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A New York Times story on immigration raids worsening school absenteeism, reporting Thomas Dee's Central Valley study of a 22% increase in student absences. Page returned 403; date from URL and Dee's own press list, content from search snippets only.

An article on school board elections and democratic accountability. It reviews and links to the new study by Vladimir Kogan, Stéphane Lavertu and Zachary Peskowitz on board turnover and student outcomes in 16 states.

A Flypaper review making the case for expanding early college high schools. It reports the cost-benefit findings of Brian Phillips, Julie Edmunds, Fatih Unlu, Elizabeth Glennie, and Christine Mulhern's study of North Carolina's model.

An Ohio Gadfly Daily review of research on pairing girls with female math tutors. It summarizes Joshua Bleiberg and colleagues' study of tutor gender match and girls' STEM interest, engagement, and performance.

A Flypaper review of research on whether suspensions push St. Louis-area students to change schools. It summarizes Margaret Wallace, Jason Jabbari, and colleagues' longitudinal study of discipline and school transfers.

A Flypaper review on whether stricter tenure requirements improve teaching. It summarizes Eric Taylor's study of Tennessee's tenure reform and teachers' skill investments.

Chalkbeat Newark article on a state report flagging overcrowding in Newark's middle grades. It cites the linked EdWorkingPaper on investments in new school facilities for its finding that attendance improves modestly after students spend three years in a new building.

A Q&A with co-author Carly Robinson about a randomized study that paired 9th grade Algebra 1 students with tutors of the same or opposite gender. Robinson describes how girls with female tutors reported more STEM interest and earned somewhat better grades.

A news story on a new study of Michigan's Read by Grade 3 law. Co-author Brian Jacob explains that reading gains for students flagged for retention seem to come from the extra support they receive, since very few students were actually held back.

A Chalkboard piece making the labor-market case for public early childhood education. It describes the study by Chloe Gibbs, Jocelyn Wikle and Riley Wilson on full-day kindergarten expansions and parents' employment.

An analysis of teacher turnover trends. It cites Kraft and Lyon’s research on teaching profession indicators showing the profession at 50-year lows.

An interactive analysis of district spending and teacher pay. It cites the analysis comparing teacher and nurse pay trends (Hashim and Laski).

A Chalkboard analysis of the proposed federal Educational Choice for Children Act. It links to the Fontana and Jennings EdWorkingPaper on Iowa ESAs to support the concern that such programs lead private schools to raise tuition.

A Flypaper review of research on how states pay for legislated school finance reforms. It walks through the data and methods of Shelby McNeill and Christopher Candelaria's working paper on why some reforms do not raise state education spending.

A Chalkboard piece by Francisco Santelli of the Annenberg Institute on teacher commutes in Nashville. It summarizes his study with Jason Grissom finding longer commutes predict transfers, exits and lower ratings.

An opinion piece on whether schools can supply a manufacturing workforce. It cites the Annenberg paper finding CTE concentrators were more likely to avoid poverty.

A Flypaper review of research on what happens to students when their schools close. It describes Jeonghyeok Kim's methods and findings on short- and long-run educational and labor-market effects of closures.

A retrospective on how COVID accelerated school choice. It cites Thomas Dee’s 2021 study of public school disenrollment in fall 2020.

An article weighing the research evidence on Head Start's effectiveness. It links to the EdWorkingPaper by Paul von Hippel and Brendan Schuetze to argue that subgroup findings are usually misleading.

An Ohio Gadfly Daily review of research on direct admissions, where colleges admit students before they apply. It summarizes Taylor Odle and Jennifer Delaney's experimental evidence from four states on applications and enrollment.