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Laura Rogers

@laurarogers.bsky.social
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Associate professor @uvaehd.bsky.social studying the people and policies that make school districts tick.

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Brendan Bartanen @brendanbartanen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here’s what I told Virginia school superintendents about AI brendanbartanen.substack.com/p/heres-what...
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Here’s what I told Virginia school superintendents about AI
Innovation with guardrails, maintaining human judgment, leveraging the local knowledge of teachers and leaders
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Brendan Bartanen @brendanbartanen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Here I am, saying the quiet part out loud... brendanbartanen.substack.com/p/education-...
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Education research is broken. AI can help us fix it.
Mistakes and overreach are common in published research, weakening the field’s role as a purveyor of evidence.
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Tuan D. Nguyen, Ph.D. @edutuan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Gone for a while, but a few things to share: 1. Ending Teacher Shortages book shorturl.at/ghvOU 2. Educator Recruitment Retention & Effectiveness Center teacherworkforce.com 3. Nowcasting teacher turnover 4. Why Teachers Matter doc (in production) shorturl.at/b45E4
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Resharing: We are hiring a 9-month tenure track assistant or associate professor in my program, administration & supervision (education leadership) at UVA! If you're one of the 3 people who follows me on here, please share! I'm chairing the search and happy to talk. apply.interfolio.com/190669
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 23/09/2026
Our department at Vanderbilt is seeking an assistant/associate professor of higher education policy. The position is intended for a quantitative researcher with a PhD in a social science, public policy, or education. Please circulate and let me know if you have questions! apply.interfolio.com/193891
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Happy to see this one out in the world!
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Come work with me! My program (Admin & Supervision) at UVA is hiring 2 people: a 12-month general faculty and a tenure-track assistant or associate professor. I'm chairing the TT search and happy to answer questions. Please consider applying or sharing with your network! apply.interfolio.com/190669
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Aaron Ainsworth @ajainsworth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’m excited to share a new EdWorkingPaper with @andydebarros.bsky.social. Evaluations are an increasingly common way school systems globally are trying to help teachers improve, but is more always better? A 🧵 doi.org/10.26300/ms3...
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Evaluation Scores and Student Learning under Compulsory Teacher Re-Evaluation
We examine how lower-performing public school teachers respond to more frequent formative evaluations. A 2011 reform in Chile required teachers rated "basic" (the second-lowest category) to be re-eval...
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wow, great job with great people!
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Want to learn how to make org theory concrete for students? Come to OT Sig's panel next Thurs, 9/10, 2-3 ET! Expert panelists Eleanor Anderson, David Eddy-Spicer, and Don Peurach will each share one thing they do in class to bring org theory to life. Register here: tinyurl.com/8rffd4mc
Poster for Org Theory: One Thing Event. Yellow background with icon of 3 stacked books. Headshots of 3 panelists: a woman in glasses with shoulder-length brown hair and a turquoise shirt, a man with light brown hair, glasses, and a brown blazer, and a man with glasses, beard, and navy blue blazer.
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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hard to reconcile: 1. Professors should not be political in the classroom and should not push their politics onto students 2. We need more politically conservative professors
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Lucy Sorensen @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Racial Status Threat and Anti-DEI Efforts in Local School Districts edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1528
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Racial Status Threat and Anti-DEI Efforts in Local School Districts
This study draws on political science theory to analyze how perceived status threats to White social dominance influence local educational politics. We examine the relationship between racial status t...
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SPARC Center @sparccenter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
📢The American Educational Research Journal (AERJ) has published the findings from our first year of analysis. The paper explores the composition, distribution, and stability of the #SpecialEducation teacher workforce. Read here: doi.org/10.3102/0002...
Paper in American Educational Research Journal: "Composition, Distribution, and Stability of the Special Education Teacher Workforce in Seven States." 

The abstract reads: Special education staffing challenges threaten the delivery of effective special education services to students with disabilities. We investigated the composition, distribution, and stability of the special education teacher (SET) workforce over time and across seven states. Some challenges were similar across states, such as trends in SET workforce stability over time, whereas other challenges (e.g., SET certification rates) varied considerably by state. Staffing challenges also varied within some states, contributing to considerable inequity in SET stability and in the distribution of novice SETs, SETs without full certification, and SETs of color. These findings suggest a need for policies and practices that vary by state context and target the districts and schools most affected by SET staffing challenges.
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
About to start my 8th year as a tenure track professor! Here's what I've learned:
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University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) @ucea-leadership.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
#UCEA26 Awards are open for nominations! Want to recognize a #UCEAwesome junior colleague? Nominate them for the Jack A. Culbertson Award! #LeadershipMatters UCEA GSC @UCEAJSN For more information: www.ucea.org/award_j...
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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 06/08/2026
Brown just opened a cluster hire for two tenure-track positions in Education Policy. Come join our vibrant community of scholars at @brownedudept.bsky.social & @annenberginstitute.bsky.social! apply.interfolio.com/190527 Please help spread the word.
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
There is something really sacred about when your adult sibling visits your house and sleeps for 12 hours the first night because they're away from their family.
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Center on Reinventing Public Education @crpe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📢 We're #hiring! CRPE is on the hunt for a Research Analyst with qualitative or mixed-methods skills to join our fully remote team. Help us study what it takes to build a public education system that works for every student. Apply: bit.ly/4w7PQ3j
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Research Analyst, Center on Reinventing Public Education
Job Profile: Lab and Research Specialist 2 Job Family: Lab and Research Support Time Type: Full time Max Pay – Depends on experience: $85,000.00 USD Annual Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day b...
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
v27 of a document is a crime against humanity
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Still the best advice I've gotten in this weird, wild world of academic research.
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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 11/06/2026
You expect me to believe that the Knicks had such a massive lead in the mail-in points after losing the early points so decisively?
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Alex's new piece! May you never need it. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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6 Tips for Navigating a Discrimination Complaint (opinion)
These six tips can help faculty respondents navigate the process.
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Lyle Solla-Yates @lyle.cville.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026
charlottesvilleschools.org/preschool We are beginning a complicated, expensive, but hopefully rewarding and successful effort to provide high quality Pre-K here in one place in sunny Charlottesville this Fall. Please wish us luck. #CharlottesvilleCitySchools #education #cville
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Hans Henrik Sievertsen @hhsievertsen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Hi #EconSky 📢 New paper accepted at #EconomicsofEducationReview by Christopher Avery & @abacherhicks.bsky.social : "Inequality and within-school student-teacher assignment patterns" They use US-data to analyse within school matching of students and teachers. 1/3
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Look, causal inference studies can be good or bad regardless of where the person who produced it works, what field their degree is in, and whether they have a PhD. You have to actually look at what they did. There are no shortcuts. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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How Teachers Can Judge the Credibility of Research (Opinion)
As a teacher, your time is limited. Don't waste it on programs that only serve the interest of the companies selling them.
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
www.nytimes.com/shared/v2/20... What a delightful surprise from NYT this morning. Lover of poetry as I am, I will do this every day.
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I completed day 1 of the Poetry Challenge!
Let’s learn one poem together this week.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 12/03/2026
every quantitative measure is actually a stack of qualitative assumptions in a trenchcoat
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Not even going to AERA this year and still getting i-presentation emails.
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doc brown from back to the future is standing in front of a sign that says back to the future
ALT: doc brown from back to the future is standing in front of a sign that says back to the future
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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Join the Qualitative Scholars Community Group tomorrow at 1 PM ET as they walk through Taguette, a new, free, and open-source qualitative coding software. Register today: aefpweb.org/ev_calen...
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We are currently updating this. Thoughts and feedback welcome.
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Jack Schneider @jackschneider.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Maybe it's because I'm such a big fan of Susan Engel's...but this is one of my favorite episodes we've done. Hot off the press.
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#210 The Curious Case of Kindergarten
Every year more than 3 million kids march off to kindergarten, a mysterious world about which adults know very little. Research psychologist Susan Engel, who has spent a lifetime studying how children
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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Fabulous postdoc opportunity at Stanford to work on the politics of education with one of the best @bethschueler.bsky.social postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
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Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Beth Schueler | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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Chris Saldaña @cmsaldana.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
New article out in Educational Administration Quarterly! I examine why LAUSD's school board struggled to remove school police after George Floyd's murder, even while acknowledging racial harm. I introduce "abolitionist infrastructure" as a path forward. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Beth Schueler @bethschueler.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
New year, new paper out on the (mixed) impacts of districtwide turnaround in Lawrence, Mass. on postsecondary outcomes. A product of a collab w/ 2 lovely UVA EdPolicyWorks PhD students and MA DESE: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
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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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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 23/12/2025
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The rise of accommodations is a legit issue to explore, but this graf conflates two different things. *504 plans* are generally for accommodations. IEPs are for needed educational services and *do not* disproportionately go to advantaged students. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Thanke you for the playes, Tom Stoppard.
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Liz Bettini @lizbettini.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
On it's 50th birthday, special ed law is fighting for its life. On Oct 10, the Department of Ed cut hundreds of positions from OSEP, which oversees implementation of the law & investigates complaints from students who’ve been denied needed services. www.bu.edu/articles/202...
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50 Years After Mandated by US Law, Special Education’s Future in Question, BU Scholar Says
Wheelock’s Elizabeth Bettini on the potential impact of Department of Education cuts to students and the special ed workforce
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NBER @nber.org · 18/10/2025
Female pediatricians’ temporary absences lead to lasting cuts to kids’ care—fewer visits, vaccines, and lead tests—showing work disruptions carry consumer costs, from @leilaagha.bsky.social , Na'ama Shenhav, and Myles Wagner www.nber.org/papers/w34360
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
The Institute of Education Sciences: 22 Years of Helping States, Districts, and Educators Make Informed Decisions www.alicoalition.org/blog/the-ins...
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The Institute of Education Sciences: 22 Years of Helping States, Districts, and Educators Make Informed Decisions - Alliance For Learning Innovation
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Lucy Sorensen @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
New working paper on contemporary child labor in the U.S. and its impacts on school attendance ⬇️ edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302 With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon
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Contemporary Child Labor and Declining School Attendance in the U.S.
The United States has experienced a 400% increase in reported child labor violations over the past decade, coinciding with declines in K-12 school attendance and enrollment. We examine the causal rela...
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I have to hand it to O'Hare, I've never seen a place where so many people from all walks of life are drinking hard cocktails at 8 in the morning.
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UVA School of Education and Human Development @uvaehd.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
SCOPE 21 is our largest cohort yet with 59 early career leaders from across Virginia! SCOPE is a 2-year leadership development program led by UVA EHD & VA school divisions to build a statewide community of exemplary educational leaders. 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/jkFy50X5gJr
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 24/09/2025
ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Join the Doctoral Student Community Group tomorrow at 2 PM ET for a panel discussion on navigating the academic job market. Gain valuable insights and practical strategies from experienced panelists. Register here: upenn.zoom.us/meetin...
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"...embrace opportunities for quick and meaningful wins. These are the common-sense education initiatives that share three critical features: evidentiary support, low financial costs, and scalability." - @tomdee.bsky.social www.edweek.org/leadership/o...
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High Quality Research Rarely Informs Classroom Practice. Why? (Opinion)
The connection between education research, policy, and practice is broken. Here’s what it would take to fix it.
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Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Went to a talk today and people were interrupting with cogent questions. The speaker, accustomed, handled them with skill. I missed this so much.
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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Happy to share my new NBER working paper! www.nber.org/papers/w34216
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Jeremy Singer @jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
An open-access version of the paper is available here: edworkingpapers.com/ai22-617
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What can we learn from the research on public school reopening decisions in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Background: After the near-universal school closures in the United States at the start of the pandemic, lawmakers and educational leaders made plans for when and how to reopen schools for the 2020-21 ...
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