I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...

What little federal money is allocated to proven educational programs is slowly disappearing under the Trump admin.

Nominations for AEFP awards are due on December 5, 2025 by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/awards

This ‘Christian public school’ in Colorado could spur a fight over religion in education www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

Co-chairing a search for an early career higher education faculty member. If you or a student of yours is on the market let me know! DMs open, etc

"Violent arrests, dangerous detentions & prolonged incarceration show that the purposeful criminalizing of immigrants and Black folks is not only harmful to adults but also traumatizes children" this piece was created to archive the harms so we cannot turn away www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

It was an honor to interview @dlabaree.bsky.social for this month’s @nepc.bsky.social podcast. I’ve learned so much from Professor Labaree’s writing, and it was a real treat to learn from him through our conversation about recent shifts in education policy. If you have a few mins, give it a listen!

NEPC Talks Education: This month's podcast explores the challenges of navigating education's competing goals, with @cmsaldana.bsky.social and @dlabaree.bsky.social bit.ly/3KUg2vs

A nice write-up on an article I co-authored: ghost.edandclass.com/rural-school...

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.

This work is super important! These great scholars’ suggestions for rural schools would also help protect Indian Education in BIE schools by association, which account for approximately 10% of all Native students & are under attack by a 2025 E.O. intent on introducing vouchers for BIE students.

🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.

David Berliner passed away yesterday morning. He was incredibly kind, smart & funny, w/a deep sense of what’s right. Last month, facing his illness, he told me he really wanted people to read his personal essays abt schls & democracy - a new book that's reviewed here: edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER...

This article, which will be published in Idaho Law Review, explains how states can save endangered rural school districts from voucher and charter school expansion. Specifically, this article argues that states can define rural districts as "education preserves." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

School choice poses a unique threat to rural schools and districts. In this article (led by Dr. Preston Green and in collaboration with Drs. Bruce Baker and Julie Mead), we offer a potential solution. (Forthcoming in the Idaho law review). @drprestongreen.bsky.social @schoolfinance101.bsky.social

It’s always an honor to learn from Kevin Welner and Robert Kim. In this month’s NEPC Talks Education podcast, Kevin and Robert discuss a (rapidly) changing federal K-12 education policy landscape. If you have a few minutes, give it a listen! @nepc.bsky.social @edlawcenter.bsky.social

New publication: Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters (forthcoming, Idaho Law Review) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Apropos nothing, check out how much debt service and pension contributions have increased as a share of expenditures for NYC schools since 2008.

Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY! Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome! Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf

In the past 3 weeks, how many hours did state and district leaders spend frantically re-arranging budgets, contracts, and staffing plans to address the budget uncertainty? Did that improve student outcomes? What a ridiculous waste of scarce resources.

This thoughtful review by @shannapeeples.bsky.social provides a vital reminder of the hope we must recapture -- hope we felt while learning about these wonderful Schools of Opportunity. @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social @michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social ‪‪

Come and work in a fantastic department at UBC. 👇 ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjo...

Legal experts weigh in on the implications of the 2025 Supreme Court term for K-12 education www.brookings.edu/articles/leg...

Head Start programs receive 0.18% of the total federal budget. This translates to $12.3 billion out of a $6.8 trillion federal budget. This isn't about closing federal deficits, it's about being cruel and challenging constitutional precedent protecting undocumented kids. www.wpr.org/news/new-tru...

Chicago Public Schools lays off more than 1,450 staff www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025...

UC-Berkeley has an open-rank faculty position in our incredible Climate Equity and Environmental Justice (CEEJ) research cluster. It is an extraordinary interdisciplinary group working across multiple colleges and departments at the university! More information here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842

The current wave of federal immigration raids began in January with a “rogue” operation in California’s Central Valley. My new study finds these raids increased school absences by 22%—a leading indicator of the resulting family stress & lost learning opportunities👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

It’s helpful when a single news story captures so many important lessons about education policy! Congrats to @ceodonovan.bsky.social & @naominix.bsky.social See the below thread for five of those lessons. wapo.st/3IpY6HG

learningpolicyinstitute.org/blog/states-... From the Learning Policy Institute, showing the impact of the administration's reckless decision to withhold billions of critical education dollars. Vermont and DC are set to see over 20% of their federal school funding yanked. Over 10% in every state.

Trump Tells States He’s Holding Back $6.8 Billion for Schools www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Thank you @spencerfoundation.bsky.social and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for supporting our DC program this October!

Let me know if you have any interesting in participating in symposium submission to AERA this cycle. Our team has a paper on nationwide computer science education policies and their effects, which could go in multiple thematic directions (CSed, teacher production, undergrad major choice, etc).

Did you know? The pre-proposal deadline for Spencer Foundation’s Large Research Grants Program is coming up on June 17! www.spencer.org/grant_types/... This program supports field-initiated education research projects with budgets ranging from $125,000 to $500,000

I wrote a thing about the Chicago school finance crisis www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chic...

Beware of John Henryism. theconversation.com/grit-and-rel...

📢 POSTDOC AT TEXAS A&M A postdoc position is open at the Education Research Center, which is evolving into a broader education policy center. The center is led by Profs. Dan Bowen & Andy Kwok. Please share widely! 🔗Job ad: bit.ly/3ROsEoh 🌐ERC site: erc.cehd.tamu.edu (currently being updated)

So grateful to Dr. Elena Aydarova for sharing her brilliance and insights on K-12 reading policy and politics in the US. If you have a few minutes, give this month’s @nepc.bsky.social podcast a listen!

New NEPC Talks Education podcast: @cmsaldana.bsky.social and Elena Aydarova discuss the the evolving landscape of reading instruction, the science of reading movement, and its policy implications in K-12 education bit.ly/4j8j7mV

Next question: How do we ensure that public education still exists? I have thoughts. Stay tuned.

Neil Gorsuch Pushes Roberts' Mentee to Commit to Supreme Court Standard www.newsweek.com/neil-gorsuch...

As an aspiring influencer*, I did an unboxing video for my new book. Hope you can join us tomorrow 4/30 at 4.30 PM Pacific. Details at bit.ly/launchSW *I know it's semi-cringey but hey, I'm trying to not take myself too seriously!

Now that #AERA2025 has concluded, sharing our AERA Open special topics call for proposals, "Centering Civil Rights Protections in Schools in the US" that I'm co-editing with @maithgopalan.bsky.social. Please share widely & reach out with questions. Due May 15. www.aera.net/Portals/38/S...

On Saturday I was an invited discussant for a presidential panel on Race, Racism, and Resources at the American Educational Research Association’s annual conference. Here are my brief remarks: buttondown.com/davidibacker...

It’s been a rough start to this year, but it was great to be in community with colleagues and friends.

We've got a cool session with cool people today in the 11:40 window on Strategic and Efficient School Staffing. Stop by room 707, say hi, etc. #aera25 #aera2025 tinyurl.com/279hhs4q

Today, please come to the #aera2025 Presidential Session "Religion as a Force in American Education: Examining Core Tensions and Paths Toward Democratic Renewal.” It is scheduled for 9:50-11:20. www.drprestongreen.com/coming-attra...

Today, please come to the #aera2025 Presidential Session “Race, Racism, and Resources: Reimagining School Finance Policy, Research, and Practice Toward Just Education Renewal. This session is scheduled for 3:20-4:50. www.drprestongreen.com/coming-attra...