I am feeling very grateful to share that I have been awarded the NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship! ☺️ It is humbling to receive this recognition. I am deeply appreciative of the grant’s support of my research on the causes of state takeover. naeducation.org/current-naed...

Glad to see Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will be here to stay! www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2...

I have a new paper on the effects of the NCLB waivers! The paper found its niche by estimating the effect of waivers in each state across the country. Similar to what others have found, the waivers caused a small decrease in student achievement. doi.org/10.1177/0895...

Thread in the am but if you want the main takeaway: The 2024 Digest of Education Statistics (under the current administration) includes just 27 tables by the (Congressionally mandated) deadline—far fewer than the nearly 270, on average, published in prior years www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

Very cool paper! Looking forward to giving it a close read.

What do you call the hurricane of emotions that occurs when you are enjoying Andor, super annoyed by the monopoly go ads, but also aren't willing to upgrade your Disney+ subscription?

Here's one of my best friends (who, before being illegally fired, was the data scientist at NEH) showing just how much money NEH could distribute back out to US taxpayers based on their lifetime contributions. Get ready to make it rain with thousands of pennies y'all!

Just Education Policy is coming back! We’re excited to announce that we are planning for an *in-person* Just Education Policy Institute this Fall 2025. Applications & more details will be released in early May. For more info. about the Just Education Policy Institute, visit justeducationpolicy.org.

It's that time of year to circulate this list of orgs for those seeking ed policy jobs/internships. Please let me know if there are opportunities/orgs I should add. Good luck out there! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

We're hiring an Assistant Professor of Practice and Undergraduate Program Coordinator. I'm on the search committee and am more than happy to answer questions. cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

COOPER DEJEAN IS NOT A SAFETY!!

🚨I am psyched to share a new working paper from @edutuan.bsky.social & myself 🚨. We show how to estimate turnover & net-negative job loss (think ~shortages) with public data for K12 schools by county from 2000 to present, by race, ethnicity, educ attainment & gender. edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1135 🧵

FLY EAGLES FLY

Happy to share that our paper on the relationship between teacher intentions and teacher turnover behavior is now published at Education Finance and Policy. (with @edutuan.bsky.social @alexmoran.bsky.social Katharine Strunk, and Jason Burns). direct.mit.edu/edfp/article... 1/5

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I actually used the complementary access provided to me by a publisher in exchange for reviewing to find an article that was not accessible through my university. Achievement unlocked?

**Update on teacher staffing challenges 24-25** It has taken a while, but @ChanhLam202 and I have updated our website teachershortages.com. We find there are at least 49,800 vacant positions and 400,000 underqual in 24-25 compared to 55,000 and 270,000 last year

Number 13: Bitcoin for cats, invest money simply by owning a cat

Jokes on them, I’m going to use AI to come up with 8000 businesses for dipshits

Had a wonderful night with the education policy #APPAM2024 crowd. If we didn’t get a chance to connect say hi tomorrow! At 145 I’ll be a part of an awesome session on Grow Your Own teacher recruitment efforts @drdsedwards.bsky.social @joshbleiberg.bsky.social @matthewakraft.bsky.social and more!

Oh yay, this paper is finally out at AERA Open! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

There's so many familiar faces here! I feel pressure to create content 😂. Pic of the doggo is the best I can do.

Interesting research about state takeover in Central Falls that began 33 years ago. www.centralfallsri.gov/education

Pro baseball watching tip for any PA based Phillies fans. If you listen to the radio audio from mlb.tv there is not a single political ad. It syncs up pretty well with the tv broadcast. Also go phils! #redoctober

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,110,393!

How State Takeovers of School Districts Affect Education Finance, 1990 to 2019 by @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @joshbleiberg.bsky.social @bethschueler.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/edfp/article...

This was my old job? Weird to be recruited for your last position, but it was a great gig. Feel free to reach out if you have Qs. jenniejohnson.com/job?id=c8a0c...

I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the HISD state takeover and research from @bethschueler.bsky.social @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social and myself on ABC News. abcnews.go.com/US/houston-c...

Just unreasonably happy Claire has launched this series. I do not finish my dissertation without Gourmet Makes stress breaks. 😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd0T...

Check out CBS Daily Report story mentioning work on teacher shortages and turnover by myself @MatthewAKraft @MimiArnoldLyon @edu_tuan @drdsedwards and a few others. Apologies to scholars that missed! [21:00] www.youtube.com/live/oX7sbRF...

Just an FYI for anyone new to Pittsburgh. Jordan Tax Services is the company that runs local tax collection in Pittsburgh and is not a scam. It has very strong scam energy.

Yeah!! Congratulations!

Some personal news - I'm very proud to share that I will be joining the faculty in the University of Michigan's Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education starting this summer.

Fascinating new Chronicle piece about the career choices of new Ph.D.s based on data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates. 1/ www.chronicle.com/article/this...

Genuinely can't think of a worse eagles performance that I've seen...

Great job here that will consider ed policy folks. I am not on the committee, but would be happy to answer questions about Pittsburgh, which is excellent. t.co/kU1xmj4wSd

Yeah new pandas! 😊 time.com/6336154/us-n...

Heading to Atlanta for APPAM? I have two ed policy sessions that I am pumped for! Test-Based Accountability - Thursday, 1:45-3:15, Courtland (LL3) with @joshbleiberg.bsky.social @psaenz.bsky.social Learning or Lockdown? - Saturday, 3:30-5, Baker (LL3) with @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social

New Brookings Chalkboard post published with @bethschueler.bsky.social & @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social asking the question, Do state takeovers of school districts work? www.brookings.edu/articles/do-...

Important update for #AEFP2024. The deadline for submitting paper/poster/policy talk proposals for the conference has been extended through November 3, 2023 (this is the REAL deadline!). Learn more and submit your proposal here: aefpweb.org/callproposals

From me & @betsyjwolf.bsky.social! We show that states can offset loss of stability in growth measures by using multiple years of data for school ratings. Also: growth generates more equitable ratings than proficiency--but still disproportionately penalizes high-poverty, high-URM schools.

Just putting this out into the universe to see if it takes. Brian Fitzpatrick for Speaker with Dem votes in exchange for one or two committee chair spots.

New professor question: if you receive an unsolicited email from a PhD applicant about joining your lab and you are definitely not admitting a new student, do you reply? I've written a generic response that I send now, but not sure if that's right.

Don’t be like me during the last government shutdown. Download your public data before the government shuts down. I also recommend using this time to briefly reflect on the value of government.

Let’s gooooo @khoavuumn.bsky.social , we are waiting… 🙏🏼 repost this to show Khoa it is time to start shitposting & memeing over here! 🤣😭