About

Hello,

I’m Tanner Delpier, an expert on Michigan’s education finance system. I work as a Labor Economist for the Michigan Education Association (MEA) where I conduct research, advise on policy, and provide support to association bargaining units. Before joining MEA, I earned my PhD in Education Policy from Michigan State University (MSU). While there, I studied school choice, school closure, and education finance under Dr. David Arsen.

Some of my public work includes:

• What Will it Take to Achieve Funding Adequacy for All Michigan Students (Delpier and McKillip, 2023),

• Educational Opportunities and Community Development In Rural Michigan (Arsen, Delpier, Gensterblum, Jacobsen, and Stamm, 2022),

• The Community Consequences of School Closure (my dissertation, 2021),

• Michigan Education Finance at the Crossroads (Arsen, Delpier, and Nagel, 2019),

• Does Money Matter in Education (Delpier, Nagel, Stec, Gilzene, Arsen, 2019)