Dan Goldhaber

The doctoral student community group organized a terrific lineup of virtual sessions for conference prep! 🎉

Check them out here: aefpweb.org/calendar_lis... #AEFP2026

Andrew, we stopped updating regularly, and I'm guessing I already showed you this, but just in case...
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OK, I told you so, and here's the first freshie: caldercenter.org/publications...

Am I going to tell you about it? Nope, you'll just have to join me next week at the Crossroad, i.e., the @caldercenter.bsky.social Conference.

Registration link here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The first TESE policy brief by Kaler and Theobald is now on TED/CEC website!

Great information related to turnover patterns in the paraeducator workforce!

Link = tedcec.org/sites/defaul...

@lindseykaler.bsky.social @roddy-theobald.bsky.social @lizbettini.bsky.social @cec-ted-policy.bsky.social

Lots of SUPER FRESH @caldercenter.bsky.social papers are going to get posted this week before the March 2nd CALDER Conference. You can read them here: caldercenter.org/publications.

Or, you can come to the conference to hear about them & ask questions in person: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Very cool!

Hmmm, I must be missing something, but yes, good hearted warm post is definitely what I'm aiming for.

Oh my, less than two weeks out! My anxiety level is now a 69 (see if you find a discrepancy)out of 100!

I'm sure I should be getting this, but you'll have to explain.

Here in Seattle (where my kids are in school), it's clear the kids understand grading policy incentives (multiple shots at high grades, etc.) and respond to them w/ reduced effort + empirical evidence about the negative effects of low grading standards is mounting as you'll hear from Mike.
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Mike gives easy A’s a big ole F | Episode 1006 of The Education Gadfly Show This week on The Education Gadfly Show, Mike Petrilli goes solo to talk about grade inflation—what it means, how it’s changed over time, and why tougher grading standards help students learn more. He ...

It's solo Mike on the Gadfly and he's on a rant about grade inflation.

I'm with him based on my gut, anecdotes, and new evidence at scale.

fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...
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UPDATE: Los Angeles Unified School District could issue 3,200 layoff notices to staff The latest education news updates from EdSource.

Looks like teacher layoffs are coming (not very surprising given the end of ESSER and declining enrollment). How this is done matters for students: caldercenter.org/publications...

Los Angeles Unified School District could issue 3,200 layoff notices to staff edsource.org?page_id=751360

Teaching Students and Teaching Each Other: The Importance of Peer Learning for Teachers (October 2009) - Using longitudinal elementary school teacher and student data, we document that students have larger test score gains when their teachers experience improvements in the observable cha...

I haven't seen that as an experiment, though some of those context changes are inherent in this Jackson/Bruegmann study: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Teaching as a team sport: What happens when a great teacher moves to a struggling school? New research on a federal program found that when top teachers transferred to high-need schools, their performance dropped significantly. Teacher effectiveness may not be a fixed skill.

Nice @mattbarnum.bsky.social piece describing an important new study on whether really effective (85th%ile) teachers who have a big change in school context continue to be really effective. They don't: they continue to be effective (66th%ile), but not top tier.

www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/17/t...

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New Postdoctoral Research Associate positions at @Princeton's Office of Population Research!

Attend the upcoming #CALDER2026 conference to catch a session by SPARC Center Director @roddy-theobald.bsky.social on Evidence on What Makes Teachers Stay: Schedules, Salaries, and School Leaders! 💡

All of your questions will be answered!

In all seriousness, if you have questions for these folks, please reply to this post and ask them (I'll try to get them in).

Wow that looks like a delicious feast!

When do we get the update???

This week, our experts LaRon Scott and @lmasonwms.bsky.social presented at the @ceedarcenter.bsky.social Cross-State Convening on strengthening teacher and leader preparation. When we lead together, we can better support #SpecialEducation teachers and students with disabilities.

Just saw @gzamarro.bsky.social give a preview of this work and can confidently say that if you're interested in teacher retention and/or compensation - YOU WILL WANT TO BE THERE.

Just a couple weeks away. Register soon!

OK, so space really is filling up (which means that my anxiety scale about holding a conference for an empty room is not too high now), so sign up before it's too late!

There are lots of times where a null results is interesting and important, but I think there's little doubt that it's harder to get work with a null published.

Super interesting stuff 👇

Yes!

My anxiety countdown has officially started!

I'm going to study up and have an answer ready before AEFP!

Conference humor!

Lots of stuff going on including a conference in early March - March 2nd in Crystal City (which sounds like it might be a city on Tatooine).

There are big gaps in which children are ready for kindergarten, data shows Kindergarten readiness varies by household income. Publicly funded preschool programs are helping close the gap. “I’m giving them something that I never got,” one preschool teacher said.

Kindergarten readiness varies by household income. Publicly funded preschool programs are helping close the gap. “I’m giving them something that I never got,” one preschool teacher said.