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An article on the impact of immigration enforcement on schools and students. It opens with and links to Thomas Dee's study finding that the Central Valley raids sharply increased daily absences.

A year-end roundup of charts on education in 2025. It describes several working papers, including James Wyckoff on declining achievement, Douglas Harris and Gabriel Olivier on universal ESAs, and studies of immigration enforcement and teacher interest.

An Education Exchange podcast episode in which Joshua Goodman discusses how the job market affects community college enrollment. The page names his paper with Joseph Winkelmann, linking to its NBER version.

A news story on who uses Arizona’s ESA program. It cites Douglas Harris’s research finding voucher-like programs raised private school enrollment by 3% to 4%.

A news story centered on Thomas Dee’s study of immigration raids and attendance in California’s Central Valley. It reports the 22% rise in absences and 81,000 lost instructional days.

An Education Week analysis of why recent large-scale tutoring programs have produced disappointing results. It centers on the SCALE Initiative study led by Elizabeth Huffaker of paraprofessional-led literacy and numeracy tutoring, and draws on Matthew Kraft's tutoring meta-analysis to argue that implementation and attendance drive effects.

An Education Week article on where post-pandemic public school enrollment losses are concentrated. It reports and links the working paper by Joshua Goodman and Abigail Francis, presented at an Annenberg Institute webinar, on Massachusetts enrollment shifts.

An opinion essay by Ken Futernick arguing that the real classroom problem is public mistrust of teachers, not indoctrination. It cites and links the Annenberg working paper by Gary Ritter, Brian Kisida and colleagues, whose student survey found no widespread indoctrination.

An early-childhood newsletter column on gifted testing for young children that closes with a research quick take. It summarizes the Annenberg working paper by Megan Kuhfeld and Margaret Burchinal on early-grade gender gaps in reading and math, linking to the paper.

A critique of a working paper by Bruce Baker and colleagues proposing a framework for evaluating school vouchers. It links to that paper and also cites the EdWorkingPaper by Jason Fontana and Jennifer Jennings on Iowa ESAs and private school tuition.

A Flypaper review of research on whether teachers in high-poverty and high-minority schools earn a pay premium. It summarizes Jieon Shim and Li Feng's three-decade national analysis of compensating wage differentials.

An Education Week story on a link between rising immigration arrests in Florida and lower test scores among Spanish-home-language students. It reports the working paper by David Figlio and Umut Özek (linked via its NBER version), quoting Figlio.

A news story on two new virtual tutoring studies. It describes research co-authored by Carly Robinson on lost instructional time and on one-on-one versus two-student sessions.

A news story on a Texas district tutoring program that did not work. It is built on the Stanford study led by Elizabeth Huffaker interpreting the null effects.

National Chalkbeat story on a new study by David Figlio and Umut Özek (NBER version of EdWorkingPaper 25-1336) finding that increased immigration enforcement lowered Spanish-speaking students' test scores in a Florida district. It also describes Thomas Dee's Central Valley raids study and links Kirsten Slungaard Mumma's attendance study.

An article on cities building subsidized housing to attract and keep teachers. It cites and links to the Annenberg paper on teacher shortages by Tuan Nguyen and colleagues for its count of underqualified teachers.

A Chalkboard essay arguing schools owe high-achieving students challenging instruction. The author, Kenneth Shores, draws on and links to his working paper on what public education owes flourishing children.

A Chalkboard piece on the payoff of college degrees net of student debt. The authors report findings from their working paper on returns to degrees and credentials, including the share of earnings premiums going to loan payments.

A commentary on political polarization in college choice. It is built on the survey experiment by Riley Acton, Emily Cook and Paola Ugalde Araya showing students would pay more to attend politically aligned colleges.

Chalkbeat Chicago story on attendance declines at schools in Latino immigrant neighborhoods during an ICE operation. It links the EdWorkingPaper by Kirsten Slungaard Mumma on immigration enforcement and English learners' attendance as evidence of similar drops elsewhere.