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The Education Policy Speaker Series (EPSS) invites leading voices in education research and policy to share their research and speak about the issues that are top-of-mind in education policy today.
EPSS: Richard Welsh
DATE: March 22, 2024
10:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
LOCATION: 133F Erickson Hall
EPSS: Chloe Gibbs
DATE: February 16, 2024
10:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
LOCATION: 133F Erickson Hall
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Viral Change: Trends in Michigan Teacher Attrition and Mobility Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This policy brief summarizes selected findings from the accompanying working paper which examines how teacher attrition and supply may have shifted after the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Viral Change: Trends in Michigan Teacher Attrition and Mobility Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This working paper uses administrative data on more than 140,000 Michigan traditional public and charter school teachers in an interrupted time series (ITS) framework to understand how teacher attrition and supply may have shifted after the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic.
The Effect of Teachers’ Union Contracts on School District Efficiency: Longitudinal Evidence From California
While the effect of teachers’ unions on school districts continues to be debated, the research literature provides few definitive conclusions to guide these discussions. In this article, we examine the relationship between teachers’ union contracts and school district efficiency.
2024 Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference – EPIC Affiliated Sessions
DATE: March 14-16, 2024
Location: Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel; Baltimore, MD
The Infrastructure for Instructional Improvement in Round 4 Partnership Districts
This report offers major findings on the nature and enactment of educational infrastructure in Partnership districts and schools during the 2022-23 school year. These districts and schools were identified in November 2022—the fourth round of the Partnership Model—and wrote their Partnership Agreements throughout the remainder of the school year.
Michigan Teacher Shortage Study: 2024 Report
This is the third in a series of annual reports about teacher shortages in Michigan that the state legislature requested in December 2020 (2020 PA 316). Although the state data on this topic remains somewhat limited, these analyses still help to paint a picture of teacher shortages across Michigan, assist policymakers to target policies and programs in ways that can best support the state and local communities in growing their teacher workforces, and highlight ways that new or better data may provide a deeper understanding of local and statewide teacher shortages.
Read by Grade Three Retention Eligibility: 2023 Update
This report examines the rates and characteristics of students who could be required to repeat the 3rd grade based on their ELA M-STEP scores at the end of 2022-23.