Mike DeArmond

Really excited to have this piece out on the Brown Center Chalkboard blog with @lmasonwms.bsky.social, @afgilmour.bsky.social, & @lizbettini.bsky.social on the importance of targeted solutions to special education teacher staffing challenges. See below!

🔍Our new Working Paper uses consistent variables across states. Leveraging Common Education Data Standards and Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems enables meaningful cross-state comparisons of the #SpecialEducation Teacher workforce.

Read more: sparccenter.org/research-fin...

💡SPARC Center’s @roddy-theobald.bsky.social is presenting at @appam.bsky.social this week. Explore his sessions at the link below.

Presentations from CALDER experts at 2025 APPAM Fall Research Conference

Heading to Seattle for #2025APPAM next week? Be sure to check out presentations from CALDER experts @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @brbackes.bsky.social, & @cedr.bsky.social. Click here to learn more about the conference: www.appam.org/conference-e...

👉 Check out this new release from the @sparccenter.bsky.social about the challenges facing the #SpecialEducation teacher workforce. Explore findings from seven states and access state-specific fact sheets here: bit.ly/SPARCWP01-1025

Despite widespread concerns about teacher shortages, evidence on the supply of teacher applicants is limited. New CALDER research uses job posting & application data from school districts & charter organizations to explore the teacher application landscape.
Read 👉 bit.ly/4oHMfEV

Flyer for LinkedIn Live conversation with Bellwether & CALDER on Monday, October 20 @ 2 PM ET Webinar title: The Pandemic Learning Project: Using Research to Shape Stronger Policy Panelists: Michael DeArmond, Dan Goldhaber, Andy Rotherham, & Melissa Steel King

Join @bellwetherorg.bsky.social and CALDER on Monday 10/20 @ 2 PM ET for a LinkedIn Live conversation on what we learned from pandemic-era research and how these findings can guide education policy today.

Register ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/bellwe...
@cedr.bsky.social @airinforms.bsky.social

Traditional state data systems often lack the info needed to answer fundamental questions about teacher supply & demand. Two new CALDER briefs explain how new approaches can help fill these gaps.

➡️ SUPPLY: bit.ly/3WchGex
➡️ DEMAND: bit.ly/4nJtLnA

Using State Longitudinal Data Systems to Study Special Education Teachers

Happening next week! Join our webinar on June 26 at 3pm ET to discuss how we define and track #SpecialEducation teachers in data systems. Register: sparccenter.org/events/regis...

This is an AWESOME webinar for anyone interested in learning about how to use state longitudinal data systems to study the special education teacher workforce! Researchers, doc students, state data folks - come join us!

Does departmentalized instruction (DI) in elementary school actually help students better transition into middle school? Check out our new CALDER paper by @brbackes.bsky.social, James Cowan, & @cedr.bsky.social to learn about the impacts of DI on long-term achievement in MA.

👉 bit.ly/3FNAX0N

Close to $3 Billion in Relief Funds in Jeopardy as Ed Dept. Halts Payments Officials called even extensions agreed upon during Trump’s tenure ‘unreasonable’ and cited what it called examples of ‘misuse.’

Wow!

Close to $3 Billion in Pandemic Funds in Jeopardy as Education Department Abruptly Halts Payments www.the74million.org/article/clos...

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In the DC area? This is the last day to register for the annual CALDER Conference! We are close to capacity, so please register soon if you want to join us.

Today!!!

16th Annual CALDER Research Conference March 12, 2025 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM ET Arlington, VA Register at caldercenter.org

📢 Just ONE week away!

Join us next Wednesday 3/12 in Arlington, VA for #CALDER2025 —a one-day meeting featuring new #EdResearch from CALDER and discussion between expert researchers, policymakers, and practitioners.

Register to save your spot 👉 bit.ly/3En3lGk
@cedr.bsky.social

16th Annual CALDER Research Conference March 12, 2025 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM ET Arlington, VA Register at caldercenter.org

Now more than ever, #EdResearch is vital for building the evidence base on how schools & students are doing & how they can improve.
Join us for #CALDER2025 on 3/12 to hear our latest research on academic recovery, the teacher workforce, & more! Register here: bit.ly/3En3lGk @airinforms.bsky.social

16th Annual CALDER Research Conference March 12, 2025 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM ET Arlington, VA Register at caldercenter.org

📢 Registration for the 2025 CALDER Conference is now open!
Join us on Wed., 3/12 in Arlington, VA for a one-day meeting featuring research from CALDER experts & discussion between researchers, policymakers & practitioners. #CALDER2025

Register: forms.gle/zXbjH4GQ6jCy...
@airinforms.bsky.social

Hey Blueski (like it better than Bluesky), heads up that @caldercenter.bsky.social just joined!

This is where you'll find research from a group of scholars I have the pleasure to direct. Lot's of good stuff and early sneak peaks if you follow CALDER.

#EconSky 📉📈

Accelerating Student Academic Recovery - EdResearch for Action

📣 NEW TODAY! CALDER's Emily Morton and NWEA's Ayesha Hashim release an updated #EdResearchforAction brief on #evidence-based strategies for accelerating student academic recovery. bit.ly/acceleratinglearning

Promises and limitations of financial incentives to address special education staffing challenges | ... Special education teachers have different, and frequently more difficult, working conditions than other teachers.

🛎️ New post at Brookings by CALDER's Roddy Theobald and collaborators on financial incentives as a strategy for addressing staffing challenges in special education classrooms.

Plus: CALDER Working paper here: caldercenter.org/publications...

www.brookings.edu/articles/pro...