Everyone's talking about teacher turnover after a webinar + article this week. Is it too high? What happened with COVID? Matt Barnum collects state-level average teacher turnover rates from 21 states and finds that turnover remains elevated compared to pre-COVID: www.chalkbeat.org/2026/07/30/t...

A ‘lost generation’ of teachers left the classroom. Schools are still dealing with the consequences.

Veteran teachers left, principals cycled through too, and high-poverty schools likely faced the greatest strain. Here’s what years of churn did to classrooms.

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As is often the case, pretty similar in a lot of ways. And I wonder how much of the differences (such as they are) in the quits patterns have their origins in teachers being insulated from the huge spike in non-quit separations during the pandemic.

Always interesting to compare teaching to the economy-wide rates (quit and total separation rates, in this case).

Chalkbeat@chalkbeat.org · 6d ago

Veteran teachers left, principals cycled through too, and high-poverty schools likely faced the greatest strain. Here’s what years of churn did to classrooms.

That's right

Mike Frank@mcxfrank.bsky.social · last mo.

Most of the statistical tests you learned in stats class — t-test, ANOVA, correlation — are actually special cases of a single thing: linear regression. Ch 7 of Experimentology argues that thinking in models, not tests, is more flexible and a better foundation for theory. 🧵 experimentology.io

If you're dying with anxiety because the status of your paper has not changed from "under review" for weeks, you may want to read the Future of Peer Review report from Silverchair that came out recently and replaced the outdated Publons report from 2018... #ScientificPublishing #PeerReview /

Happy to share that my paper with @andrewmcamp.com and @jbmcgee.bsky.social “Untapped Potential? Understanding the Paraeducator-to-Teacher Pipeline and Its Potential for Diversifying the Teacher Workforce" is available at the American Education Research Journal journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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“Too often, discussions about teaching are driven by assumptions, isolated experiences, or national narratives that may not reflect what is happening in the aggregate across Arkansas” www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/ju...

OPINION | JOSH McGEE AND GEMA ZAMARRO: The status of Arkansas teachers | Arkansas Democrat Gazette

If you follow public discussions about education, you might conclude that teaching is a profession in crisis.

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Got a sneak peak of this yesterday and on boy, you'll wanna be there!

Annenberg Institute@annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Are immigration enforcement policies causing short-term attendance disruptions only, or long-term disengagement from school as well? Hear directly from the authors of recent studies and join the conversation, moderated by @tomdee.bsky.social ➡️ Register now: edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series

New @caldercenter.bsky.social working paper alert! We (many authors) examine what applications to different teaching & principal jobs suggest about the preferences of job applicants for schools: caldercenter.org/publications... 1/n

Register now for the June 17 EdWorkingPapers webinar facilitated by tomdee.bsky.social and featuring @andrewmcamp.com, Jeremy Singer, and their co-authors. edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series

Looking forward to sharing some of my recent work + learn from some fantastic researchers in just 2 weeks! Check it out, sign up, and join us ⬇️

Annenberg Institute@annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 The votes are in! EdWorkingPapers readers chose “Improving Student Attendance in the ICE Era” as the topic for our webinar on June 17. See who’s speaking and register >> brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I‘m really excited to talk about our research on attendance with @andrewmcamp.com, @tomdee.bsky.social, and our colleagues!

Annenberg Institute@annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 The votes are in! EdWorkingPapers readers chose “Improving Student Attendance in the ICE Era” as the topic for our webinar on June 17. See who’s speaking and register >> brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Most measurement arguments reduce to two people using the same scores for different purposes. @mpolikoff.bsky.social's great review reveals the real tensions in "grade inflation" debates. Closing the "honesty gap" requires clearer communication about our hoped-for uses of grades and test scores.

Morgan Polikoff@mpolikoff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I had many thoughts about that NYT grade inflation op-ed from a couple days ago. Here are some of them. // It's Gonna Be Much Harder Than People Think to Change the Narratives About Testing and Grades edpolicyhub.substack.com/p/its-going-...

I had many thoughts about that NYT grade inflation op-ed from a couple days ago. Here are some of them. // It's Gonna Be Much Harder Than People Think to Change the Narratives About Testing and Grades edpolicyhub.substack.com/p/its-going-...

It's Gonna Be Much Harder Than People Think to Change the Narratives About Testing and Grades

A Response to Kalil and Rury

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“Our surveys also tell us about the working conditions of our teachers. Pay is important, but working conditions are also very important.” www.kuaf.com/show/ozarks-...

Arkansas teacher retention rebounds, but challenges persist

UofA researchers Josh McGee and Gema Zamarro discuss Arkansas teacher retention rates, job satisfaction, student behavior challenges, and what the LEARNS Act has meant for the profession.

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Nice coverage of some of my recent work looking at the effects of federal immigration policy on students: edweek.org/leadership/immigrant-students-fear-enforcement-and-stay-out-of-school/2026/05

Immigrant Students Fear Enforcement and Stay Out of School

An April working paper found that immigration enforcement increased absence rates.

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📣 Save the date: May 28 @ 2 PM ET Join @nwea.bsky.social's Emily Morton for a live webinar as she shares findings on tutoring and summer learning interventions used by districts to support academic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic. Register 👉 bit.ly/4dLRnoP

Some news: www.bu.edu/wheelock/new...

BU Wheelock Faculty Promoted to Full Professor

Three BU Wheelock faculty members were promoted from associate professor to full professors.

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One of the main takeaways from this iteration of the District Dollars report? School districts in California have recently seen big increases in funding and historically high funding levels, due to growth across federal, state, and local funding.

Disclaimer: this is my first #quarto extension, I don't know what I'm doing That said, for who knows what reason I've always wanted a RevealJS feature where you can summon Wayne Knight to deliver his iconic "ah ah ah" line from Jurassic Park You're welcome (sound on) github.com/benharrap/ah...

I used to keep a list of ed policy papers that followed this pattern of presenting a clearly endogenous relationship, throwing in some "controls," and then arguing the relationship was causal due to some "theory" or that the correlation was "interesting." But it was too much to keep up with.

Peter Tennant@pwgtennant.bsky.social · 3mo ago

While these may sound like technical points, they are actually bread and butter issues for observational causal studies. Yes, many studies get them wrong. But that is no excuse. We must demand higher standards from observational studies, particular those that get reported in the news! 16/18 🧵

Honestly this has seemed like one of the biggest "low hanging fruit" policy changes out there. Good to see some evidence in support of my unreasonably strong priors.

Morgan Polikoff@mpolikoff.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Really promising evidence on the early effects of California's mandatory school start times policy (which I was a big advocate for back in the day!). Glad to see this is scaling well www.nber.org/papers/w3518...

This is Jack. Jack looks a lot like a fox. Coincidentally, we live in a neighborhood called Fox Point. So I'm running an election to figure out who the official Fox of Fox Point is. Check it out (and vote for Jack!!): foxpointfox.com?fox=5d985f9a...

Sometimes I take a look at the emails from predatory journals in my spam folder. I, a US-focused education policy research, certainly must have a manuscript to submit to an international tourism journal and certainly the $3,000 publishing fee is reasonable.

6-9 months from now: "In this paper, we use a ransomware attack on a prominent learning management system (LMS) as a source of plausibly exogenous variation to identify..."

Time for Dan to drop a new book: “Teaching Effectively Without Canvas”

This #TeacherAppreciationWeek let’s thank our teachers and review some facts about the AR teacher workforce from our work here at the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform and the Office for Education Policy oep.uark.edu/key-topics/t...

Teacher Pipeline

Visit the post for more.

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My thoughts on @aefpweb.bsky.social's role in an evidence-informed education ecosystem, and the connections needed between research, policy, and practice to make that happen. Thanks for inviting me on the podcast, @derekgottliebphd.com! www.schoolperceptions.com/Podcast.php

I'll keep saying this until I die, and then I want it written in my obituary: Hattie's "hinge point" for effect sizes (0.40) is incredibly misleading if you're interested in the *causal* effect of a program or practice. Correlation is not causation! #EduSky www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Correlation? Causation? Effect Sizes? What Should a Teacher Trust? (Opinion)

Understanding research implications for the classroom is key to determining student outcomes.

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Feeling a deep sense of regret not submitting anything for SREE now that I know it overlaps with a music festival featuring Hayley Williams (and Rebecca Black). If you submitted and were accepted but can't go just know: I'll present your work. No matter the topic and no expectations of authorship.