Our amazing colleague Danny Moraguez died last month: lnkd.in/eYag-N6q Danny was a brilliant scholar who was committed to social justice and educational equity. @anniewoff.bsky.social, @waltecton.bsky.social, and I couldn't have been luckier to have Danny in our hiring cohort. 1/3

There's a lot going on in the world right now, but in some good news: @alexmoran.bsky.social defended his dissertation today! Alex is such a smart, thoughtful ed policy researcher and the field is beyond lucky to have him. I hope I did a better job advising than I did taking this photo.

Please share this position with your networks! You'll get to work with me, @harbatkat.bsky.social, Christine Mokher, Stacey Rutledge, & a great team at the U of Michigan, Florida State U, and the CTE Research Network. Please reach out w/questions - ecton@umich.edu!🧵 careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

New from Jen Darling-Aduana, @dave-woo.bsky.social, and me: We observed lessons in an online charter school to understand instructional quality. Despite the school's marketing as an innovative, tailored alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar publics, teachers' instruction rarely reflected this.

New from me in Education Finance & Policy: Pandemic-Era School Staff Shortages: Evidence from Unfilled Position Data in Illinois doi.org/10.1162/edfp...

🚨I am psyched to share a new working paper from @edutuan.bsky.social & myself 🚨. We show how to estimate turnover & net-negative job loss (think ~shortages) with public data for K12 schools by county from 2000 to present, by race, ethnicity, educ attainment & gender. edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1135 🧵

Leveraging Quarterly Workforce Indicators to Analyze Teacher Labor Market Dynamics: Inequitable Trends in Educator Turnover

Educator labor markets vary considerably across the country and can change quickly during recessions. We use data from the Quality Workforce Indicators (QWI) on educators in Elementary and Secondary S...

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Happy to share that our paper on the relationship between teacher intentions and teacher turnover behavior is now published at Education Finance and Policy. (with @edutuan.bsky.social @alexmoran.bsky.social Katharine Strunk, and Jason Burns). direct.mit.edu/edfp/article... 1/5

Should I Stay or Should I Go (Later)? Teacher Intentions and Turnover in Low-Performing Schools and Districts before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract. Teacher turnover is a perennial concern, especially in low-performing, high-poverty schools. While districts and schools may try to anticipate and mitigate turnover by surveying teachers abo...

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So excited that this work is finally published in Exceptional Children! I loved working on this study of the paraeducator workforce with @roddy-theobald.bsky.social @lizbettini.bsky.social and @natejones.bsky.social. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Roddy Theobald@roddy-theobald.bsky.social · 2y ago

Publication alert! Our @caldercenter.bsky.social work on the paraeducator workforce in WA, joint with @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, & @natejones.bsky.social, is now published in EC! Journal link: tinyurl.com/4rp8e5sb Ungated: tinyurl.com/4dwnzy3y 1 pager: tinyurl.com/y7w9jufy

Education scholars heading to #APPAM2024 - @christocleve.bsky.social and I are organizing an informal happy hour meet up Thursday night 11/21 at The Brass Tap, 7pm! Would love to reconnect with folks while we're all together next week. Please amplify and feel free to invite others!

Oh yay, this paper is finally out at AERA Open! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨 Out now in Ed Researcher @aeraedresearch.bsky.social a new study with @bakerdphd.bsky.social Karly Ford&Marc Johnston-Guerrero 🚨 We coded a census of original research from AERA journals (2009-19) to surface hidden patterns in authors use racial terminology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... 1/N

New from me, Katharine Strunk, and Aliyah McIlwain in Econ of Ed: Using a variety of data sources, we show that schools and districts slated for turnaround before the pandemic experienced some of the pandemic's most harmful effects. Ungated: authors.elsevier.com/a/1h%7E-k%7E...

We (EPIC) have a new report today on MI's Partnership schools and districts--those identified for additional supports and accountability measures under the state's turnaround policy. The report focused on staffing challenges and resulting consequences during 2022-23. epicedpolicy.org/human-capita...

Education Policy Innovation Collaborative | Human Capital Challenges in Round 4 Partnership District...

Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, a research center devoted to rigorous evidence about education policy. Producing research with consequence

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New Brookings Chalkboard post published with @bethschueler.bsky.social & @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social asking the question, Do state takeovers of school districts work? www.brookings.edu/articles/do-...

The AIR team is doing super-interesting work on accountability system design!

Umut Özek@uozek.bsky.social · 3y ago

Interesting work from North Carolina...we also have a couple of new reports examining the design of school accountability systems under ESSA and their implications (Ohio and California reports are out, Florida report is coming soon). www.air.org/sites/defaul... www.air.org/sites/defaul...

We have a new post for Brookings on teacher intentions and actual turnover! Most teachers stay after 1 yr regardless of expressed intent--but intent becomes increasingly predictive over a 3-year period. www.brookings.edu/articles/the... Based on our working paper at edworkingpapers.com/ai23-815

From me & @betsyjwolf.bsky.social! We show that states can offset loss of stability in growth measures by using multiple years of data for school ratings. Also: growth generates more equitable ratings than proficiency--but still disproportionately penalizes high-poverty, high-URM schools.

Dan Goldhaber@cedr.bsky.social · 3y ago

I appreciate this simulation paper about school accountability measures: edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul... It clearly shows the tradeoffs between validity, stability, and equity of measures based on test score growth vs. proficiency. I see it as yet more evidence that we should emphasize growth.

Feels about time for an introduction! I am an Assistant Professor at George Mason University where I teach aspiring educational leaders & researchers. I conduct research on school security, school improvement, high school graduation policies, and racial inequality (when I am not watching reality TV)

We have an assistant professor position open in education policy at Florida State, with a focus on teaching in the EdD program. Info below, and I'd be very happy to chat with anyone who has questions about the department, FSU, or anything else you might be wondering about! bit.ly/3rnsk6n

Hello! Consider this an intro for the new space: I'm an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Florida State, I do research on graduate education, mentoring, and higher ed structures that (disparately) shape students' trajectories - largely focusing on STEM. Also: I love coffee & traveling.

Hi everyone! I'm an assistant professor of education policy and evaluation at FSU. My work focuses on policies related to educational equity, with a particular focus on teachers, teacher labor markets, and school accountability and reform. Sometimes I post about that stuff! Also: cats, Stata