Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
@mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Public Policy at UAlbany studying political economy of education policy, former teacher, baker of biscuits, momma. https://sites.google.com/view/melissa-lyon
Four‑day school weeks are gaining traction—but do they deliver on their promises? Hear new findings from @nwea.bsky.social's Emily Morton & @annenberginstitute.bsky.social's @andrewmcamp.com on April 22 at 1 PM ET. Register: bit.ly/4rNbwP3
Alarming drops in working conditions for teachers during and after the pandemic www.brookings.edu/articles/sur...
Survey shows alarming drop in working conditions for teachers: What are we doing about it? | Brookings
Post-pandemic teacher working conditions have plummeted as classroom disruptions surge, fueling a crisis in U.S. schools.
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Hey, hey, hey, more good stuff (i.e., research!): caldercenter.org/publications... Want to know more about this? Come see @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social present it in person at next Monday's CALDER Conference, register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The Effects of Teacher Strikes on Compensation, Working Conditions, and Productivity | CALDER Center
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How do daily realities, leadership, and labor actions shape teacher working conditions? Join us at #CALDER2026 on March 2 to dig into the evidence with @elizabeth-steiner.bsky.social, Cory Koedel, @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social, and @marlau-k.bsky.social. Register 👉 caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
📣 Updated working paper on teacher strikes ➡️ Strikes have big impacts on compensation and working conditions & no average effect on test scores. ➡️ Strikes are most effective where initial spending is relatively low and where they are illegal. www.nber.org/papers/w32862
The Effects of Teacher Strikes on Compensation, Working Conditions, and Productivity
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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We provide early evidence on the impact of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on learning opportunities, and the schooling disruptions that the growing number of low-coverage communities could face if outbreaks continue to spread. See working paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1358
The West Texas Measles Outbreak and Student Absences
Declining child-vaccination rates are driving a measles resurgence in the US, yet little evidence documents how these outbreaks may disrupt schooling. Using daily absence data from a school district a...
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All-star lineup of research presentations, featuring @elizabeth-steiner.bsky.social @andrewmcamp.com @gzamarro.bsky.social @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @roddy-theobald.bsky.social @cedr.bsky.social and more! Come join us at #CALDER2026 - registration is free!
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 publication alert #econsky🚨 Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith Paper thread incoming 🧵 tinyurl.com/susp-ws
Suspended from work and school? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence
We examine the impact of local labor market shocks and state unemployment insurance (UI) policies on student discipline in U.S. public schools. Analyz…
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Hey #econsky! I'm organizing a workshop at Brown this Spring in partnership with Eric Nielsen and Viviana Rodriguez. The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work. And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
Congratulations are in order for @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social who was awarded a research grant through the William T. Grant Foundation to study the impact of school board election timing policies on educational equity. Lyon and two fellow researchers were awarded $299,083 through the grant.
This is a wonderful postdoc! I highly recommend applying!
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...
We are hiring an assistant professor in public policy!
Steve B. Holt@stevebholt.bsky.social · 10mo agoHi everyone. Some exciting news. We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Public Policy here at Rockefeller College. We are pretty flexible on topic areas. We have a great team here and Albany is a great place to live. #econsky #academicsky Posting: albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
Congratulations to Trevor Brown @jhuartssciences.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @apsa.bsky.social Labor Politics A Philip Randolph Award! Here presented by the great @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social 🥳
Comprehensive reporting on what's going on with teachers' unions these days from Sarah Sparks at Edweek. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
How Teachers' Unions Are Confronting the Second Trump Era
Can teachers' unions thread the needle between countering widespread anti-union measures and broadening membership and public support?
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Update to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose Now includes that info by state legislative district as well. poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
» Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard
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Really insightful connections from @rachelmcohen.bsky.social between what’s happening with DOGE and what happened with k-12 teachers in the 2010s www.vox.com/donald-trump...
Elon Musk is using the anti-teacher playbook against the entire civil workforce
This didn’t start with DOGE.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
Let's measure beyond proficiency: Colleagues, please consider signing on to our SEDA letter supporting planned improvements to EDFacts data collection. Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(VIEW ONLY) EDFacts Comment Letter 2025 Clean Draft.docx
January 26, 2025 Stephanie Valentine PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Dev...
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It's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot. Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
The article below also features: - "The Rise & Fall of the Teaching Profession", by @matthewakraft.bsky.social & @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social edworkingpapers.com/ai22-679 - "Kumon In: The Recent, Rapid Rise of Private Tutoring Centers", by me, Edward Kim & Marty West edworkingpapers.com/ai21-367
The Rise and Fall of the Teaching Profession: Prestige, Interest, Preparation, and Satisfaction over the Last Half Century
We examine the state of the U.S. K-12 teaching profession over the last half century by compiling nationally representative time-series data on four interrelated constructs: occupational prestige, int...
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Joshua Goodman@joshua-goodman.com · 2y agoIt's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot. Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
BREAKING: Amazon delivery drivers in Skokie, Illinois have also authorized a strike. These workers serve thousands and thousands of people in the Chicago area. The Teamsters gave Amazon a December 15th deadline to come to the bargaining table.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2y agoBREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time. The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout. Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
Pete Stavros Fellowships in the Economics of Employee Share Ownership - Call for Applications #FundSocSci #EconSky smlr.rutgers.edu/institute-st...
What will a second Trump term mean for teachers unions? @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social tells @haveyouheard.bsky.social that while unions are a target, going after them may not be as easy as Trump and his allies think on.soundcloud.com/MhVZWQdfS9AJ...
#188 What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Public Education?
Donald Trump’s return to office is likely to have profound implications for the nation’s public schools. In this episode we start to grapple with five major policy areas that are likely to be impacted
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New @haveyouheard.bsky.social Our schools are in for more chaos and conflict, whatever Trump II brings. @drrachelswhite.bsky.social and Rebecca Jacobsen on the cost of political disruption and how to prepare for what's ahead on.soundcloud.com/dJ1FWoNb69bA...
#187 The Politics of Disruption
Schools are in for more chaos and conflict, whatever specific policies are enacted by a second Trump Administration. We talk to two scholars about just how much the politics of disruption are costing,
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Great new episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social with Rebecca Jacobsen and @drrachelswhite.bsky.social It has everything! New politics of disruption idea, qualitative and quantitative research, and politics of ed 💯 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
#187 The Politics of Disruption
Podcast Episode · Have You Heard · 11/21/2024 · 46m
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