This morning, Chair Cassidy released a Request for Information on how to increase college cost and value transparency for students and families. Please share with your networks and consider submitting a response by the October 24 deadline: www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom...

Starting on Monday, I will be on leave from Urban for a year to serve as a fellow with the Senate HELP committee (majority staff). I don't expect to post much on here. To keep up with Urban's education work, follow @maggiereeves1.bsky.social & @kblagg.bsky.social!

It was incredibly energizing to get the Student Upward Mobility Initiative’s first cohort + friends together in DC! Follow along as we learn from researchers, field leaders, and practitioners on our blog www.tfaforms.com/4644066/?tfa...

House Republicans are reportedly considering changes to which schools are eligible to provide free meals to all students through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). Urban's Emily Gutierrez runs the numbers on how many students and schools would lose CEP: www.urban.org/research/pub...

🌟 Did you know that most federal education data are archived in the @urbaninstitute.bsky.social Education Data Explorer? It's a great resource for research and analysis - and there's even a full API version linked in thread. 🌟 #EduSky #EdPoliSky #EduSkyECEC educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer

In 2022, the Florida legislature expanded college tuition exemptions for homeless students and former foster youth. Did these policies reach the intended beneficiaries? Carrie Henderson and Katie Grissom look at newly available data in a recent Learning Curve essay: www.urban.org/research/pub...

How does your state really stack up on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)? www.urban.org/research/pub...

Demographically adjusted 2024 NAEP scores, hot off the presses! www.urban.org/research/pub...

Demographically adjusted NAEP scores for 2024 coming later this morning!

Urban's transition memo to the Trump Administration includes recommendations from Sandy Baum, Jason Delisle, & me on fixing student loan repayment: www.urban.org/research/pub...

The latest Learning Curve essay looks at how DC's prek program for 3-year-olds mitigated school enrollment declines during the pandemic. Read more from @anikaalam.bsky.social @ericahgreenberg.bsky.social & colleagues: www.urban.org/research/pub...

Since I throw shade when the government posts years-old education data, have to give props to NCES for getting the 2023-24 CCD posted in 2024:

Or just wait a few months for the Education Data Portal to take care of it for you!

Demographically adjusted NAEP scores for 2022 just dropped. How did your state do? www.urban.org/research/pub...

And here is the official @urbaninstitute.bsky.social starter pack! go.bsky.app/Cb5Cw8y

Follow my @urbaninstitute.bsky.social colleagues! bsky.app/starter-pack...

GA passed a $6,500/student/year voucher this year for tuition, tutoring, some transportation, or occupational, speech, behavioral, or physical therapy. Up to 1% of the state education formula (QBE) can be spent. Newly issued program rules got me interested but I’m left with more ?s.

New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social brief from Jason Cohn looks at how college graduates' earnings evolve over time and what that means for accountability policy: www.urban.org/research/pub...

What happened after California banned suspensions for willful defiance in grades K-3? Short answer: suspensions didn't decline faster than they already had been, and large disparities by race/SES/IEP remained. Longer answer: read the newest Learning Curve essay! www.urban.org/research/pub...

My daughter had a palatal expander installed a week ago. She still only eats chicken nuggets and pasta. What gives?

How did rural students' postsecondary attainment change following the new high school curriculum requirements put in place by HB5 in Texas? Check out @jjacobkirksey.bsky.social & team's Learning Curve essay: www.urban.org/research/pub...

This place seems to have really picked up since the last time I was here.

Excited to announce the first grants from the Student Upward Mobility Initiative! $3.5 million will support 16 projects that connect PK-12 measures to long-term success or develop new measures of skills that drive economic mobility. A quick overview🧵 studentupwardmobility.urban.org/student-upwa...

$3M for measurement research & development from the Urban Institute! I provided some feedback on this RFP, and I love its focus on developing mobility-relevant measures in line with modern measurement standards. LOIs due 4/30. RFP here: studentupwardmobility.urban.org/sites/defaul...

I'm excited to share the initiative my team at Urban Institute has been developing for 2+ years! The Student Upward Mobility Initiative will catalyze a new generation of R&D on PK-12 skills/competencies that drive economic mobility. 1st RFP (due 4/30) opens today! studentupwardmobility.urban.org

The Learning Curve essay series launched our 2024 call for proposals today! This year's CFP is focused on local policies and programs, such as those funded by ESSER and HEERF. Selected authors receive $2,500 honoraria. Read more and apply here: www.urban.org/policy-cente...

Join DC Education Research Collaborative staff on Thursday (2/29) at 3pm ET to hear how their research-practice partnership is empowering high school students' youth-led investigations into school-level issues. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Glad to see this out! ➡️ In the context of suspension restrictions, funding for RPs did not provide differential reductions in suspension rates. ➡️ Importantly, this does *not* mean RPs are ineffective! We have credible evidence that they are beneficial for other key outcomes. 1/4

How did restrictions on suspensions and a restorative justice pilot in New York City affect discipline rates and disparities? New Learning Curve essay by Jo Al Khafaji-King: www.urban.org/research/pub...

Directly funding class size reduction in New York City would reduce funding equity. Funding it through an equitable formula would mitigate some of this harm, but would cost a lot more. Our latest analysis for the Learning Curve: www.urban.org/research/pub...

Please share with junior crime/CJ researchers: AV-SSRC Criminal Justice Innovation Fellowships 3-year postdocs $120k/year (+ benefits if in the US) Work on your own research (75%) and policy analyses that AV is interested in (25%) www.ssrc.org/programs/arn...

Reintroducing myself with a shiny new job at the Urban Institute. After 5 amazing years building the GA Policy Labs, I'm off to build new education initiatives with @chingos.bsky.social and team! See y'all at APPAM in Atlanta this week where you'll find me as Director of Program Development.

College students are borrowing less in general, with the notable exception of Black students. Sandy Baum's analysis of the latest student debt data shows how important it is to look beyond topline statistics: www.urban.org/urban-wire/c...

NEW: Analysis of Sen. Cornyn's proposal to impose an earnings test on master's degree programs. Urban's Jason Delisle & Jason Cohn find that 14% of programs would fail the test, with variation by field: www.urban.org/research/pub...

How long does it take for a law degree to pay off? Both program costs and earnings vary a lot across programs in the U.S., with some producing value through high earnings and others by charging a lower price. New Learning Curve essay from New America's Tia Caldwell: www.urban.org/research/pub...

Higher-income households hold a larger share of student debt than ever before, according to new data released today by the Federal Reserve: www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfi...

Out today: Deep dive into Biden administration's new SAVE income-based payment plan for student loans: www.urban.org/research/pub...

In the latest Learning Curve essay, Kaitlyn Stormes and Lizzet Rojas look at trends in graduation rates before and after colleges are designated as Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): www.urban.org/research/pub...

Important job opening in DC -- executive director of the school enrollment lottery. Help OSSE recruit a great leader for this post -- or maybe you are that leader! osse.dc.gov/page/executi...

How can colleges pursue diversity without affirmative action? My Urban Institute colleague Bryan Cook shares several ideas in a new report: www.urban.org/research/pub...

I just got the secret handshake to be able to join this site & looking forward to connecting with folks here!

Sounds like folks are worried about losing data access during a possible government shutdown, so I quickly whipped up this Education Data Portal with all the major datasets on schools, districts, and colleges: educationdata.urban.org/documentation/

Just joined Bluesky today, so thought I’d introduce myself while waiting for my flight home to DC to take off. I lead the Urban Institute’s education policy work. My team produces original evidence aimed at informing policymakers of all kinds on a range of topics from prek through postsecondary.