2009. Rosie D. caused a 0.3 percentage point (15%) increase in emotional disorder (ED) identification among low-income grade 9–12 students. After Rosie D., students with ED were more likely to be Black or multiracial. Students were also more likely to have experienced suspension or chronic absenteeism before ED identification. Finally, students with ED in grades K–8 were educated in less inclusive settings.

Ash is a UEP student who is helping Providence Promise refine its evaluation frameworks through a national comparative analysis of Children’s Savings Accounts. After finding a supportive community in Providence, she is eager to apply her sharpened quantitative and qualitative toolkit to create more equitable, student-centered education policy.