Happy Earth Day! 📚📰

Our full conference schedule is out and it is a banger!! Join us in RI on May 1st. 🌎+🎓

NEW PAPER: We study the effects of immigration policy on student attendance in 2025. Students born outside the U.S. were 2.2pp more likely to be absent after Jan 2025 (a 37% increase). That's ~2 extra missed days per semester. LINK: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1453 @annenberginstitute.bsky.social

We’re live today with Dr. Claudia Persico to discuss the "invisible" factors affecting student performance: pollution and environmental health. Final call to join the seminar: buff.ly/qtjf7KU @edsustainable.bsky.social @matthewakraft.com

Congrats @matthewakraft.com on being named a Guggenheim Fellow! This is well deserved!

What a privilege to be among the amazing artists, scientists, and scholars named as 2026 Guggenheim Fellows. Feeling inspired and extremely grateful for all the wonderful people in my life. @guggfellows.bsky.social www.gf.org/stories/anno... 1/2

Join us on Wednesday for @claudiapersico.bsky.social's virtual seminar!

Two postdoc fellowships now open at @brown.edu Dept of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences. One in ocean sciences (apply.interfolio.com/183855) and one in any field of geoscience (apply.interfolio.com/183852). Deadline May 1.

So honored to be inducted as an AERA Fellow this morning. @aeraedresearch.bsky.social #AERA2026

Join me at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social #AERA2026 for an amazing panel on "Schooling in the Anthropocene: Research Perspectives and Policy Priorities" Today @ 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 306B I'll present our recent working paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1238

Friends - please help amplify and share in your networks. This small conference will convene multidisciplinary researchers w/ practitioners, non-profit organizers, & policymakers to share cutting-edge research on 🎓+🌎. We have only 25 spots left. Join us!

So exited to learn from @claudiapersico.bsky.social! Mark your calendars.

So exited to learn from @claudiapersico.bsky.social! Mark your calendars.

It's official! This Spring, #TheDoubleTax is back on the road and may be coming to a city near you. See you soon: Austin, Atlanta, Ann Arbor, Cambridge, Williamstown, and Boston! All tickets can be found at: annagifty.com/thedoubletax #womenshistorymonth #blacksky #booksky

A great read from @nymag.com about time in school. A few lines made me LOL! Determining which religious holidays to observe is challenging—but the bigger picture about how limited time in school affects student learning & working families cannot be ignored. nymag.com/intelligence...

Join us at Brown on May 1st for a first-of-its-kind research conference at the intersection of Education X Climate.

Yesterday, one of my students shared this reflection about her experience in higher education. It really struck me as having profound implications so I'm sharing it here. "We spend our time problematizing things but rarely looking for solutions"

Your friendly reminder that the catalyst of the high-dosage tutoring movement — MATCH Corps / SAGA Education — was a model where tutoring happened in a regular class every day of the week ~165 total hours. Most tutoring programs we are evaluating today provide 15-30 total hours AT BEST. #Dosage

Nice summary of my presentation at @ncstate.bsky.social. ced.ncsu.edu/news/2026/03...

I’ll bite: It will, but not the way you may be anticipating. While subbing middle school math last year, students entered their in-class assignment equations into copilot and got the answers in seconds. So teaching may have to respond to try to stay ahead of students’ AI knowledge and use.

That "in classrooms" emphasis seems important. My very preliminary guess is that the most likely places for AI-driven change seem to me to be in finding/generating instructional materials, handling grading and data analysis, and the IEP process.

When asked about AI and the future of K-12 teaching during a panel at #AEFP2026, I responded that I thought very little of what teachers do on a day-to-day basis *in classrooms* would change in the next 10 years. The reaction I got suggested this is a heterodox view. Am I wrong?

This @educationweek article highlights research led by Annenberg affiliate @matthewakraft.com regarding the impact of time spent in school and the difficulty of covering full curricula in a compressed timeframe.

Come see cutting edge evidence on pollution and learning outcomes, starting in just a few hours. My presentation might be the first academic talk that'll make you think "What a smoke show!"

And it's a blockbuster! All the papers in the session are both interesting and important. Hope to see you there.

The #SustainableED team is finishing strong at @aefpweb.bsky.social with two presentations as part of a panel on "The Educational Impacts of Pollution" along w/ @joshua-goodman.com & others. Join us at 11:45 in St. Gallen 3. #AEFP2026 @edsustainable.bsky.social

Join us on Saturday morning for an amazing panel on Teacher Effectiveness. 10 am in Vevey 2 @aefpweb.bsky.social #AEFP2026 I'll be presenting our new working paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1405

Hey @aefpweb.bsky.social friends, Come join the discussion on the future of the teaching profession today at 1 pm in Vevey 1. #AEFP2026 We've got an all-star panel w/ Ellen Goldring @cedr.bsky.social @drconstance.bsky.social Erika Hunt and @nctq.bsky.social's Hannah Putman

So excited for this @aefpweb.bsky.social session on the teacher pipeline @ 8:15 am on Friday in Vevey 2 w/ @carlyrobinson.bsky.social @susannaloeb.bsky.social @brendanbartanen.bsky.social Don't miss @drdsedwards.bsky.social presenting new work on CTE education courses. #AEFP2026 Join us!

Happening today! An entire @aefpweb.bsky.social panel on "Climate Change and Education" #AEFP2026 Don't miss @emilykpenner.bsky.social @andrewpenner.bsky.social & many others at session 3.10 in St. Gallen 3. Grace will be presenting our WP: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1238

The SustainableED Team will be presenting at @aefpweb.bsky.social this week! We're excited to take part in Panels 3.10 "Climate Change and Education," 10.10 "Teacher Effectiveness: Evidence Across Contexts and Outcomes," and 11.10 "The Educational Impacts of Pollution."

Congratulations to our #AEFP2026 Early Career Award winner!

Yesterday we hosted Hunter Gehlbach for a fantastic virtual seminar: "The Global Challenge of Teaching about Environmentalism, Climate Change, and Planetary Health." In case you missed it, the recording is now live on YouTube: youtu.be/k4NSzHU7nSw

Amber Northern provides a great summary of our new WP on the portability of teacher effectiveness across different school contexts in her Education Gadfly Research Minute. Give it a listen! fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

Today we explore the "why" and "how" of Planetary Health education with Dr. Gehlbach. Let’s talk about the intersection of Earth’s systems and human behavior. 🌍🤝 Sign up to join the @edsustainable.bsky.social conversation: buff.ly/zFxTKx3

Last week #SustainableED hosted a panel discussion with RI leaders working at the intersection of education x climate & sustainability. Here is a great overview via @brownedudept.bsky.social. education.brown.edu/news/2026-03... 1 of 2

Congrats, Danielle!!!!! So excited for you. Williams is lucky to have you.

Out today, a short and accessible policy and practice summary of our new working paper "Is Teacher Effectiveness Fully Portable?" Via the @annenberginstitute.bsky.social edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...

ICYMI - Great coverage of our working paper "U.S. Schools’ Proximity to Environmental Hazard Sites" in @edweek.org Full paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1384 www.edweek.org/leadership/m...

Education policy doesn’t always require sweeping reforms. Getting the basics right—retaining strong teachers, adopting high-quality curricula, and ensuring students have sufficient time in school—can go a long way.

Really glad that the importance of time in school is receiving greater attention among state lawmakers and the education press. www.the74million.org/article/amid...

Was talking with a reporter from a New York-based publication this morning who paused the conversation mid-sentence and shouted to someone "how's that bagel coming along?" 🗽🥯 😅.

You don't want to miss this one, folks!

So much fun to visit @tamu.bsky.social and meet the amazing faculty and students at the College of Ed and Dept. of Economics. I think I might open all my future seminars with a rousing "HOWDY!" Everything really is bigger in Texas.

#SustainableED is kicking off Brown Climate Week w/ a moderated panel @brownedudept.bsky.social @annenberginstitute.bsky.social Where Climate Meets Education Policy & Practice: Perspectives from the Field in Rhode Island 164 Angell St Room 202 2-3 pm Register here events.brown.edu/annenberg-in...

Such a joy to visit NC State College of Ed for their Research Celebration to talk about the past, present, and future of the teaching profession. A big highlight was the poster session with all the really impressive & important research students are doing. Thx @lamdspham.bsky.social for having me!

Check out this great overview in @the74.bsky.social of our recent paper examining the scale and scope of students' potential exposure to industrial pollution and toxic sites while at school. #SustainableED @AnnenbergInst WP: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1384 www.the74million.org/article/mill...

What happens when you shrink salary differences between districts, increase beginning teacher pay by over $10,000, and compress salary schedules? @gzamarro.bsky.social, @jbmcgee.bsky.social, @taylornwilson.bsky.social, Miranda Vernon, and I find out in our new CALDER working paper: bit.ly/4l4b5hO

It’s Pub Day! My first book, The Science of Second Chances, hits shelves today. I can’t wait to hear what y’all think. I hope it fills you with hope and optimism about what is possible in the public safety space. ✨

Loved this talk. Check it out on YouTube. More learning-focused school gardens, please!