EdWorkingPapers Review Board - Call for Applications

About EdWorkingPapers: The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, with the partnership of the SCALE Initiative at Stanford University, offers EdWorkingPapers, a national working paper series, to provide open access to high-quality papers from multiple disciplines, universities, and research organizations on a wide variety of topics related to education. EdWorkingPapers focuses particularly on empirical research with strong implications for education policy. The initiative has expanded from a site that released just two papers in 2018 into a highly visited and highly cited resource that now releases over 200 papers annually (as of 2024) and hosts biannual webinars, beginning with our inaugural session in spring of 2025.

EdWorkingPapers Review Board: The EdWorkingPapers Review Board will review paper submissions and provide strategic guidance for the initiative. As part of the Review Board, incoming members will have the opportunity to shape the direction of the EdWorkingPapers series by drawing on their diverse disciplinary perspectives and methodological approaches.

Role and Responsibilities:

As a member of the EdWorkingPapers Review Board, you will:

1. Review Paper Submissions: Review and provide brief feedback on research papers submitted to the series, ensuring academic rigor, methodological soundness, and relevance to educational policy. Each board member will review up to three papers per month, each with a short turnaround time. Note that this is not a full peer review, just an assessment of fit.
2. Provide Strategic Guidance: Collaborate with fellow board members to provide feedback on ideas for refining the research series to better meet its goals and support its role within the broader EdExchange ecosystem. As part of our unified platform that brings together EdInstruments, EdWorkingPapers, and EdResearchForAction, board members will help ensure EdWorkingPapers contributes effectively to our vision of creating a thriving "town square" for evidence creation and use in education by:
   1. Upholding and enhancing quality and rigor—Board members will advise on refining criteria for acceptance into EdWorkingPapers.
   2. Promoting dissemination—Board members will provide input on outreach strategies, potential collaborations, and ways to engage with the wider educational community, including but not limited to EdWorkingPapers biannual webinars. 

Qualifications: 

We seek educational researchers with the following:

• A strong record of scholarly publications, achievements, and peer review experience in educational research;
• An ability to collaborate with diverse thinkers to provide strategic guidance on the achievement of broad goals;
• An ability to commit to rapid-cycle reviewing and quarterly meetings. 

Term and Commitment:

The initial term of service on the board is one year, from January 2026 – December 2026, with the possibility of extension. The board will convene for quarterly virtual meetings, with more frequent meetings at the beginning of the term to establish processes. After serving two years, members will transition into an unpaid Senior Advisor role, remaining part of the EdWorkingPapers community in a consultative capacity. 

Benefits:

• An honorarium of $6,000 per year as an active Review Board member
• The opportunity to collaborate with other thought leaders to shape the future of a unique resource in education research 

Application Process:

Please submit a current CV and a brief cover letter with a statement of interest (maximum 500 words) using this form. If you have any questions about the process, you can email Aizat Nurshatayeva aizat_nurshatayeva@brown.edu.

Applications are due by Monday, September 29. If there’s a fit, we will reach out to schedule a brief discussion. Final decisions will be made by mid-November, and the first Board meeting will be held in January.