2-K is coming to NYC! Here’s our entry to the #NYC2KJingle contest!
Greer Mellon
@greermellon.bsky.social
Sociologist researching organizational transitions in education and the labor market. Focus on school district leadership and politics. Postdoc at Brown PSTC & Annenberg Institute. On the job market in Fall 2025. http://greermellon.com
WE DID IT! Today NY Gov. Hochul committed to fully funding universal child care for all 2 year olds in NYC! Proud to be a volunteer UWS parent leader with @ny4childcare.bsky.social -they organized parents across the city to fight for this policy change! www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...
Hochul to unveil plan for universal child care
The governor's path to universal child care starts with statewide pre-K and funding for 2Care in New York City.
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Applications are open for the Annenberg postdoc! It's a fantastic research community and I've really enjoyed my time here:
Annenberg Institute@annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 9mo ago📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg! The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement! More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
After hearing a teaser of the results at AEFP last year, I'm excited to fully read this exciting new paper on the impact of Montessori preschool programs! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A national randomized controlled trial of the impact of public Montessori preschool at the end of kindergarten | PNAS
Although seminal studies from the early 1960s suggested quality preschool can have lasting positive effects, agreement is lacking on the efficacy o...
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Great to see @greermellon.bsky.social with the lead article in the latest ASR. And there’s good news: even in polarized times, school boards are selecting superintendents based on perceived competence and interpersonal skills, not party affiliation. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Competence over Partisanship: Party Affiliation Does Not Affect the Selection of School District Superintendents - Greer Mellon, 2025
In recent decades, affective polarization and partisan animosity have risen sharply in the United States. To what extent have these trends affected hiring decis...
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Thrilled to read these new RCT results on the positive impact of Big Brothers Big Sisters (@bbbsamerica.bsky.social)! As a former Big Sister volunteer myself, it was such a privilege to support and cheer on my amazing Little on her journey from middle school to college! shorturl.at/fEbX2
Arnold Ventures | The Results Are In: Big Brothers Big Sisters Makes…
A 4-year randomized controlled trial finds BBBS mentoring cuts youth delinquency and substance use.
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Really looking forward to reading this:
Paul Bruno@paul-bruno.com · 12mo agoWhy Does Value-Added Work? Implications of a Dynamic Model of Student Achievement www.nber.org/papers/w34119 "Although conventional value-added estimates are biased for individual teachers due to attenuation, we find they are forecast unbiased when applied across a sample of teachers"
In @asrjournal.bsky.social, ten years of mixed-methods data analyzed by @greermellon.bsky.social on hiring outcomes in Florida and California school districts suggests that partisan affiliation does not affect superintendent hiring outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
I'm at #ASA2025 presenting new research on school district superintendents' funding priorities on Tuesday, 8/12 at 8am. The panel has a great set of papers - hope to see folks there, or around the conference!
There’s also an accompanying podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Greer Mellon@greermellon.bsky.social · last yr.In our polarized political environment, I’m excited to share my new ASR publication: “Competence over Partisanship: Party Affiliation Does Not Affect the Selection of School District Superintendents”. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In our polarized political environment, I’m excited to share my new ASR publication: “Competence over Partisanship: Party Affiliation Does Not Affect the Selection of School District Superintendents”. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Two new papers on when and how school spending matters. With fabulous co-authors @greermellon.bsky.social @susannaloeb.bsky.social Now if only the federal govt would fund schools appropriately... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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What a kickoff! 🎉 Our 1st #EdWorkingPapers webinar brought together researchers, policymakers, & educators for a real-time conversation on when and how funding matters in schools. Thanks to @weilanch.bsky.social, @chriscandelaria.com, @emilyrauscher.bsky.social, and all who attended.
Look forward to presenting our work about when school funding matters most with coauthor @greermellon.bsky.social Please join us! @annenberginstitute.bsky.social
Annenberg Institute@annenberginstitute.bsky.social · last yr.Cutting-edge research deserves real-time attention. 🔍 Our May 21 webinar features not-yet-published work on school funding by @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com. Don’t miss this early look! Register:
Does school funding actually improve outcomes? 🤔Join our first-ever #EdWorkingPapers webinar Wed 5/21 at 2pm ET with @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com to find out. buff.ly/TW1oFhu #research #schoolfunding
PLEASE REPOST Two colleagues and I have been looking at corporate racial justice responses to the George Floy murder/BLM protests. Top line finding is influential DEI staff mattered. I suspect that the current DEI backlash is at least in part a response. theconversation.com/we-analyzed-...
We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence
Only 1 in 5 Fortune 500 companies made strong racial justice commitments in response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Those companies were more likely to have DEI staff.
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An important and courageous op-ed from @tiffjhuang.bsky.social on the critical need to uphold commitments in the fight against racial inequality in education: www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
Ohio State cutting DEI programs shows a breathtaking fear of the truth | Opinion
Pretending racism does not exist will not stop Donald Trump's attack on higher education.
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I'm really looking forward to #AEFP2025 next week! I'm presenting new work with @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @susanna-loeb.bsky.social on superintendents' funding priorities at the Politics and School Finance panel on Friday at 1:45pm!
I'm looking forward to attending #ESS this week. I'm presenting research on the role of partisan affiliation in local public sector hiring - focusing on the case of school district superintendents - in the "From Polarization to Solidarity" mini-conference. DM me if you want to chat or grab coffee!
This is all so terrible - lays out the details of cancelled contracts (including extensions to core datasets like the ECLSK, and RCTs on reading interventions).
Prof Dynarski@dynarski.bsky.social · last yr.Great piece on the important studies killed off at IES Incredibly shortsighted behavior open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
COPAFS@copafs.bsky.social · last yr.SIGN-ON Letter to Congressional leadership expressing concern about the recent incidents involving federal data being selectively removed from agency websites. Please consider signing on. Thank you. We are accepting signatures until noon (ET), Friday, February 7. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thanks to @lpeblog.bsky.social for the invitation to write about what policy scholars should do if "policy" is permanently broken. There are lots of good answers, but we can't afford to ignore the question.
In This Brave New World, Does Scholarship Still Matter?
If the recent past is no longer a useful guide to seeking change in the present, what good is policy-adjacent scholarship?
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