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Presidential Essay: AEFP’s Role in an Evidence-Informed Education Ecosystem

Historically, the U.S. federal government has invested in education research as a public good, with the implicit assumption that such research can support more efficient and effective educational oppo...

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NEW PAPER: We study the effects of immigration policy on student attendance in 2025. Students born outside the U.S. were 2.2pp more likely to be absent after Jan 2025 (a 37% increase). That's ~2 extra missed days per semester. LINK: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1453 @annenberginstitute.bsky.social

New working paper alert! Our team developed a web crawler to study the accessibility of information related to special education on school district websites in four states (MA, RI, IN, and FL). Read the full WP here: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1447 And check out Cam's thread below for more detail!

Cam Arnzen@camarnzen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I'm excited to share our latest EdWorking paper, "The Politics of Administrative Ease: Public Access to Local Special Education Information" (w/ @lindseykaler.bsky.social and co-authors). edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1447 #SpecialEducation #EdResearch @annenberginstitute.bsky.social

Friends - please help amplify and share in your networks. This small conference will convene multidisciplinary researchers w/ practitioners, non-profit organizers, & policymakers to share cutting-edge research on 🎓+🌎. We have only 25 spots left. Join us!

SustainableED@edsustainable.bsky.social · 4mo ago

‼️ REGISTRATION NOW OPEN ‼️ Limited spots are now available to attend the SustainableED Conference on May 1 in Providence, RI! Join us for an intimate event connecting ed x climate research to practice. Register: bit.ly/41D3Bcx More info: bit.ly/4lYQfAG

Glad to see our work about special ed and gifted identification across the income distribution appear in this week's @chalkbeat.org

Chalkbeat@chalkbeat.org · 5mo ago

Plus quick hits on AI cheating, strikes, gifted ID, and time in class in this Chalkbeat Ideas roundup.

The first of my dissertation papers is officially out in @psjeditor.bsky.social! I started this paper in 2023, so I am happy it’s finally out! 🎉 I wrote about it in this post for the North Central College Political Science Bulletin!

Dr. Arnzen's Research & Recent Publication on the Administrative Burdens of Voting

An introduction to some of my research and my new article out in Policy Studies Journal on how the "costs" of voting matter differently for individuals of different levels of education

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Excited to share a new manuscript and policy brief, published in TESE!! This is one of my dissertation papers, co-authored with @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, in which we study turnover patterns among paraeducators in WA state. When do paras leave the workforce and what are risk factors for exiting?

TESE: The journal of CEC’s Teacher Education Division@ted-cec-tese.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The first TESE policy brief by Kaler and Theobald is now on TED/CEC website! Great information related to turnover patterns in the paraeducator workforce! Link = tedcec.org/sites/defaul... @lindseykaler.bsky.social @roddy-theobald.bsky.social @lizbettini.bsky.social @cec-ted-policy.bsky.social

So exciting to see this study published! It’s a fantastic example of why it’s important to expand the scope of how we think about and study the education workforce. Check out Aaron’s thread below with a link to their paper!

Aaron Ainsworth@ajainsworth.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m really glad to see that our paper is now out at Ed Researcher! We examine turnover among the half of school employees who are not teachers to understand how their turnover compares. Using Oregon data (2007-23) for all public school employees, there are 3 new patterns that we document: A 🧵

Evidence-based insights matter for public policy. This FREE conference is going to have a ton of great research on teacher working conditions, quality, and pipelines. If you're going to/can be in Arlington, VA on March 2nd then register to join us!!

CALDER Center@caldercenter.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 Registration for #CALDER2026 is now open! Join us on Monday, March 2 in Arlington, VA for a one-day conference featuring research from CALDER experts & discussion between researchers, policymakers & practitioners. Register ➡️ caldercenter.org/events/17th-... @cedr.bsky.social

New @caldercenter.bsky.social working paper w/ @brbackes.bsky.social, @jecowan.bsky.social, & @cedr.bsky.social! We use MA data to explore the implications of the climate and diversity of students teachers' placement schools for outcomes of students of color. Paper & abstract ⬇️ tinyurl.com/4sxhtss8

🚨New RFP Alert!🚨 @Arnold_Ventures Evidence & Evaluation team released just two new RFPs to support research evaluating the causal impacts of U.S. social programs and policies: bit.ly/4aXA43k A short 🧵on what we're prioritizing and what's new this cycle (1/n)

Check out this awesome JMP by @john-fallon-econ.com!! Really interesting findings. John also does amazing work on the teacher workforce and anyone would be lucky to have him as a colleague! See his JMP thread below:

John Fallon@john-fallon-econ.com · 9mo ago

I'm John Fallon, a labor economist on the job market. My JMP uncovers something wild: when chiropractors got licensed in the early 1900s, medical boards responded by making it HARDER to become a doctor. Why would competition lead to stricter regulations? 🧵 john-fallon-econ.com (1/9)

Are you a political scientist who studies/teaches education policy? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi. Are you an education researcher who studies/teaches politics? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi.

Annenberg Institute@annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 9mo ago

@camarnzen.bsky.social and @chloeoneill.bsky.social explore how political science courses can better integrate education politics into the curriculum in “Teaching About Schooling: Integrating Education Politics into Political Science Curricula.” 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1551...

Check out the TED Publication of the Year for 2025!

TESE: The journal of CEC’s Teacher Education Division@ted-cec-tese.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New! Quezada et al. (2025) used semi-structured interviews in a multiple-case study of 7 adults with VI who became teachers of students with VI. Underqualified & accused of choosing an "easy" path? Misconceptions require work at multiple levels. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📉 Why did student achievement start declining before COVID? How are school enrollment patterns shifting five years after? Join us for our Nov 13 EdWorkingPapers webinar featuring James H. Wyckoff, @abbyfrancis.bsky.social, and @joshua-goodman.com edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series

💡Attending #SREE2025 this week? Join SPARC Center experts @lizbettini.bsky.social and @afgilmour.bsky.social for their session on Measuring and Strengthening the Special Education Teacher Workforce on Saturday, Oct 11 from 12-1:30 CT at Palmer House Hilton – Crystal.

First pub on the tenure track! 📣🎉 Stoked to see my work with Luis Rodriguez out in AERA-Open. We provide evidence regarding the distribution of different types police interventions in NYC public schools across school-level demographic characteristics. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Overpoliced? A Descriptive Portrait of School-Based Targeted Police Interventions in New York City - Jo R. King, Luis A. Rodriguez, 2025

This study provides a descriptive analysis of police intervention as a response to student behavior in New York City public schools. We find that between the 20...

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For grad students or postdocs out there: let me know if you'd like to present in my department's (Ed Policy, Org, & Leadership) Quantitative Working Group meeting Wednesday of next week (October 8) at 3pm Central time. Work at any stage is fine, it's very informal. I have a presenter gap this month.

Really excited to have this paper out in the world! See Dan's thread below!

Dan Goldhaber@cedr.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Hot off the presses a new @caldercenter.bsky.social paper on which college students are opting into a path toward becoming a teacher (by applying to a teacher ed program): caldercenter.org/publications... 1/n

Policy solutions can help stabilize and diversify the paraeducator workforce to improve #SpecialEducation outcomes. A recent paper by @lindseykaler.bsky.social and @roddy-theobald.bsky.social at @caldercenter.bsky.social examines turnover patterns in WA and offers suggestions for policymakers.

Excited to circulate another @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! Another study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social‬. Using data from WA, we track individual paraeducators to predict exit from the state education workforce. Ungated WP here: ‬ tinyurl.com/3wtfrm2m 🧵 below:

Our researchers are digging into questions about the #SpecialEducation teacher workforce. Recently, @lizbettini.bsky.social, @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @hannahmmathews.bsky.social,‬ Malavika Ragunathan & Katheryn Meyer explored teacher beliefs about students labeled with EBD.

🏫🌎 How do schools impact the environment? From energy use to food systems, schools have a substantial ecological footprint. Join the #SustainableED team on 7/15 at 1PM ET to explore how schools can reduce their impact & lead on sustainability. 📅 Register: buff.ly/2IrefK2

New pub alert! 🎉 Check out our new paper in EC, in which we use DisCrit to examine special educators' beliefs about students labeled with EBD. I loved working with @hannahmmathews.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, @katiekat.bsky.social, and Mal Ragunathan on this one! doi.org/10.1177/0014...

“Well, Those Students Have a Name:” Special Educators’ Beliefs About Students Labeled With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders - Hannah Morris Mathews, Lindsey Kaler, Malavika Ragunathan, Elizabeth Bettini...

Teachers’ beliefs influence the educational experiences they provide for students with disabilities. Furthermore, beliefs are highly contextualized, necessitati...

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Hannah Mathews@hannahmmathews.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper w/ @lindseykaler.bsky.social , Mal Ragunathan, @lizbettini.bsky.social , & Katie Meyer! Drawing on DisCrit, we used narrative analysis to explore SETs' beliefs about students labeled w/ EBD, the purpose of special education & their roles in service of that purpose. doi.org/10.1177/0014...

New working paper from me and a great group of coauthors: The Effects of the Four-Day School Week on Teacher Recruitment and Retention caldercenter.org/publications... Read on to see what's different about this vs. some of my prior work 🧵⬇️

Updated literature review on special education teachers' occupational wellbeing and burnout is published online! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... @lizbettini.bsky.social @michellecumming.bsky.social Excited to see the nascent intervention work prior research has catalyzed!

This is an AWESOME webinar for anyone interested in learning about how to use state longitudinal data systems to study the special education teacher workforce! Researchers, doc students, state data folks - come join us!

SPARC Center@sparccenter.bsky.social · last yr.

There's a #SpecialEducation teacher shortage—but defining and identifying special education teachers varies by state and system. We’re unpacking the complexity in our upcoming webinar. 🗓️ June 26 at 3pm ET 🔗 Register: sparccenter.org/events/regis...

My first First Author paper is out with @fchriscurran.bsky.social 🥳 This study examines the political, economic, and social factors influencing state adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) using an event history analysis. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YYPWZ...

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New @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! A study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @natejones.bsky.social‬, & @lizbettini.bsky.social. We find staff turnover matters for SWDs. Ungated WP & one pager: • Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9 • One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp

Nice coverage of my recent work on school staff shortages from the UIUC News Bureau.//Staff shortages exceed those for teachers in many Illinois public schools news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...