Register now for the June 17 EdWorkingPapers webinar facilitated by tomdee.bsky.social and featuring @andrewmcamp.com, Jeremy Singer, and their co-authors. edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series

NEW: We connected school attendance value-added estimates (for 2022-23 through 2024-25) to statewide survey data on school-based attendance practices. Our goal was to identify effective attendance strategies (e.g., specific practices, organizational systems, staffing, leadership). What did we find?🧵

I testified today about inter-district choice in front of the MI House of Reps education and workforce subcommittee. I was proud to spotlight the excellent and robust scholarship from MI on this topic! 🧵

Can't wait to read this! From abstract, this also looks like an amazing teaching tool for phd students: 1. Great research question 2. Great research design 3. Unexpected results (based on researchers' priors) 4. Still produces useful refinement of expectations and theory (because of #1 and #2)

Sarah W. Lenhoff@sarahlenhoff.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This study started with a convo over coffee w/ Huriya Jabbar in 2017! We wrote two unsuccessful grant proposals, finally got internal funding, and then struggled through 4 journals to get the null findings published. Persistence and great colleagues for the win! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

This study started with a convo over coffee w/ Huriya Jabbar in 2017! We wrote two unsuccessful grant proposals, finally got internal funding, and then struggled through 4 journals to get the null findings published. Persistence and great colleagues for the win! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Paradox of School Choice? Experimental Evidence on Choice Architecture, Anxiety, and Satisfaction - Sarah Winchell Lenhoff, Huriya Jabbar, Fatima Varner, Gloria Stout, Kathleen Holloway, 2026

School choice policy is often touted as offering more choices to families whose school options are limited by traditional zoning. However, too many options or t...

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School transportation seems like one of those obvious resources that is essential to making public school work, yet it often gets short shrift. I was glad to work with Sam to summarize what we know about school transit usage, offerings, and effects in this @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social chapter.

AEFP Live Handbook@aefplivehandbook.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Transportation plays a key role in how families experience school choice. Learn more in Sarah W. Lenhoff (@sarahlenhoff.bsky.social) and Samuel Speroni’s chapter on transportation in school choice systems: livehandbook.org/k-12-educati...

Supported by both the Fordham Institute and @wallacefoundation.bsky.social, Michael Hartney and I explored the extent to which U.S. school board members are politically and demographically representative of the communities they serve. Here's a summary of our main findings: 1/12

Michael Petrilli@michaelpetrilli.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New from Fordham, the Wallace Foundation, @dmhouston.bsky.social & Michael Hartney: Who’s on Board? School Boards and Political Representation in an Age of Conflict fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

Reminder to apply for our postdoc positions at Detroit PEER! Deadline is Friday and we'll be interviewing candidates within the next few weeks!

Sarah W. Lenhoff@sarahlenhoff.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!

Come work with us! We’re really excited about our research on attendance and chronic absenteeism. And we’d be really excited to work with you! Reach out if you have any questions. Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.

Sarah W. Lenhoff@sarahlenhoff.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!

📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!

Check out our new report on how Michigan schools are addressing the persistent problem of chronic absenteeism. @jeremylsinger.bsky.social has a great thread on our key findings. Please reach out with feedback or ideas for potential collaboration on future work!

Jeremy Singer@jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 12mo ago

NEW: We conducted a survey of all school leaders in Michigan in 2024-25 about their attendance strategies. Our report offers the most comprehensive evidence thus far of what schools are actively doing to reduce chronic absenteeism. @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social detroitpeer.org/wp-content/u...

Detroit's @cityofdetroit.bsky.social city government can play a bigger role in improving the conditions for educational success for our city's young people. Detroit PEER has released four fact sheets focused on the areas our next mayor should address. detroitpeer.org/resources/

Jeremy Singer@jeremylsinger.bsky.social · last yr.

Detroit is electing a new mayor! While the mayor doesn't directly govern the city's schools, there's a lot the city can do to improve education opportunities for Detroit children and their families. @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and I have written four fact sheets to inform the future mayor.🧵

Thanks to the folks @edpolicyinca.org for giving us a chance to apply our research findings on chronic absenteeism to the CA context.

PACE@edpolicyinca.org · last yr.

In a new PACE commentary, @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social of WSU COE conclude that schools cannot be expected to solve chronic absenteeism alone but need community & state support to address systemic barriers for students and families. edpolicyinca.org/newsroom/ret... (1/3)

In a new PACE commentary, @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social of WSU COE conclude that schools cannot be expected to solve chronic absenteeism alone but need community & state support to address systemic barriers for students and families. edpolicyinca.org/newsroom/ret... (1/3)

PACE - Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism in California

Abstract: Chronic absenteeism—defined as missing 10 percent or more school days—has surged in California since the pandemic, with 20 percent of students chronically absent in 2023–24. This is not mere...

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Using data from Michigan, we find that third grade retention for struggling readers may be a much less important component of the benefits of literacy reforms than previously understood. (Thx, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social, for the dissemination bump!)

Annenberg Institute@annenberginstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Flagged for retention, but not retained: Michigan’s 3rd-grade retention policy raised reading scores largely by triggering extra help, not holding kids back. 🔍Jordan Berne, Brian Jacob, @weilanch.bsky.social, Katharine Strunk 📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1188

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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So much time and money spent on testing, accountability, charters, vouchers—really what we need to do is fix the buildings, but there’s never money for it. www.freep.com/story/news/e...

Study finds Michigan public schools need $22.8 billion for repairs. Where's the money?

School buildings in the state are aging − rapidly − and a new study has found public district buildings need $22.8 billion in repairs or renovations.

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It has been really rewarding to finally have my & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social's book out in the world! We're finding that many school & community leaders intuitively "get" our premise but are struggling with how to move beyond the common school-centered toolbox. hep.gse.harvard.edu/978168253961...

Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism

A call for community-based approaches to reducing the barriers that prevent regular attendance in K-12 schools In Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism, Sarah Winc...

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In our book, @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social & I recommend policymakers promote a coordinated and cross-sector approach to chronic absenteeism. I was thrilled to learn from @edalliesmn.bsky.social about exciting steps in that direction happening in MN! Some highlights: www.house.mn.gov/sessiondaily...

Our book is now published! You can order it here: hep.gse.harvard.edu/978168253961... @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and I would be very happy to talk to anyone who's interested in learning more, or who'd like to discuss some of what they've read.

Jeremy Singer@jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 2y ago

How it started / How it’s going @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and I recently got page proofs for our book on chronic absenteeism! We’re very excited for it to come out in March. More info (and preorder) here: hep.gse.harvard.edu/978168253961...

This statement is nearing 1600 signatories. Have you signed? Have you sent to your friends & colleagues? Your department or university list-serve? Your alumni network? if not, can you? bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd or to go right to signing bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign

Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education

Speaking Out for Democracy and US Higher Education To add your name to this statement, go to https://bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEdSign We publicly affirm our commitment to the enterprise of higher educ...

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Daniel Laurison@daniellaurison.bsky.social · last yr.

A key step in fighting the Trump admin's attacks on higher education specifically and democracy more broadly is to say as clearly as we can that we share values that are meaningful and that we will not stand by while our institutions are destroyed. You can do that here: bit.ly/DemocracyAndHigherEd

This news, arriving the day before the "abolish USED" order, captures the fundamental contradiction in this admin's approach to ed policy: A) We will eliminate the fed role and "send educ back to the states" B) We will aggressively wield USED against states to enforce our vision for social policy

Evie Blad@evieblad.bsky.social · last yr.

Maine must take steps to prohibit transgender athletes from playing on girls’ sports teams in the next 10 days or it will risk losing millions of dollars in federal education funds, the U.S. Department said Wednesday. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

I've got a paper w/ Kess Ballentine focused on how work policies (e.g., benefits, flexibility, discipline, etc.) & school policies intersect to create opps or challenges for parents' involvement in their children's schooling. Anyone have a panel we could join for @appam.bsky.social #2025APPAM?

APPAM @appam.bsky.social · last yr.

Reminder: Submissions for #2025APPAM, the Annual Fall Research Conference, are open now through April 23! Learn more and submit here: ow.ly/3bqv50VcbZp

I've learned so much from @efrankenberg.bsky.social's scholarship and was lucky enough to work with her on my first publication when I was in grad school. No less important, she is also a wonderful human being. This is so well deserved!

Social Science Research Institute at Penn State@ssripennstate.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to SSRI associate director @efrankenberg.bsky.social on being named a 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow! ➡️

On Monday, 3/31 at 12 PM ET, join @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social and @jeremylsinger.bsky.social for a virtual talk on their book, RETHINKING CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. This event is hosted by the Monroe C. Gutman Library, moderated by @ehutt.bsky.social, and is free to attend! https://bit.ly/4k1uuyI

If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion 1/N Big picture: Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure) - load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review -These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means

Andrew Ho@andrewdeanho.bsky.social · last yr.

Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

My 9yo daughter just described me as a “chronic absence scientist.”