This is a pretty remarkable paper and seems to suggest "grit" is not necessarily the driving force behind student achievement: www.nber.org/papers/w3427...

🚨New Working Paper🚨 Check out our new working paper "Trajectories into Teaching of Arkansas Educator Preparation Programs Enrollees", together with @taylornwilson.bsky.social @andrewmcamp.com, and @jbmcgee.bsky.social. Taylor is in the job market this year. Keep her in mind as you build your team

"for-profit-trained teachers have higher turnover and lower value-added...But the policy significantly increased the supply of certified teachers...lower licensing requirements improved access to teaching and reduced training costs without harming students" evanriehl.github.io/papers/dr_fo...

Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn) @karthik-econ.bsky.social & I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16

If you know of a student who is looking for a education post doc (now, odd timing I know), I may have an opportunity for them. They would be working Texas admin data so experience with that would be a big plus.

🚨 New working paper! I examine how universities and students use federal TEACH Grants, how these grants change recipients’ financial aid packages and out-of-pocket costs, and their relationship to students’ decisions to pursue teaching degrees. Read it here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1278

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My department is searching for two tenure-line positions to start in August 2026. Come join our growing team and make a difference in building the future! Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680 Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632

Weapons is an Education Policy film

All that work for some standard errors 😭

Why do some journals make you submit word documents 😭

FYI: I've updated my list of Useful Data Resources, primarily with a bunch of (20-ish?) new links to state-specific public school datasets and data repositories. go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe... Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.

New working paper from me and a great group of coauthors: The Effects of the Four-Day School Week on Teacher Recruitment and Retention caldercenter.org/publications... Read on to see what's different about this vs. some of my prior work 🧵⬇️

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Supervisor feedback for preservice teachers often lacks next steps. @andrew_avit, Brendan Bartanen & Andrew Kwok find that classroom management critiques are common and tied to lower scores and return rates. 📄 bit.ly/3ZCKChV

A remarkable waste of taxpayer $ that instead could go towards meeting the state’s constitutional obligation to provide a sound and basic public education. NC Public school kids are still being denied what they are owed under the Leandro case.

Yesterday, June 2, was an interesting day at work. I was reporting a story about how the Education Department hadn't delivered a report to Congress on the Condition of Education, despite the June 1 deadline mandated by law. 🧵 (1/9)

This provocative, data-infused essay by James Wyckoff — edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1197 — serves as a reminder that fully understanding the declines in student achievement requires us to look well before the COVID-19 pandemic.

🚨New paper out! We use large language models to analyze 11,000+ pieces of preservice teacher (PST) feedback and reflections from a Texas teacher prep program. What did we learn about supervisor feedback quality? 🧵 👇 📄: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1203 ✍️: Me, Brendan Bartanen, and @profkwok.bsky.social

Need more #education -to-workforce data? Access insights for your #community today using a new Urban Institute #data tool.

I've said it before, but my Stevie rule is simple. Somebody mentions "As" and I am contractually obligated to take a break and play it.

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Not good folks!

I appreciate law for making education look serious by comparison.

Incredibly important action from IHEP, @aefpweb.bsky.social and @publiccitizen.bsky.social to fight the administration's dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences. #EduSky www.citizen.org/news/lawsuit...

Me writing an economic model for how teachers select where to work:

Calling ChatGPT “Siri” from now on

This is a direct result of universities that called the cops on student protesters last spring. The blame lies just as much with places like UVA as this administration

Say I wanted teacher turnover by school longitudinally for literally any state in the US. Where would I go?

Why are data like the National Teacher and Principal Survey restricted to begin with?

Y’all got any more of them job market papers?

Does anyone know if 2023-24 Title II data exist? Specifically completers by program

So much EdPolicyWorks goodness at #AEFP2025! @uvaehd.bsky.social

Still at #AEFP2025? Come see me talk about using large language models to assess the quality of feedback given to preservice teachers! Session 11.05 at 11:45 AM

Using the law of iterated expectations to thwart fascism 🥰

Even the hotel is weeping over the state of education policy #AEFP2025

If I was an organization at AEFP trying to get my name out there I’d hand out thimbdrives

At least it’s an interesting time to be at a conference on ed policy?

After the administration’s actions this past spring, no one should be surprised. UVA and its administrators have once again shown their willingness to follow orders without considering the impact on students.

The farce that this is to protect Jews is beyond offensive and insulting. Cancelling grants, threatening deportation of students based on their speech does not make me feel either safe or supported as a Jew. No admin in my life has made me feel *less* safe. Disgusting. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

I was just informed that the Department of Education has taken down all its Civil Rights data. If you need it, alternative sites are now hosting it for the public. See links in this thread. ocrdata.ed.gov/notfound

Some of the best people representing one of the best orgs

Why Dean Karlan, Chief Economist of USAID resigned yesterday: "I was ready to rebuild from wherever we ended up to identify the most effective programs, figure out how to get them back in place, and to recommend new awards. But I received no response. Zero engagement." www.npr.org/sections/goa...

Out: Data In: Good because I said so

It's come on and offline since, but.... download what you need ASAP

For what it's worth @urbaninstitute.bsky.social's data explorer has most things hosted publicly on their server. Most data are current through 2022, so anything more recent needs to be downloaded manually. educationdata.urban.org/data-explorer

They need to invent grad school where you’re rich

Love that SurveyCTO indexes lists at 0 but the index() function returns 1 first

RIP David Lynch man…. wishing you beautiful blue skies and golden sunshine all along the way

Huge shoutout to @urbaninstitute.bsky.social for the educationdata package in R. Such a timesaver! urbaninstitute.github.io/education-da...