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Consistent significant positive effects on math tests, about 2.4% of an SD and no significant effects in ELA. The math results are consistent across years (an extra year helps) and districts.

New @caldercenter.bsky.social paper alert! We (big group of authors) look at summer school as a pandemic recovery strategy.

What do we find? 👇

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I agree that politics/local school boards often gets in the way of student achievement), and making the right metric (student growth) more transparent to people in elections (change off year elections) seems sensible, but not sure we should expect big gains. Vlad, we need more ideas!

#979: Is too much democracy hamstringing our schools? with Vlad Kogan On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Vlad Kogan—professor and director of undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University—joins us to discuss his forthcoming book, No Adult Left Behind: How Politi...

Terrific convo w/ Vlad Kogan about his new book: No Adult Left Behind. I got an early look at the book and it's terrific!

A few more thoughts 👇👇👇

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Exclusive: Majority-Black Schools See Some Gains, But Recovery Not ‘Fast Enough’ The latest math and reading results from i-Ready show student performance remains flat five years after COVID.

Pretty dismal i-Ready tests findings suggesting limited pandemic recovery (though as I note, it's possible we are missing something b/c of the threshold issue of the measure).

Exclusive: Majority-Black Schools See Some Gains, But Recovery Not ‘Fast Enough’ www.the74million.org/article/excl...

The Pandemic Learning Project: Using Research on COVID-Era Policy Change to Strengthen K-12 Education | Bellwether

CALDER partnered with @bellwetherorg.bsky.social on a new series looking at how pandemic-era research can help education leaders navigate today’s K–12 policy challenges. Check out the first report here: bellwether.org/publications...
@cedr.bsky.social

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OPINION: If we are serious about improving student outcomes, we can’t treat teacher retention as an afterthought A myth has persisted in education policy circles that after their first few years on the job, teachers stop improving. This belief has undercut efforts to retain seasoned educators — and it is wrong.

In a different world, this piece might have been titled: "Unlikely Allies: LDH and Petrilli Unite to Combat Teacher Attrition."

OPINION: Here’s how we hold on to experienced teachers: Give them the support they need hechingerreport.org/opinion-here...

College Admissions Explore the complexities of selective college admissions, holistic review, essays, standardized tests, & affirmative action. Discover key findings & debates.

In honor of the impending doom of the 2025-26 college application season, check out @danielklasik.bsky.social's chapter in @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social!

Suggestions for additional research or ideas for future research? Use the Provide Feedback form at the end.

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No retirement or disability issues looming ahead, right?

Social Security Administration will just wing it from here, I guess.

Thanks!

How much do earning change when people move into our out of public school teaching positions? The findings might surprise you (they did us)!

Here's our 1-page summary for @efpjournal.bsky.social's Takeaways (love this feature):
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PS - WA may be a special case.

My job would also be easier if I could just make stuff up about education but I am not [squints] the Secretary of Education.

#978: Mike on the mic: Regulation in school choice programs On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Mike returns for another solo episode, reflecting on the role of regulation in school choice—is it stifling innovation or saving us from bad schools?

@michaelpetrilli.bsky.social is flying solo again on the Gadfly in this riff on school choice & regulation. I'm a fan of these episodes that show internal (to Mike) thoughts/debates. They show that an advocate label on an issue can miss a lot of nuance.

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He's headed my way. What a tough time to be in these positions!

Nope, nothing!

We didn't see much evidence of heterogeneity across cohorts in general, but I also don't think we are well positioned to see post-McCleary effects (that's what I'm thinking you are asking) b/c we only look through the 2018/19 school year. Some of the big salary increases happened after that.

Hey folks, Doug is here now too! He's a terrific researcher and worth a follow.

@douglasharris9.bsky.social

Do you mean shifts from one year to the next in the differentials?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your question, but we DID see pay increases for those moving into teaching. Is there a typo somewhere?

Oops, "...in THE wild."

So good to see this one in wild!!!!

The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children www.nber.org/papers/w3404...

Buckle up! So says Andy Rotherham on this episode of The Report Card. And wow is he right...

There's a lot going on with Ed Policy. Agree or disagree with them in terms of ideology, Nat, Rick, & Andy are straight shooters and the podcast is super informative.

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I'm hoping for chapter-themed memes and playlist recommendations, personally.

Higher Education Higher education includes all post-high school education, including two- and four-year colleges and universities and a variety of credential types. Our summaries cover U.S. policies related to financi...

I'm not sure what the posts are likely to be, but @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social has joined the Bluesky party!

For those who don't know, the Live Handbook, an @aefpweb.bsky.social initiative, is a great resource/entry point to learn about ed policy research: livehandbook.org/higher-educa...

#977: New law, new questions for school choice, with Brian Jodice On this week’s Education Gadfly Show, Brian Jodice, National Press Secretary for the American Federation for Children joins us for a lively debate on the federal school choice provision embedded in th...

The big bill passed and it included a federal school choice initiative. The Gadfly goes deep on the details of this new federal-level push for choice and implications across red and blue states.

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Legal experts weigh in on the implications of the 2025 Supreme Court term for K-12 education | Brookings Brookings scholars focusing on education policy explore the legal implications of the Supreme Court's 2025 term.

Lots of Supreme Court decisions with K12 implications. This is a good summary (albeit incomplete given yesterday) of some of the issues.

Legal experts weigh in on the implications of the 2025 Supreme Court term for K-12 education www.brookings.edu/articles/leg...

Suddenly sacked Former education stats chief describes her final days under DOGE

Wow: "The fate of NCES remains uncertain. The Education Department says that it is restarting and reassessing some of the data collections that DOGE terminated, but the scope of the work might be much smaller."

Suddenly sacked hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

#EconConf