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We’re continuing our spotlight on researchers from the Annenberg Institute who will be presenting at the upcoming @aefpweb.bsky.social conference.

We’re looking forward to the conversations their work will spark at AEFP.

Want to see if NGSS science is happening in your classrooms?

The Science Instruction & Identity Collection gives districts & states tools to measure instruction, student engagement, & science identity.

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Exploring Factors Influencing Administrative Spending in Higher Education Despite increasing financial challenges facing much of higher education, relatively little is known about how institutions allocate resources to different activities, particularly in areas other than…

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@robertkelchen.com analyzes detailed personnel and IPEDS data to show that budget models and institutional centralization shape administrative spending patterns, and that some areas are prioritized when financial pressures mount.

📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1415

Where Climate Meets the Classroom: RI Leaders on Sustainable Schools and the Future of Environmental Education As part of Brown Climate Week, practitioners from across Rhode Island explored how education policy, school leadership, and environmental partnerships shape climate learning in schools.

As part of Brown’s Climate Week, a panel hosted by @matthewakraft.com brought together practitioners from across Rhode Island to explore how education policy, school leadership, and environmental partnerships shape climate learning in schools. education.brown.edu/news/2026-03...

As the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) conference approaches, we’re continuing to spotlight members of the Annenberg Institute community who will be presenting.

We’re excited to see these ideas in conversation with scholars and practitioners from across the field at AEFP.

Science Instruction and Identity | EdInstruments Explore the new Science Collection and the new Early Childhood Classroom Success Collection

Evaluating science instruction just got easier.

The Science Instruction & Identity Collection catalogs tools for measuring NGSS-aligned teaching, student science identity, and curriculum impact.

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📢 #EdWorkingPapers:

Chris Torres argues that the field should move beyond statistical generalization & more fully adopt analytic generalization, using qualitative evidence to develop theoretical propositions about how & why teachers stay or leave.

📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1408

Today we explore the "why" and "how" of Planetary Health education with Dr. Gehlbach. Let’s talk about the intersection of Earth’s systems and human behavior. 🌍🤝

Sign up to join the @edsustainable.bsky.social conversation: buff.ly/zFxTKx3

Out today, a short and accessible policy and practice summary of our new working paper "Is Teacher Effectiveness Fully Portable?"

Via the @annenberginstitute.bsky.social

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Silvia Robles, Annenberg research scientist, was interviewed about course availability challenges that college students may face.

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The Annenberg Institute is at the @aefpweb.bsky.social conference March 19-21! Our faculty, staff, and postdocs will share research connecting evidence with effective education policies. Stay tuned this week as we feature AIB community presenters.

Millions of U.S. Students Attend Schools Near Environmentally Hazardous Sites Students of color are far more likely than their white peers to be taught in these classrooms, according to a new report.

Check out this great overview in @the74.bsky.social of our recent paper examining the scale and scope of students' potential exposure to industrial pollution and toxic sites while at school. #SustainableED

@AnnenbergInst WP:
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Join us in welcoming Mithila Iyer! Mithila is a project manager with the Literacy Launch partnership at the Annenberg Institute, where she supports the overall execution of the team’s research & stewards relationships with external education agencies.

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Join us for our next #SustainableED Seminar as Dr. Gehlbach explores the future of Planetary Health education and how to turn knowledge into collective action.

🗓️: 3/11 | 🕐 1:00-1:45 PM EST

Register here: buff.ly/zFxTKx3

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Improvement requires good data.

The EdInstruments resources in our Math Pathways Evidence Hub help leaders measure math instruction, track progress, and assess implementation as new curricula roll out.

Explore the Math Pathways Evidence Hub: annenbergexchange.org/math-pathway...

Op-Ed: NJ built a tutoring model that must go bigger and broader | NJ Spotlight News We set a national standard with small-group instruction after the pandemic, boosting academics and creating jobs for educators

Christina Claiborne, director of research projects at EdResearch for Action, & Isabel Fitzpatrick, manager of research projects, wrote an op-ed highlighting the benefits & outcomes of New Jersey's tutoring model.

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Gifted Identification Across the Distribution of Family Income Currently, 6.1 percent of K-12 students in the United States receive gifted education. Using education and IRS data that provide information on students and their family income, we show pronounced dif...

Stunning work:

"Currently, 6.1 percent of K-12 students in the United States receive gifted education ... Under 4 percent of students in the lowest income percentile are identified as gifted, compared with 20 percent of those in the top income percentile."

edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1375

Brown Climate Week Panel: “Where Climate Meets Education Policy and Practice: Perspectives from the Field in Rhode Island” SustainableED Founder and Faculty Director Matthew Kraft will host a moderated panel with three leading practitioners in Rhode Island engaged in en...

#SustainableED is kicking off Brown Climate Week w/ a moderated panel @brownedudept.bsky.social @annenberginstitute.bsky.social

Where Climate Meets Education Policy & Practice: Perspectives from the Field in Rhode Island

164 Angell St Room 202
2-3 pm

Register here
events.brown.edu/annenberg-in...

Congratulations to @camarnzen.bsky.social‬ on his appointment as Assistant Professor of Political Science at North Central College! His research examines how education policy & institutions shape democratic participation, governance, & public life. We’re excited to see this work continue.

Congrats to John Papay, @matthewakraft.com, and co-authors Jessalynn K. James & Manuel Monti-Nussbaum for their newly published NBER working paper on teacher effectiveness.

Read the paper below ⬇️

⚡ Key takeaways from the #EdWorkingPapers Policy and Practice Series!

A summary of “Making the Implicit Explicit: An Experiment with Implicit Gender Stereotypes and College Major Choice” by Stephanie Owen and Derek Rury

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Join us in congratulating @linzpage.bsky.social on her promotion to full professor!

Her research on college access and student success is shaping policy and practice nationwide.

Is this child ready for kindergarten? The answer depends less on whether they can count to 10, and more about whether they can focus on one task and manage emotions.

View checklists & interview protocols for measuring self-regulation in young children here: tinyurl.com/4kh4yeek

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Analyzing RCTs of a preschool math curriculum, Tyler Watts & colleagues find that immediate impacts are strong forecasters for follow-up effects. Settings promoting more learning post-intervention also produce more fadeout as control groups catch up faster.

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New evidence is emerging on math pathways & it matters for policy and practice.

The EdWorkingPapers section of our Math Pathways Evidence Hub features open-access studies on placement policies, detracking, & math access.

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📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Tyler Watts, @emmarosehart.bsky.social, & @drewhalbailey.bsky.social analyze 87 RCTs & find that fadeout is common across most programs. Intervention characteristics explain only a small share of differences in persistence.

📄 bit.ly/4aGrXY4

@matthewakraft.com will host a moderated panel with three leading practitioners in Rhode Island engaged in environmental education as part of Brown University's first-ever Climate Week.

Learn more about this @edsustainable.bsky.social event: events.brown.edu/event/327455...

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Bullying doesn’t end in childhood.

A new review shows that exposure to bullying is linked to worse mental health, lower human capital accumulation, and poorer labor market outcomes in adulthood.

🔍 Matias Martinez, Qinyou Hu & Jonathan Schaefer
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1389

#BrownLovesProvidence is a month-long effort to give back to the local community that supported us when it mattered most. Join us in donating locally, shopping locally and volunteering locally: brown.edu/brown-loves-providence #BrownLovesProvidence

The EdResearch for Action section of our Math Pathways Evidence Hub includes a research brief, an alignment tool, and a facilitation guide—designed to help districts turn evidence into action.

Explore the Math Pathways Evidence Hub: annenbergexchange.org/math-pathway...