New paper now out in @aerj_journal w/ Liz Nigro & John Wang on 4 different models of state-led district turnaround in Mass., providing positive evidence for building in opportunities for local influence over decision-making. Grateful for reactions! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

edsource.org/2025/califor... @juliemarsh.bsky.social @lsmulfinger.bsky.social

While school districts’ initial pandemic-era school re-opening decisions were intensely partisan, subsequent operational decisions were less so journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... 1/2

Happy Friday, fellow #EdResearch nerds! Sharing some @aefpweb.bsky.social Live Handbook chapters - a neat feature is that you can provide feedback (form is at the bottom of each page). Teacher Preparation: Research Evidence and Policy Implications livehandbook.org/k-12-educati...

Please nominate for AEFP Board candidates TODAY if you haven't already and thanks to those who already have!

Help needed! Please provide us with nominations (including self-nominations) for the AEFP Board of Directors by 5/27. We're looking for potential at-large members, governmental affiliates, teacher org affiliates, & president-elects. Submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Compelling response to my call for undergrads to share any burning questions they might have at the end of the last reading quiz of the semester: "Lets say we decided to host our last class outside... and a grizzly bear comes to interrupt our lecture....and they are ready to fight... 1/2

Here’s the position I posted a few days ago, for an education researcher: bsky.app/profile/capo...

UVA students: check out the democracy course guide for fall 2025 registration karshinstitute.virginia.edu/democracy-co...

I’m writing my first book! “The Long Division: How the Politics of Education Became Partisan” is now officially under contract with Oxford University Press I’m excited for this opportunity—although I’ve discovered that it can be a grim satisfaction when your research becomes relevant (1/13)

Want to help save research using NCES restricted-use data? Here is a gdrive with actions, background, and context from my colleague sean reardon (sharing with permission): 1) actions 2) background 3) list of data files: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

The new @aefpweb.bsky.social Live Handbook is an awesome source for quick comprehensive looks at key education policy topics. No better time for resources showing the value of research to policymakers & the public. I'm grateful to have contributed a chapter on state takeovers of districts.

This need not be limited to those who are currently using restricted-use licenses. All researchers can join the call to preserve access to NCES data that helps improve U.S. schooling for children.

I’ll be a panelist on an upcoming webinar about the state takeover of Houston ISD: unlv.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Join us Friday 3/21 for a discussion with takeover experts @domingomorel.bsky.social, @bethschueler.bsky.social, and Steven Nelson about this critical topic.

It's that time of year to circulate this list of orgs for those seeking ed policy jobs/internships. Please let me know if there are opportunities/orgs I should add. Good luck out there! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Been sheltering in place with my undergrad students for the last 3+ hours as police search the campus. They eventually turned to a Glee, Pitch Perfect, Fleetwood Mac, and Beatles sing-along. The kids are alright. But the kids are not alright.

State takeovers are unfortunately not a useful tool for improving struggling school systems.

Keep the gratitude rolling... Nominations for AEFP awards are due TOMORROW Sunday 12/1. Get 'em in! aefpweb.org/awards

Reminder to get your AEFP Award nominations in before heading to APPAM / Thanksgiving break! Noms due Dec 1st for 4 awards: (1) Justice, Equity, Diversity or Inclusion (2) Use of Evidence for Policy or Practice (3) Early Career (4) Dissertation aefpweb.org/awards

Is there a lit on the causal effects of involuntary school transfer (e.g., due to rezoning) on student achievement? Esp. cases requiring nonstructural moves. I'm aware of the lit on between-school mobility (but this often also captures housing mobility and/or voluntary transfers)...

Signal boosting this since I am on it and vain af

Take a news break & nominate someone for the AEFP JEDI award. Who can you think of who has contributed to justice, equity, diversity, inclusion or belonging in education, loosely defined? It can be through research, teaching, service, practice, or public engagement... 1/2

New >> California and New York are projected to lose up to 8 electoral votes in 2030. Texas and Florida are projected to gain 8. If Kamala Harris had to compete with that map, even winning Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin wouldn’t have saved her. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Starter pack for those interested in the politics of education, loosely defined. Please let me know if you'd like to be added (and forgive omissions!). Thanks! go.bsky.app/4LxftVF

Researchers! Is there a research partner you've worked with who you could nominate for the AEFP Use of Evidence in Policy & Practice Award? This award recognizes individuals working outside academic or research orgs (e.g., at ed agencies, non-profits)... 1/2

ATTN: NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 2025 Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) AWARDS! Please take a few moments to celebrate your colleagues, collaborators, mentees, mentors, research idols, golden unicorns, or yourself (seriously, self-nominations welcome!). Noms (due 12/1) for 4 awards: 1/6

On school turnaround in TN: "We find little evidence to support improved long-run student outcomes—mostly null effects that are nearly zero in magnitude." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... Interesting contrast from MA: edworkingpapers.com/ai23-882 #EdResearch

I’m coming up with a reading list on the politics of early childhood education policy. Any greatest hits come to mind that I should include? Thanks!

How competitive debate can improve public education t.co/cQYJ3EI3zx

“Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time… It is an idea which hasn’t been disproved yet…” -E.B. White www.newyorker.com/books/double...

Pleased to release a new working paper examining the impacts of efforts to improve school districts labelled low performing in Massachusetts coauthored with two excellent UVA doctoral students Liz Nigro & John Wang edworkingpapers.com/index.php/ai...

What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than to pay it forward by nominating your grad students or colleagues for an AEFP annual award? Deadline is Dec 1st. Process is easy/ not super onerous and we even encourage self-nominations. Spread the word. Thanks! aefpweb.org/awards

Happy Election Day! Wish this voter guide had been available when I voted early (esp. given the new info on school board candidates). www.cvilletomorrow.org/2023-voter-g...

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-...

Middle and high school policy debate improves critical thinking skills and promotes college going. New today in EEPA! www.aera.net/Newsroom/Stu...

Come join us as a postdoc at UVA! Would be great IMHO to have someone with interests in politics of education jobs.virginia.edu/jobs/R005391...

Q: Can you guess what Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin says would be the best single policy approach to addressing the gender pay gap in the U.S.? A: Extend the K-12 school day and school year. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

(This Bird Has Flown) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_V6...

Hey there. Good to see y'all over here! Inaugural post to share a new working paper showing many school district operational decisions in the first post-pandemic onset reopening year were not as politicized as decisions around learning modality, at least in VA: edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul...