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Anna Shapiro

@annakshapiro.bsky.social

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Education Researcher at RAND COYS-Spirit

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Anna Shapiro @annakshapiro.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🚨 working paper 🚨 Kids who go to Boston PreK are more likely to… ⬆️ stay in BPS through 8th grade ⬆️ apply to Boston’s competitive exam schools ⬆️ enroll and pass Algebra 1 by end of eighth grade ⬆️ score higher on 7th grade math assessments 🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf

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Anna Shapiro @annakshapiro.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

There are over 70,000 pre-K teachers working in public schools but they often fall through the crack between ECE and K-12 policy. Check out my piece with Elizabeth Steiner and @jscannon.bsky.social on including their voices in pre-K policy discussions www.the74million.org/article/publ...

the74million.org

Public School Pre-K Teachers Are Professionals, But Aren’t Treated That Way

From pay to professional development to coordination with colleagues in higher grades, schools have a long way to go, study finds.

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Anna Shapiro @annakshapiro.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We asked 1,368 public school-based pre-K teachers across the country about the materials they use, their instructional resources and planning time, and how their programs align with elementary grades. Read more in my new co-authored report: www.rand.org/t/rra3279-3

Pre-K students walking on a path/bridge up and right to represent their path to kindergarten. Path transitions into dotted line to signify a disconnect

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Anna Shapiro @annakshapiro.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Check out our new paper! Educator retention in ECE doesn’t just improve capacity to serve children and families, it also means we have more experienced quality educators!

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Anna Shapiro @annakshapiro.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Great article about spurs fandom in America. And now there is a photo of me in the New York Times 😂

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Anna Shapiro @annakshapiro.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

First Bluesky post has to be for a sold out crowd for a women’s soccer semifinal x Washington Spirit win

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