Apparently Connecticut would like to redefine its counties. "The proposed change would create a break in comparability of data." www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/refer… census.gov/programs-surve…

Schools are seeing a rise in chronic absenteeism—when students miss at least 10 percent of days during the school year. Download our guide covering 3 tips to combat chronic absenteeism: edw.site/uby

As most schools offered hybrid instruction in 2020-21, Black students and students with disabilities were disproportionately disciplined. edweek.org/leadership/dis…

Quick Stata tip: I've written a book that compiles 97 of my Stata tips. You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the companion .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatatips/

Schools are already testing ways to measure "durable skills". Here's how: edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Excited to see our paper on low birth rates in Korea finally in print. Fits well with the current discussion on low birth rates around the world. The difficulty to combine a career with a family is clearly one reason, but the “obsession” with education also plays a role.

"With pre-pandemic estimates of the national homeschool population representing just 2.8 percent of students in 2019, according to NCES, the Pulse figures signify growing interest in alternative schooling models." bit.ly/4c8bv0W

📢 New EdWorkingPaper: A reform in Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools that required superintendent approval of suspensions reduced out-of-school suspensions by 56%. 🔍 Authors: Ezra Karger & Sanford School of Public Policy's Sarah Komisarow 📄 Full text: edworkingpapers.com/ai24-950 #EdWorkingPapers

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Very proud of you Yerin Yoon 🥺!!

A child-centric framework for reparations with considerations for policy and implications for child descendants of enslaved African Americans, from Lisa A. Gennetian, Christina Gibson-Davis, and @sandydarity nber.org/papers/w32931

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: The growth of public charter schools is driving enrollment declines and increasing closure risks for Catholic schools, especially at the K-8 level. 🔍 Authors: Dr. Shaun M. Dougherty, Andrew Miller of Boston College Lynch School, & Yerin Yoon 📄 bit.ly/3YpGLV9

Our GSU Economics department Georgia State Economics Dept. and Seminar Series @AYSPS is excited to introduce our 2024-2025 job market candidates! 🎉 #EconTwitter Below ⬇️ is a short intro to each candidate. For more information, go to aysps.gsu.edu/economics/curr…

Using a proxy for in-person schooling generated from anonymized smartphone data to find that in-person schooling is associated with a 28 percent increase in juvenile violence, from Benjamin Hansen, Kyu Matsuzawa, and CHEPS nber.org/papers/w33317

Research suggests that girls, on average, find more success at school than boys. These graphs help illustrate the nuances of the trend. #K12 #Education edw.link/kzc

5 years ago, schools closed for in-person learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic. My new chapter with Andrew Camp at the AEFP Live handbook discusses the unprecedented impact the pandemic had and the road to recovery still ahead of us livehandbook.org/k-12-education…

🚨 New working paper from our postdoctoral associate Dr. Sungmee Kim (Sungmee Kim)! 🚨 Read "The Unintended Cost of Distance Learning: An Analysis of Child Maltreatment" here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1214

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: The hidden cost of remote learning? Underdetection of child maltreatment. With fewer reports, especially from educators, there was a rise in maltreatment-related fatalities and substantiated allegations. 🔍 Sungmee Kim 📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1214