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Brittany Vasquez

@brittanyvasquez.bsky.social
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Postdoc at UPenn GSE | Researching education finance & policy | 2022 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow | Wake Forest & UMich Ford School Alum

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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 13/07/2026
Today is the last day to submit comments on OMB's proposed changes to federal grant rules that would give vast powers to political appointees to reject or cancel midstream large research projects. This would waste millions in time and effort and promote corruption. naeducation.org/naed-and-19-...
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NAEd and 19 Other Associations File Comment Urging OMB to Withdraw Proposed Rule on Federal Financial Assistance - National Academy of Education
Coalition representing more than 85,000 researchers, faculty, practitioners, and students files formal comment opposing sweeping restrictions on federally funded education research Washington, DC — Ju...
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
From the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Education, a concise summary of the devastation: the Institute of Education lost at least 84% of its employees. Research in progress or nearly complete is just *poof* gone, a complete waste of Congress's investment. oig.ed.gov/sites/defaul...
Figure titled Staffing Changes for IES Suboffices Impacted by the RIF, showing that of 191 employees only about 30 remained.
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Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) @restatjournal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Students exposed to more school funding during elementary school are less likely to be arrested as adults. In May issue, by Jason Baron, Joshua Hyman, Brittany Vasquez zurl.co/5e4Qn
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Public School Funding, School Quality, and Adult Crime
Abstract. This paper asks whether increasing public school funding can be an effective long-run crime-prevention strategy in the United States.
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Nice new resource from EdFund for researchers, policymakers, and advocates in education finance! Lots of information on school funding formulas, with attention to special populations ed-fund.org/learning-hub/ #EdResearch #EdPolicy
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Learning Hub - EdFund
Learning Hub EdFund’s Learning Hub is a resource for researchers, policymakers, and advocates in education finance. EdFund’s Learning Hub is a resource for researchers, advocates, and policymakers to learn what the research says about how schools are funded and what strategies best improve student outcomes. The Learning Hub is a constantly evolving collection of conversations that EdFund has hosted […]
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"Federal emergency funds promoted innovation in schools but not accountability. The Ed Department must make sure that doesn't happen again." www.the74million.org/article/as-s...
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As States Seek Waivers for Education Block Grants, Some Lessons From ESSER
Therriault: Federal emergency funds promoted innovation in schools but not accountability. The Ed Department must make sure that doesn't happen again.
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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Paging researchers who focus on #schoolfinance, #englishlearners, low-income students, and career pathways: @edfund.bsky.social has a new RFP you should check out! Get grant funding for your policy-relevant work--LOIs due in a month! ed-fund.org/wp-content/u... #edresearch #edusky
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Mark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Edu policy peeps! I'm co-chairing the edu section for APPAM 2026 conference with @doughesm.bsky.social @taylorodle.bsky.social and @brittanyvasquez.bsky.social - if you would be interested in reviewing submissions, please let us know! We're aiming for about ~10 per reviewer. @appam.bsky.social
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Beware the misguided use of scatterplots to infer causation from correlation. "Newer, quasi-experimental research finds more consistent evidence that past funding increases had positive effects on student outcomes." via @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social: livehandbook.org/k-12-educati...
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School Funding and Outcomes
Explore the impact of school spending on student outcomes. Discover key research findings, policy trends, and evidence-based insights.
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Education Policy Initiative @edpolicyford.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Tomorrow on the final day of #APPAM25, the EPI Community has 3 presentations: 8:30 AM Professor Kevin Stange on the role of a liberal arts education 8:30 AM Professor Natasha Pilkauskas on SNAP emergency allotments 10:15 AM EPI alum Brittany Vasquez on how subsidized meals affect student outcomes
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Emily Rauscher @emilyrauscher.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Great coverage of my new paper with Jeremy Fiel @ricesocsci.bsky.social in @edweek.org www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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How Efforts to Fund Schools More Equitably Actually Worsened Racial Inequality
Researchers examined three decades of school finance reforms in 40 states.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 12/09/2025
Slow Progress: School Finance Reforms and Racial Disparities in Funding journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3... "Results highlight limitations of class-based state reforms to address racial/ethnic disparities."
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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Really interesting to see a state court find a school CAPITAL funding system unconstitutional! #edusky www.axios.com/local/phoeni...
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Arizona school funding ruled unconstitutional by state judge
A judge found that Arizona isn't properly funding capital needs in many school districts.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
There's a narrative that because the bivariate correlation between education spending and student test scores is small/null, education spending doesn't matter. But causal research has begun to show that this simple association is probably biased downward. Education spending matters a lot.
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Derek W. Black @derekwblack.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Dept. of Ed has cut off funds to schools that spread their COVID relief funds out rather than spending them quickly. These schools had already budgeted & signed contracts for things like tutoring, construction projects, & mental health supports.
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Linda McMahon Abruptly Tells States Their Time to Spend COVID Relief Has Passed
Secretary Linda McMahon said the Education Department would no longer honor the extensions it had granted states.
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Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · 20/03/2025
Michigan school buildings will need $23 billion in repairs and upgrades www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/03/2…
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Michigan schools face $23 billion in costs for building repairs and upgrades
Many Michigan schools were built before 1970, a new report shows. How can districts cover the costs to get schools up to health and safety standards?
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"Good data are not partisan — they are the foundation of good policy."
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"regardless of who you are or where you come from, our nation’s public schools will serve you and educate you to a standard of excellence. Aspirations like this have driven our country’s prosperity for decades..." www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-d...
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What the Department of Education actually does
America’s least understood and most efficient agency, explained
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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 12/03/2025
The NCES websites are still working, but Education data was one of our first rescue targets. If you are looking for NCES data, much of it is available on DataLumos. You can see what we and others have rescued on our DR Tracker: baserow.datarescueproject.org/public/grid/...
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Thad Domina @t-h-a-d.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Mass public education is one of our civilization's greatest accomplishments. It's worth fighting for.
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Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Core ED functions include: processing 17+ million FAFSAs, providing 6.4 million students with Pell Grants, disbursing 6.4 million student loans, and managing loan repayments for 43 million borrowers. None of this happens magically, without people.
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Matt Chingos @chingos.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Increasing the identified student percentage (ISP) threshold from 25% to 60% would take CEP away from at least 21,000 schools serving 11.4 million students. An additional 18,000+ non-CEP schools (with 9.4 million students) would lose the ability to sign up for the program.
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Thad Domina @t-h-a-d.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Our friends at Brookings have been preparing for this moment. www.brookings.edu/collection/w...
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Why we have and need a US Department of Education
This series considers what the U.S. Department of Education does to shape education policy and practice in the United States.
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Barbara Biasi @barbarabiasi.com · 19/02/2025
Super happy to see this accepted! academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...
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What Works and for Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across the U.S.*
Abstract. This paper identifies which investments in school facilities help students and which and are valued by homeowners. Using novel data on school dis
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Peter Nencka 📊 @peternka.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
1880 per-capita school expenditures, by state #SkyMaps
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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Many are skeptical that capital spending matters for students. This impressive new study by @barbarabiasi.bsky.social and others provides compelling evidence of benefits for low-income kids. insights.som.yale.edu/insights/doe...
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