Education Week reports on a dashboard that forecasts district-level teacher turnover, built by Joshua Bleiberg of the University of Pittsburgh and Tuan Nguyen of the University of Missouri. It cites their October working paper's estimate that turnover was about 14.6% in 2025-26 and is projected to fall to 13.2% the following year.
An article on stalled pandemic learning recovery and what schools might try next. It cites and links Matthew Kraft, Beth Schueler and Grace Falken's tutoring meta-analysis, which found that tutoring's effects shrink when programs are scaled up.
A news story on an AIR randomized trial that added pop-up alerts recommending advanced courses to an online course planner. Co-author Megan Austin explains that the nudges raised students' plans to take advanced courses in 11th grade.
A news story on Caroline Bartlett and colleagues' study of Michigan's switch to automatic English-learner reclassification, the journal version of their EdWorkingPaper. It reports that eligible students became much more likely to exit EL status and that disparities narrowed.
A news story on a working paper that measured conflict in about 100,000 school board meeting transcripts. Co-author Tyler Simko explains that most meetings are civil and that high-conflict meetings cluster in a small number of city and suburban districts.
A news story on Vladimir Kogan, Stéphane Lavertu and Zachary Peskowitz's Annenberg working paper on 50,000 school board elections. It reports that many races go uncontested, that incumbents usually win, and that academic performance does not drive electoral competition.
A news story on the causal evaluation of the Teacher Academy of Maryland high school pathway program, published in JPAM. Co-author David Blazar describes how the program raised entry into teaching and how graduates chose where to teach.
A news story on survey data suggesting teacher well-being and intentions to quit have stabilized. For contrast, it cites and links Matthew Kraft and Melissa Arnold Lyon's working paper finding that the teaching profession is at a 50-year low.
A roundup of four teacher-workforce studies presented at the APPAM conference. One section covers Sofia Baker's analysis, with Cory Koedel, of Illinois teacher-survey data, which found that working conditions kept declining after the pandemic.
A news story on a four-year randomized trial of Chapter One, a short, classroom-embedded early-literacy tutoring model. Lead author Jilli Jung explains that its smaller but lasting gains came at lower cost and with easier implementation than intensive tutoring.