Job Market Candidates: Instead of telling us what your research *examines,* tell us what your research *shows.* Framing it this way helps the hiring committee see the contribution you're making to the field. And for PhD candidates, it signals that your dissertation is nearly done

Glad to have our study looking at non-contiguous school attendance zones out EPAA/AAPE. We look at how this relates to school diversity in two district. With Sarah Asson, Ruth Buck, Hope Bodenschatz, Chris Fowler epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa…

Four-day school weeks (4dsw) have exploded in popularity in recent years as a tool to recruit and retain staff, but how effective are they at doing so over the long term?  Emily Penner, Yujia Liu and I examine this question in Oregon. A 🧵 1/N  edworkingpapers.com/index.php/ai24…

There is now wide consensus that money matters in education. The important question is what are the best ways to spend it, as we explain in this The Seattle Times op-ed (co-author Pooya Almasi): seattletimes.com/opinion/with-s… Please read and share!

JMU QB Alonza Barnett says his professor in his public speaking/speech writing class played this clip in class this week as an example of over-dramatizing things ...

We did it, y'all! Jeremy Singer & I wrote a book! Out March 25, preorder Harvard Education Press now! Folks often agree that schools can't solve chronic absenteeism alone, but nearly all the strategies, accountability, & research are directed toward schools. hep.gse.harvard.edu/9781682539613/…

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Randomized control trial of online learning among cadets at West Point Findings: Online instruction reduces a student’s final grade by 22 percent of a standard deviation. The impact is larger for males, at 27 percent of a standard deviation, compared to 9 percent of a standard

Most robust economic recovery in the G-7.

Wow, I know that enrollment is declining (we are facing school closures in Seattle), but pretty astounding that nearly 10% of schools have enrollment declines of 20% or more from 2019-20 to 2020-23. Lots of tough decisions will need to be made. fordhaminstitute.org/national/resou…

🧵“Accountability” first appears in higher education in 1974 and explodes over the next 40 yrs (see vid clip). Our latest article looks at transformational changes to the field, namely how the stories of two communities grew different over time (1/10) link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Two faculty positions at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville: Associate/full professor & program coordinator, higher education (review starts 10/15): apply.interfolio.com/152687 Assistant professor, K-12 policy (review starts 10/21): apply.interfolio.com/152197

"20 years after exposure, Whites who had more Black peers of the same gender in their grade go on to live in census tracts with more Black residents...the effect on residential choice appears to come from a change in preferences among Whites." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Working closely w supts over last decade, I heard/saw the increasing amount of energy spent on navigating divisive politics 💰The cost to districts:~$3.2 billion in 2023-24 Check out full report based on nat'l survey + interviews w 40+ supts across US👇🏽 idea.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/c…

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No more white flight? Study by Bryan Mann of KU School of Education & Human Sciences finds suburban schools diversified from 2000-2020, but urban districts saw more racial isolation. news.ku.edu/news/article/s…

A KU School of Education & Human Sciences researcher, Bryan Mann, finds that suburban school districts are not as predominantly white as they were 20 years ago, but students of color are seeing more racial isolation in urban schools. news.ku.edu/news/article/s…

Between 2000-2020, predominantly white suburban districts have become more integrated and the isolation of students of color in urban districts has intensified, according to a study in AERA Open Bryan Mann, via Oklahoma Voice . oklahomavoice.com/2025/01/02/res…