AEFP’s year-round programming brings the community together beyond the Annual Conference through webinars on timely education finance and policy topics, professional development, and more. Past webinars have covered topics such as AI in education, outcomes-based contracting, navigating the job market, and applying to dissertation fellowships. This form is for members who would like to help shape our programming for the 2026–27 academic year. Whether you have an idea you’d like to lead yourself, or a topic you’d love to see AEFP take on, we want to hear from you! Priority deadline: Monday, August 17, 2026. Submissions received by this date will be considered as we build the initial 2026–27 lineup. Ideas are welcome on a rolling basis after that. Questions? Reach out to info@aefpweb.org.

Historically, the U.S. federal government has invested in education research as a public good, with the implicit assumption that such research can support more efficient and effective educational oppo...

Abstract. Student absences are a potentially important, yet understudied, input in the educational process. Using longitudinal data from a nationally representative survey and rich administrative reco...

Abstract. This paper examines the effects of requiring and paying for all public high school students to take a college entrance exam, a policy adopted by eleven states since 2001. I show that prior t...

Abstract. Thanks to extraordinary and exponential improvements in data storage and computing capacities, it is now possible to collect, manage, and analyze data in magnitudes and in manners that would...

Abstract. Research on the effectiveness of educational inputs, particularly research on teacher effectiveness, typically overlooks teachers’ potential impact on behavioral outcomes, such as student at...

Abstract. This paper estimates the causal effects of enrollment in one of five oversubscribed high-quality Los Angeles charter schools using a lottery design. Enrolling in a charter school increased e...

Abstract. Teacher effectiveness varies substantially, yet principals’ evaluations of teachers often fail to differentiate performance among teachers. We offer new evidence on principals’ subjective ev...

Abstract. Community colleges may face challenges supporting the unique needs of language minority (LM) students whose primary language is not English. Florida provides a unique context for examining w...

Abstract. Recently, through the support from the Obama administration, the traditional STEM curricula (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in high schools are being updated with integra...

Abstract. State and local government decisions about how school funding is raised and allocated have profound impacts on American public education, and in recent years, experts have documented large i...

Abstract. Consolidation has dramatically reduced the number of school districts in the United States. Using data from rural school districts in New York, this article provides the first direct estimat...

Abstract. Georgia offers two merit-based scholarships to in-state college students: HOPE Scholarships, which provide partial tuition support, and Zell Miller Scholarships, which provide full tuition s...

Abstract. This article explores whether new teachers are assigned to tough classrooms and whether such classroom assignment is associated with higher teacher mobility. It utilizes the statewide admini...

Abstract. Racial segregation can occur not only between schools but also within schools, and there has been particular concern that gifted & talented (G&T) programs may increase within-school segregat...

Abstract. Do teachers assess same-race students more favorably? This paper uses nationally representative data on teacher assessments of student ability that can be compared with test scores to determ...

Abstract. Early college high schools (ECHSs) in North Carolina are small public schools of choice on college campuses that seek to promote attaining postsecondary credits in high school, college readi...

Abstract. There is growing concern among policy makers over the quality of the teacher workforce in general, and the distribution of effective teachers across schools. The impact of teacher attrition ...

Abstract. We quantify the total stock of balances eligible for the Biden administration's 2022 student loan forgiveness proposal and examine which groups would have benefited most. Up to $442 billion ...

Abstract. We investigate the effects of private schools on reading and numeracy scores using rich population data. Conditional on lagged test scores and narrowly defined neighborhood indicators, Catho...