OMG, you know you've gotta get one of these!

Consider nominating a colleague (or yourself) for one of the 2026 CEC-DR Awards! You have two months to think about it. Awards will be presented at the CEC Convention in Salt Lake City, UT in March 2026. Visit our website to learn more about each award: cecdr.org/cec-dr-awards

It's solo @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social on the Gadfly, but if you want some good arguments for phone bans (the scant evidence is a bit mixed, but as parent, I'm 100% that we ought to have them) listen in! fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

So glad to see this work (w/ my co-author Cyrus Grout) out in the wild! To answer the question of the title (kind of): ratings of teacher applicants do predict retention. How Predictive of Teacher Retention Are Ratings of Applicants from Professional References? url: direct.mit.edu/edfp/article...

I love these podcasts on education and the 2nd Trump administration. Super informative, including that Andy and Rick are seen as married in the state of MA. But seriously, what a great way to keep up with changes at IES, ed related lawsuits, +👇 www.aei.org/podcast/educ...

I just have to post this on the GCU! If you want to both laugh and puzzle over what you aren't understanding (but know you probably should be), follow @drconstance.bsky.social!

Yup, it's been a real pleasure working with all the co-authors and to dig into this new source of teacher application data!

The poor results “are coming at a terrible time, when there is zero federal effort to improve education through policy and indeed the federal government is withholding education dollars over tired culture war battles.” (Also that head shot of me is from 2010 😬).

Lots of quotes from lots of folks on dispiriting NAEP results: www.the74million.org/article/covi...

Me too!

"New York, New Jersey, California, and Illinois stand out as states that not only achieve high rates of access but also high proximity. This indicates that these states not only have a high proportion of Pell students enrolled in EEs, but their EEs are also within reach of communities"

Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellow Early Childhood Education Institute (ECEI), University of Oklahoma #econ_ra apply.interfolio.com/171415

So much to say on this! Let me begin with a rant based on an offhand remark that @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social made about emails/texts from schools: "too much is better than too little." I do not believe this to be true! fordhaminstitute.org/national/res... 1/n

Great opportunity alert! 👇

{new} Join us TOMORROW for a webinar on the education research we need for the future: eduprogress.org/building-a-n...

Excited to share a new publication with co-author Tiffany Lam- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Dual-Certification in Special Education and General Education. Read the full paper here- journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

NCME is a strong organization with a great board. Colleagues, please nominate those eager and ready to lead us forward, together. Link (due 11/14): form.jotform.com/252314794748... We welcome your questions and look forward to your engagement. @ncme38.bsky.social @derekbriggs.bsky.social

"preregistered moderation analyses indicated that heterogeneous groups benefited students with higher English language skills, homogeneous groups benefited students with lower skills...teachers provided more specialized strategies for ELs in homogeneous groups" journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

Structuring Choice Policy, School Segregation and the Two-Staged School Choice Process journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

U.S. Dept of Ed is proposing to eliminate the requirement for states to report data on racial disparities in special education, currently a condition to receive federal $ under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Comments open till 10/21 www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

"The Early Literacy Support Block Grant (ELSBG) provided teacher professional development grounded in the science of reading as well as aligned supports... significant (and cost-effective) improvements in ELA achievement as well as smaller improvements in math." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

Yup, this👇 is a very important point, one that often gets lost. The problems of implementation, scale, context, and sustainability are sometimes/often different than intervention design.

Terrific paper (though related to the findings, I think a lot of people reached the wrong conclusions about teacher evaluation reform, i.e., that it can't work and/or isn't worth the political costs).

What is the prevalence of late hiring & what factors predict it? New CALDER paper by @cedr.bsky.social & Maia Goodman Young uses scraped job posting data from WA to examine late staffing & how it varies by district & subject area. Read here: caldercenter.org/publications... 🧵 Learn more below 👇

Information Frictions and the Labor Market for Public School Teachers www.nber.org/papers/w34151

New: The Education Department's cuts have left the niche, government-backed "industry" of education research in a dire state. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Per @paul-bruno.com (love that you do this), our article is now out in the wild!

Some evidence on the impact of COVID-era teacher licensure waivers (& nice write up of recent @caldercenter.bsky.social working papers). What Happened When States Dropped Teacher Licensing Requirements? www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

Apart from wanting to rant a tiny bit, it's always useful to talk publicly about rejections. The majority of decisions researchers receive are rejections and they're never pleasant to get. Learning how to move on from them is a key skill we should be modeling.

Oops, here's the link to the study: www.cedr.us/_files/ugd/7...

Given what we know about late teacher hiring, it's quite likely that late posting of teacher job openings indicate trouble for student achievement. We look at this phenomenon in Washington state using scraped job openings. 1/2

As @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social says, it's a "education reform-climate change double header" on the Gadfly. I love that @matthewakraft.com is swinging for the fences on the big issues and the discussion that gets into the thorny politics of climate change. fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

The program combines college classes with on-the-job training to help adults without a bachelor’s degree become a licensed teacher.

For your Monday morning enjoyment!: two new @caldercenter.bsky.social papers looking at the effects of pandemic-era teacher licensure test waivers on the teacher labor market: caldercenter.org/publications... caldercenter.org/publications... A short 🧵 1/n

#FridayFeature: "Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Policies to Level the Playing Field" by Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor, explores whether salary differentials address unequal teacher quality. 🔗: doi.org/10.1162/EDFP... #EFP

Optimal School System and Curriculum Design: Theory and Evidence www.nber.org/papers/w3409... "Our framework provides a novel interpretation of studies that find zero achievement effects at selective school admission cutoffs."

I tend to steer clear of publicly commenting on the politics of education policy/reform, but I'm definitely interested. If you are too, this convo w/ Ben Austin is worthwhile! PS - Full disclosure, I testified in the Verga case. fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

New @caldercenter.bsky.social paper alert! We (big group of authors) look at summer school as a pandemic recovery strategy. What do we find? 👇 caldercenter.org/publications...

Terrific convo w/ Vlad Kogan about his new book: No Adult Left Behind. I got an early look at the book and it's terrific! A few more thoughts 👇👇👇 fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

Pretty dismal i-Ready tests findings suggesting limited pandemic recovery (though as I note, it's possible we are missing something b/c of the threshold issue of the measure). Exclusive: Majority-Black Schools See Some Gains, But Recovery Not ‘Fast Enough’ www.the74million.org/article/excl...

CALDER partnered with @bellwetherorg.bsky.social on a new series looking at how pandemic-era research can help education leaders navigate today’s K–12 policy challenges. Check out the first report here: bellwether.org/publications... @cedr.bsky.social

100% 👇

In a different world, this piece might have been titled: "Unlikely Allies: LDH and Petrilli Unite to Combat Teacher Attrition." OPINION: Here’s how we hold on to experienced teachers: Give them the support they need hechingerreport.org/opinion-here...

In honor of the impending doom of the 2025-26 college application season, check out @danielklasik.bsky.social's chapter in @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social! Suggestions for additional research or ideas for future research? Use the Provide Feedback form at the end. livehandbook.org/higher-educa...

No retirement or disability issues looming ahead, right? Social Security Administration will just wing it from here, I guess.

How much do earning change when people move into our out of public school teaching positions? The findings might surprise you (they did us)! Here's our 1-page summary for @efpjournal.bsky.social's Takeaways (love this feature): aefpweb.org/files/Takeaw... PS - WA may be a special case.

My job would also be easier if I could just make stuff up about education but I am not [squints] the Secretary of Education.

@michaelpetrilli.bsky.social is flying solo again on the Gadfly in this riff on school choice & regulation. I'm a fan of these episodes that show internal (to Mike) thoughts/debates. They show that an advocate label on an issue can miss a lot of nuance. fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

He's headed my way. What a tough time to be in these positions!

Hey folks, Doug is here now too! He's a terrific researcher and worth a follow. @douglasharris9.bsky.social