🚨 working paper 🚨 Kids who go to Boston PreK are more likely to… ⬆️ stay in BPS through 8th grade ⬆️ apply to Boston’s competitive exam schools ⬆️ enroll and pass Algebra 1 by end of eighth grade ⬆️ score higher on 7th grade math assessments 🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf

There are over 70,000 pre-K teachers working in public schools but they often fall through the crack between ECE and K-12 policy. Check out my piece with Elizabeth Steiner and @jscannon.bsky.social on including their voices in pre-K policy discussions www.the74million.org/article/publ...

Public School Pre-K Teachers Are Professionals, But Aren’t Treated That Way

From pay to professional development to coordination with colleagues in higher grades, schools have a long way to go, study finds.

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We asked 1,368 public school-based pre-K teachers across the country about the materials they use, their instructional resources and planning time, and how their programs align with elementary grades. Read more in my new co-authored report: www.rand.org/t/rra3279-3

Check out our new paper! Educator retention in ECE doesn’t just improve capacity to serve children and families, it also means we have more experienced quality educators!

Daphna Bassok@dbassok.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to (finally!) have some large-scale evidence on the returns to experience among early educators. Work from Laura Bellows, @annakshapiro.bsky.social & Anna Markowitz: How Much Do New Early Educators Improve Over Time? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Great article about spurs fandom in America. And now there is a photo of me in the New York Times 😂

Jack Pitt-Brooke@jackpittbrooke.bsky.social · 2y ago

Why are Tottenham so popular in the US? What’s it like being an American Spurs fan? I went to try to find out. www.nytimes.com/athletic/601...

First Bluesky post has to be for a sold out crowd for a women’s soccer semifinal x Washington Spirit win