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Ian Callen

@iancallen.bsky.social
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Currently: Education Policy PhD Student @ University of Virginia Past: CALDER at AIR, Montana State University iancallen.com

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Ian Callen @iancallen.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New paper! w/ @edizonross.bsky.social, @cedr.bsky.social, Tom Kane, Andrew McEachin, and @ermorton.bsky.social. We know the pandemic hit student test scores hard. But what happened to attendance, discipline, and grades? Did ESSER-funded intervention programs affect students on these measures?
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Beth Schueler @bethschueler.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We are glad to share a new report just released on the experiences of school board members in the diverse California context live-gdtf3.pantheonsite.io/reports/loca.... It's part of the "Getting Down to Facts III" initiative on the state of the state of CA's ed systems. live-gdtf3.pantheonsite.io
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Local Control in a Time of Change: The Work of California School Board Members | Getting Down to Facts
K-12 school boards have historically served as key institutions for establishing school district goals, strategies, and policies that reflect community needs. In California, they hold a particularly c...
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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A lot of folks were approvingly sharing Kelsey Piper's post about the problems of educational research. Here's my take. // Ill-Informed Essays About Education Research are Weak and Sloppy. Why? edpolicyhub.substack.com/p/ill-inform...
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Ill-Informed Essays About Education Research are Weak and Sloppy. Why?
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Reflecting on #AEFP2026: @dbassok.bsky.social, Michal & I talk about the amazing work the @aefpweb.bsky.social community is doing 💗 Many thanks to the @brookings.edu team, especially Jon Valant, @rachelmarisa.bsky.social & Mike Hansen for helpful feedback. www.brookings.edu/articles/reb...
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Rebuilding IES to amplify the impact of education research on student outcomes | Brookings
Leaders of AEFP discuss the state of education policy research and the future of the Institute of Education Sciences.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 11/04/2025
New Advanced Placement course designed to broaden access promotes participation and demographic diversity in computer science education www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... "new exams were concentrated in AP CS Principles, no statistically significant reduction in counts for the preexisting AP CS course"
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New Advanced Placement course designed to broaden access promotes participation and demographic diversity in computer science education | PNAS
Advanced Placement (AP) provides college-level courses to over 1 million US secondary students annually. Black, Hispanic, and female students have ...
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Objective, comprehensive, rigorous, timely, and useful: A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research. #EdResearch #EdPolicy livehandbook.org
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Evidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live Handbook
Explore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies.
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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Let’s just assume No Child is Left Behind. Let’s just believe Every Student Succeeds. Let’s just trust all states have high standards. George W Bush once condemned “the soft bigotry of low expectations.” This is the hard bigotry of no expectations.
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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
In the DC area? This is the last day to register for the annual CALDER Conference! We are close to capacity, so please register soon if you want to join us.
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Andrew Camp @andrewmcamp.com · 09/03/2025
Heading to @aefpweb.bsky.social this week? So am I! Here are a few of the sessions that I'm particularly excited about, and you might be too. Starting out strong on Thursday with two great (and complementary) sessions focusing on teacher licensure & supply.
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Beth Schueler @bethschueler.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
It's that time of year to circulate this list of orgs for those seeking ed policy jobs/internships. Please let me know if there are opportunities/orgs I should add. Good luck out there! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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The Unofficial List of Ed Policy Orgs for Job/Internship Seekers
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Heading to #AEFP2025? We've been thinking a lot about what's happening at the Institute of Education Sciences and what it means for the field. More news coming soon on programming updates. For now, some thoughts with our SREE colleagues www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
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Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
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Beth Tipton @statstipton.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
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Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
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Carly Urban @carlyurban.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
This year's Bozeman Applied Micro Conference is June 16-17, 2025. Travel funding available courtesy of @arnoldventures.bsky.social if you do criminal justice research! Paper submissions open now through March 7 www.montana.edu/econ/summerc...
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 18/02/2025
District Pandemic Policies and Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Working Conditions in Virginia journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Sally Hudson @sallylhudson.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
After teaching intro stats to recent college grads for a decade, watching them live clean govt data feels a little on-the-nose as a personal national nightmare.
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Chad Aldeman @chadaldeman.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
{new} Please don’t go around saying ESSER “didn’t work” —> www.chadaldeman.com/p/remember-t...
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Remember the counter-factual
ESSER money helped; it just wasn't enough
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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Understanding “what works” in education is HARD and is what many of us have dedicated our professional lives to figuring out. Having some wanna-be tech bros come in and decide they know better than researchers & experts is beyond infuriating and insulting to the ed research community.
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Every Child Left Behind
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CALDER Center @caldercenter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Five years later, what have we learned about student recovery & teacher labor markets since the pandemic? Join us for Session I at #CALDER2025 to hear the latest from Cory Koedel, @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @ermorton.bsky.social, @cedr.bsky.social, & Kevin Mahnken. Register here: bit.ly/3En3lGk
CALDER Research Conference 2025
Wednesday, March 12
Arlington, VA

Session I: 9:30 am - 11:15 am
COVID's Long Shadow, Five Years Later
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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This is our big in-person event of the year where you'll see the latest and greatest of new work + policy discussion. We are still a long way out, but I'd recommend you sign up early as this will fill up over time!
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 29/01/2025
New from me in Education Finance & Policy: Pandemic-Era School Staff Shortages: Evidence from Unfilled Position Data in Illinois doi.org/10.1162/edfp...
Article abstract reading "Concerns about school staff shortages are longstanding. However, data on shortages are limited, dated, and rare for non-teaching staff. I use administrative data on unfilled certificated positions in Illinois public schools from the fall of 2022 to paint a detailed picture of shortages across teaching, administrative, and other roles, between districts, and between schools. Teacher and administrator shortage rates are low on average, but shortages of other staff - mostly paraprofessionals - are more severe. However, staff-to-student ratios have increased recently for all staff types. Shortages vary substantially between schools within districts and across urbanicity, grade level, and student characteristics, often in ways that likely exacerbate inequities."
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 16/01/2025
Holy cow! President Biden honors my colleague @lizbettini.bsky.social, my coauthor @doughesm.bsky.social, and my friend Elizabeth Setren, among others. Huge congrats to all!
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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The issue of classroom management shows up again and again as an issue for starting teachers. I think it points to a lack of inservice-preservice connections in diagnosing what new teachers need. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...
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Daphna Bassok @dbassok.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Hi! ECE & policy folks: I'm looking for a postdoc to join our (really terrific) SEE-Partnerships team, doing research on ECE access & workforce issues! Please spread the word! uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
The School of Education and Human Development at the University of Virginia seeks applicants for a Postdoctoral Research Associate with strong interests in early childhood education policy to join the...
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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring. The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
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Chalkbeat @chalkbeat.org · 19/12/2024
‘The kids everyone forgot’: The faltering post-pandemic push to reengage teens and young adults not in school, college, or the workforce www.chalkbeat.org/2024/12/19/employ…
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How can America help 4.2 million young people not in school, college, or the workforce?
Post-pandemic, advocates and others have been rethinking efforts to help “opportunity youth,” adolescents who have disconnected from school and work. A resurgent Detroit offers a case study.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 15/12/2024
I am once again begging people to remember that just because you don't use something you were taught in school that doesn't mean nobody does, and by that criterion we wouldn't teach kids much of anything.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 05/12/2024
New from me in the Labor Studies Journal: Spatial Explanations for Deferred Teacher Compensation: Unions and Competition for Teachers journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 20/11/2024
Can't emphasize enough how unhelpful the "teacher pipeline" metaphor is for thinking about teacher shortages. I don't think this is so complicated as to require a metaphor but this one's particularly unhelpful because it makes people think we just need to "get/keep more people in the pipeline".
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Alex J Moran @alexmoran.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Going to APPAM? Please join the @aefpweb.bsky.social doctoral student community group for a happy hour on Friday at 7:30pm! Not a member the group? No worries! All are welcome and we would love to meet you
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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Who gets to take algebra in 8th grade is a contested matter in education. Some civil rights advocates blame schools for not giving low-income children "access" to it. Others say too few low-income children are ready to take it. Surveys by RAND reveal... 🧵 (1/4)
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