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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 11/08/2026

This has been a fun labor of love and I'm already excited to dig deeper into some of our follow-up questions. The full working paper is here: caldercenter.org/publications... @crpe.bsky.social has also posted a nice companion brief with the key details: crpe.org/team-based-t... (6/6)

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Does Team-Based Teaching Improve Student Learning? Early Evidence from Arizona – Center on Reinventing Public Education

The traditional American classroom has looked the same for a century: one teacher, one room, one roster. Critics have long argued that this model leaves teachers isolated, overburdened, and with limit...

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 11/08/2026

Our findings are broadly consistent with the literature on departmentalization: as most middle schools are already departmentalized, they realize the benefits of collaboration without (potential) downsides of specialization. Digging further into mechanisms is an important area for future work. (5/6)

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 11/08/2026

Why middle school math? We dig into this a bit with the limited data we have. We find that teaming significantly lowered teacher turnover and increased evaluation ratings. But these impacts spanned grades and subjects, so cannot explain the middle school math effects on their own. (4/6)

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 11/08/2026

Estimates in other grades and subjects are inconsistent and/or violate parallel pre-trends, so we hold back from making causal claims. (3/6)

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 11/08/2026

The most consistent finding is in middle school math, where we find moderately large impacts: teaming increased student achievement by about 0.08 SD. This finding is stable across multiple specifications and robustness checks. (2/6)

Event study figure plotting relative achievement between teamed and non-teamed grades over years since initial implementation using the Borusyak et al estimator. Pre-trends are relatively flat and statistically indistinguishable from zero. After implementation, differences are positive and, for the most part, significant or borderline significant.

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 11/08/2026

🚨⬇️🚨 New working paper out!!! 🚨⬇️🚨 caldercenter.org/publications... Pleased to share this paper with Calen Clifton and @cedr.bsky.social on the impact of Next Education Workforce team-based teaching models in Arizona. We find interesting variation in impacts across grades and subjects... (1/6)

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Evidence on Team-Based Teaching Models in Arizona | CALDER Center

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 08/05/2026

This piece contributes to our growing line of work on innovative staffing models at @crpe.bsky.social, where we have a wonderful research partnership with the Next Education Workforce. More to come soon!

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 08/05/2026

If you don't want to read a 40-page research report, there is also an interview with yours truly where I summarize our key findings 📹🫣 www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmW...

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Mary Laski on Strategic School Staffing in California: Opportunities and Barriers

YouTube video by SCALE Initiative

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 08/05/2026

We review the growing evidence base on strategic school staffing, investigate the state's role in supporting flexible staffing models, and share learnings from interviews with dozens of California principals on their interest in (and perceived barriers to) implementing these models.

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 08/05/2026

I'm excited to share our report on strategic school staffing in California, co-authored with Lydia Rainey and Bri Kightlinger. We contributed to Stanford's Getting Down to Facts project to inform the next stage of education policy in California. gettingdowntofacts.com/reports/stra...

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Strategic School Staffing in California: Opportunities and Barriers | Getting Down to Facts

Concerns about the state of the teacher workforce are evergreen. Attracting, developing, and retaining effective teachers in the United States is a long-standing challenge (Kraft & Lyon, 2024), and in...

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 16/12/2025

So glad to see @matthewakraft.com putting this on the record. I've been disappointed how much of the news cycle has focused on swipe access and surveillance. I always felt safe at Brown, and much of that is because the openness and sense of community. We're all so heartbroken.

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 09/12/2025

Oakland's pilot stands out as a rare, real-world example of effective virtual tutoring at scale. Even at modest doses, students showed measurable gains. Our findings suggest that, when implemented strategically and equitably, virtual tutoring can be a powerful tool for early literacy recovery.

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 09/12/2025

These findings are particularly compelling since tutoring was both virtual and implemented at scale—conditions often associated with diminished effects.

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 09/12/2025

We find promising results: tutored students made larger gains than their peers in foundational reading skills like phonics and accuracy. The differences were meaningful, equivalent to about 1.3 additional months of learning.

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 21/05/2025

I'd be happy to talk to or be connected with anyone interested in learning more. I have so enjoyed my time at CRPE so far -- I have the privilege of doing interesting and important research with a wonderful team of smart, kind, and generally cool people. Join us!

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 21/05/2025

🚨 CRPE is hiring! 🚨 We have TWO open research positions right now: Research Analyst and Senior Research Analyst. Both are remote! More details below and at crpe.org/careers. Applications close June 6!

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 15/03/2025

They saved the best for the absolute *last* session of #AEFP2025 🫢 Join us to learn where the research stands on Next Education Workforce teaming models! Starting at 11:45 today. @crpe.bsky.social

AEFP 2025 11.02 Session Information.
11:45am-1:15pm Saturday March 15
Title: School Organization, Improvement, and Reform

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 13/03/2025

Headed to DC for #AEFP2025 with the whole fam in tow! Happy to offer emotional support baby snuggles if of interest during these bleak times. I’ll be presenting emerging findings from @crpe.bsky.social on redesigned teaching models on Saturday. Looking forward to engaging with important work!

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Information for 11.02 AEFP session. 11:45am Saturday March 15

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 14/12/2023

Wow!! This is fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Coverage of my new report with Ashley Jochim and Eupha Jeanne Daramola on the implementation and effects of a parent tutoring in Oakland Unified. tl;dr, parent tutors were highly effective--students tutored by parents saw reading gains just as large as those tutored by teachers.

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Oakland Study Finds Parents as Effective as Teachers in Tutoring Young Readers

CRPE’s look at The Oakland REACH called parents ‘untapped pools of talent’ in promoting literacy.

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 16/11/2023

Woohoo, my new home @crpe.bsky.social is here! BlueSky is officially happening, people! Give them a follow ☺️

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Mary Laski @marylaski.com · 27/09/2023

I have the great pleasure of presenting during the very first session at #SREE2023 today! Come hear me present evidence on an exciting alternative teacher licensing pathway in Mississippi. See you at 2:30!

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