Emily Rauscher

How Efforts to Fund Schools More Equitably Actually Worsened Racial Inequality Researchers examined three decades of school finance reforms in 40 states.

Great coverage of my new paper with Jeremy Fiel @ricesocsci.bsky.social in @edweek.org
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Slow Progress: School Finance Reforms and Racial Disparities in Funding - Emily Rauscher, Jeremy E. Fiel, 2025 School funding has become more economically progressive but remains unequal by race/ethnicity. As desegregation efforts decline, school finance reforms (SFRs) a...

New paper with Jeremy Fiel @ricesocsci.bsky.social.
We find school finance reforms reduced inequality of school funding by income, but did not reduce inequality by race/ethnicity and in some cases increased funding inequality by race/ethnicity.
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By @ellecordova.bsky.social

She sought safe harbor above all

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

🚨 Job! 🚨

Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived).

Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655

Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Senate hopeful, claimed 3 homes as his primary residence Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million home in a Dallas suburb. In 2015, they snapped up a second house in Austin.

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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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Agatha used to drink coffee.

Super excited to be part of this group and important effort by @asanews.bsky.social

A breath of fresh air...

Very cool! It would be great to connect about this.

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Two new papers on when and how school spending matters. With fabulous co-authors @greermellon.bsky.social @susannaloeb.bsky.social
Now if only the federal govt would fund schools appropriately...

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Women receive more than 3x more service requests at work than men. AND colleagues view them more negatively if they say no.

More than forcing victims to say "no", orgs need to compensate equally for actual work and ensure equal service requests.

Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...

"That's just how it is."

The most bizarre thing about the COVID School Closure Discourse is how commentators take it for granted that closing schools had no effect on transmission or deaths but that's not at all what the evidence says.

Equity and Adequacy Explore the complexities of US education finance, the role of state courts in funding equity, and the impact on student outcomes. Key findings included.

Draft claims there is "lack of consistent evidence" that school spending improves achievement.
Que?

#schoolfinance
Please submit feedback based on existing evidence - scroll to the end for feedback form.
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Such a wonderful conversation. Thank you @greermellon.bsky.social @chriscandelaria.com @annenberginstitute.bsky.social

What a fun and engaging conversation! Thank you @annenberginstitute.bsky.social

Look forward to presenting our work about when school funding matters most with coauthor @greermellon.bsky.social
Please join us!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Following the Money: New Evidence on School Funding Effectiveness. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join us for a webinar highlighting critical new research on school funding impacts. Emily Rauscher will discuss findings from “When Money Matters Most: Unpacking the Effectiveness of School Spending”…

Cutting-edge research deserves real-time attention. 🔍 Our May 21 webinar features not-yet-published work on school funding by @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com. Don’t miss this early look!

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Look forward to sharing this work with @greermellon.bsky.social

School spending benefits all types of students, especially in low resource districts

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Following the Money: New Evidence on School Funding Effectiveness. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join us for a webinar highlighting critical new research on school funding impacts. Emily Rauscher will discuss findings from “When Money Matters Most: Unpacking the Effectiveness of School Spending”…

"[E]stimates suggest a 0.1 sd increase in achievement for a $1,000 per pupil increase in current spending"

📆 May 21 ⏰2:00pm ET - Hear directly from @emilyrauscher.bsky.social on when and how school funding truly impacts student outcomes. Register for the webinar today!

The interim conductor needed a rest...

Does school funding actually improve outcomes? 🤔Join our first-ever #EdWorkingPapers webinar Wed 5/21 at 2pm ET with @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com to find out. buff.ly/TW1oFhu #research #schoolfunding

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The average American has three friends...

Thanks for the shout out @asanews.bsky.social ! As college graduation season rolls around, check out my new book on college majors and entry-level jobs!

Research to Advance Racial and Indigenous Health Equity We seek to build an actionable body of evidence to construct fair systems that determine resource distribution and support health equity. Deadlines: Rapid Response brief proposal 5/28/25; New Research...

My dear health equity peers, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is doubling down on their DEI efforts. 💪🏽 Here’s a grant opportunity tinyurl.com/3pnxhy2d with a rapid response option those whose “health equity research projects have lost federal funding.”

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