Such a treat to host ⁦Li Feng⁩ for the last ⁦Wheelock College, Boston University⁩ Ed Policy seminar of the year. Especially appreciated having our own #Noyce PIs in the room. Get on our mailing list to be the first to know about our slate of speakers next year! Bit.ly/WEPC-list

Next week: Join us for the final PIER Public Seminar of the year, with Olivia Chi of Wheelock College, Boston University.

Who Becomes a Teacher When Entry Requirements are Reduced?

Tuesday, April 23, 4:30-5:45, in person & via livestream cepr.harvard.edu/pier-seminar

How did the pandemic shape who wanted to become a teacher? Wheelock College, Boston University Assistant Professor Olivia Chi, Ed.M.'17, Ph.D.’20, shares her research in our Harvard EdCast. bit.ly/3JpReHP

We found $10,000 bonuses for special ed teachers in Hawai'i went a long way towards reducing inequities, based on disability, in students' access to well-qualified teachers. They are not enough - but they made a sig. & meaningful difference!

As a first-time presenter and second-time attendee at #AEFP2024 , I’m thrilled that our Wheelock Educational Policy Center’s strong presence this year started with my collaboration with Olivia Chi on paraeducators and ended with my joint work with Marcus Winters on EL reclassification.

'There’s going to have to be … some type of significant investment or seismic shift...' says Meagan Comb in The Boston Globe article highlighting Olivia Chi Andrew Bacher-Hicks work w/ @MassInc & Latinos for Education.

bostonglobe.com/2024/02/07/met…

'There’s no way for us to snap our fingers & close that representation gap overnight,' Olivia Chi told The Boston Globe. The academic benefits of a diverse educator workforce are well documented. MA has made progress, but our report in collab w/MassINC & Latinos for Education highlights the

Had a very “room where it happens” vibe today w/Wheelock Educational Policy Center’s Olivia Chi presenting to legislative leaders, 2 MA commissioners & countless educator diversity champions I so admire. Pics = definition of policy-relevant research. Thx to MassINC & Latinos for Education for involving us

We are hiring at the BA/MA level in CALDER Center!

Research Assistant: jobs-airdc.icims.com/jobs/12946/res…

Research Associate: jobs-airdc.icims.com/jobs/12948/res…

These are great jobs for quantitatively-oriented folks interested in education research with large-scale data. Please distribute widely!

I think this is an interesting piece and an important question, but the evidence is pretty thin at this point to draw any strong conclusions and we need to think carefully about the findings in a pandemic context and how they might differ in general equilibrium.

CC: Meagan Comb

🚨New Year, New WP!🚨

Grow Your Own: An Umbrella Term for Very Different Teacher Pipeline Programs

Matthew A. Kraft & I provide an overview of the GYO landscape to illustrate how the term GYO is used & describe variation in program features

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{New} When COVID hit, states granted waivers to allow teachers 'emergency' licenses without their normal training.

Were those teachers worse?

Today The 74 I dig into research from Ben Backes Dan Goldhaber Andrew Bacher-Hicks Olivia Chi which suggests maybe not: the74million.org/article/emerge…

🚨🚨🚨New Research Brief🚨🚨🚨

Dr. Gema Zamarro (she/her), Josh B. McGee, and I build upon our prior work and look at teacher turnover entering the current (2023-24) school year.

Some 🔑findings ⬇️

edre.uark.edu/_resources/pdf…

ICYMI - for-profit programs are preparing a growing share of new special educators. Just TWO programs are preparing 8% of all newly prepared potential special educators nationally, and just ONE program is preparing 37% of newly prepared special educators in Texas.

Our Wheelock Educational Policy Center work w/ Massachusetts K-12 on emergency licensure featured in this year's The 74's '14 Charts that Changed the Way We Looked at America’s Schools' by Kevin Mahnken. See #9

Andrew Bacher-Hicks Olivia Chi Ariel Tichnor-Wagner

the74million.org/article/14-cha…

Leah Boustan The 74 Linda Jacobson Tom Dee Brooks Bowden Zach Weingarten UTSA Charts of the Year 2023 includes the work of big stars and newer names alike, including (deep breath): Dan Goldhaber, Barbara Biasi, Andrew Bacher-Hicks, Olivia Chi, Umut Ӧzek, Susanna Loeb, and many others. I can't find 'em all, so tag your favorite researcher, guys the74million.org/article/14-cha…

I love this -- I'd be thrilled to connect with doc students AEFP!