Here's a thought piece (by me, Grace, Roddy Theobald, and Maia) about using web scraping to get real time (or close to it) data about the state of the educator labor market. A Better Measure of Teacher Shortages educationnext.org/a-better-measu…

After $50 million and a summer push to boost FAFSA completion rates, states have made progress, but not as much as some hoped. Here’s my look the state of state FAFSA completion rates & gaps and some of the ways states tried to reach students. insidehighered.com/news/governmen…

When you hear ⁦Angela Davis⁩ show on chronic absenteeism and think, “Yup, she nailed it on the guests today.” ⁦Jim Davnie⁩ of ⁦MNAllianceWithYouth⁩ and ⁦Kent Pekel⁩ of ⁦Rochester Public Schools⁩. How to reduce chronic absenteeism | MPR News mprnews.org/episode/2024/0…

There are some very interesting insights on attendance practices from this RAND brief by Melissa Kay Diliberti Heather Schwartz and colleagues. We have little evidence about this so findings from a national survey are important and helpful! rand.org/pubs/research_…

The student testimony at the Attendance Study Group has been REMARKABLE today. Really grateful to listen to and learn from these young leaders from Fergus Falls and the Twin Cities youtube.com/live/HFy0mSN1k… #mnleg

MPS is starting this school year w/ fewer vacancies in schools. But the vacancies the district has continue to disproportionately impact students receiving special education services and attending schools in the north half of the district. mplsschoolsvoices.news/posts/mps-clas…

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