The #SPARCCenter now has a website! 🎉 Check it out for a wealth of resources, groundbreaking research, and a community committed to enhancing the special education workforce. Join us in making a difference! 🔗 sparccenter.org

Congrats to SPARC Center Advisory Board member David DeMatthews on receiving AERA’s 2025 Outstanding Public Communication of Education Research Award! 🎉👏 Learn more: aera.net/About-AERA/Awa…

There's a #SpecialEducation teacher shortage—but defining and identifying special education teachers varies by state and system. We’re unpacking the complexity in our upcoming webinar. 🗓️ June 26 at 3pm ET 🔗 Register: sparccenter.org/events/registe…

⏳Three weeks away! Join #SPARCCenter experts for a webinar on how we define and track special education teachers in workforce data. 🔗 Register: sparccenter.org/events/registe…

2️⃣ weeks out! #SpecialEducation teacher shortages can only be solved if we can define who is in the workforce. We’ll explore this during our upcoming webinar on June 26 at 3pm ET: sparccenter.org/events/registe…

Happening next week! Join our webinar on June 26 at 3pm ET to discuss how we define and track #SpecialEducation teachers in data systems. Register: sparccenter.org/events/registe…

TOMORROW! 🚨 Don’t miss our webinar on how we define and track #SpecialEducation teachers in workforce data. ⏰ June 26 | 3pm ET 🔗 sparccenter.org/events/registe…

During the free, virtual Prepping for PROGRESS Welcome & Keynote Day 2, Allison Gilmour, PhD and Roddy Theobald from the SPARC Center will discuss policies and practices to address #SpecialEducation workforce challenges. 🗓️ Aug 13 at 11am ET 🔗Register: promotingprogress.org/events/preppin…

Our researchers recently hosted a webinar on the challenges of identifying #SpecialEducation teachers in state longitudinal data systems (#SLDS). Scroll through some of our initial learnings from our first year analyzing data and stay tuned for a working paper with these results.

New research on #SpecialEducation Personnel Attrition with PA Department of Education shows: ➡️Admins leave more than teachers ➡️Higher attrition among Black educators, urban settings, and more diverse districts ➡️Retention must be role- & context-specific Learn more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Our researchers are digging into questions about the #SpecialEducation teacher workforce. Recently, Elizabeth Bettini, Lindsey Kaler, Hannah Morris Mathews , Malavika Ragunathan & Katheryn Meyer explored teacher beliefs about students labeled with EBD. sparccenter.org/research-findi…

In the Handbook of Education Policy Research (2nd Edition), Lucky Mason-Williams and Margaret McLaughlin explore “Finding the Right Tools: The Affordances and Limitations of the IDEA”. 📘 See the full table of contents: aera.net/Portals/38/2nd…

Supporting #SpecialEducation teachers can boost their desire to remain in the classroom. New research from #SPARCCenter Co-PI Dr. LaRon Scott, Salena Layden and Kristin Gansle explores how supports are related to their intentions to remain in teaching. doi.org/10.1177/108835…

Are you a novice leader or looking to increase your capacity to support the implementation of IDEA? Apply for the free, yearlong LeadIDEACenter Lead IDEA Leadership Academy: lead-idea.org/lead-idea-lead…

We can’t afford to lose #SpecialEducation teachers to burnout. Improving working conditions is critical to keeping them in the profession. Check out this new research review from #SPARCCenter Co-Director Elizabeth Bettini and colleagues: doi.org/10.3102/003465…

In a recent CALDER Center study, Lindsey Kaler, Roddy Theobald, Elizabeth Bettini, and Nathan Jones show how #SpecialEducation teacher turnover negatively impacts test scores—making teacher retention a critical priority. 📄 Learn more: caldercenter.org/publications/i…

Our #SpecialEducation colleagues are coming together for the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs Project Directors’ Meeting this week! Improving outcomes for students with disabilities requires a strong, well-qualified, and stable workforce. sparccenter.org

In this new paper, #SPARCCenter Co-PI Dr. LaRon Scott draws on psychological theory to offer a fresh perspective on the high turnover rates among #SpecialEducation teachers of color—and what we can do about it. 📄 Read more: doi.org/10.1080/154768…