2025 AEFP Annual Conference

Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference | EPIC- Affiliated Sessions

Friday, March 14, 2025

Session 7.01: Teacher Retention

Teacher Retention in Michigan: How the TeachMichigan Fellowship Program Seeks to Keep Top Educators in High-Poverty Schools

Madeline Mavrogordato, Jason Burns, and Shane Turnage, Michigan State University, EPIC

Time: 1:45PM-3:15PM EDT

Mayflower Hotel: Room 1 – Cabinet

Session 7.10: Politics and Teachers

Public and Elite Perspectives on Teacher Compensation in Michigan

Jason Burns, Shane Turnage, and Madeline Mavrogordato, Michigan State University, EPIC

Time: 1:45PM-3:15PM EDT

Mayflower Hotel: Room 10 – Virginia

Session 7.11: Applying Text-as-Data Methods in Educational Research

It’s in the Job Description: Leveraging Large Language Models to Study Teacher Vacancies

Wei-Chu Chen, Salem Rogers, and Tara Kilbride, Michigan State University, EPIC

Time: 1:45PM-3:15PM EDT

Mayflower Hotel: Room 11 – Georgia

Session 8.01: Teacher Recruitment

Who Sees Themselves as an Educator? An Examination of High School Education Career Exploration Courses

Jennifer Moriarty, Michigan State University, EPIC

Time: 3:30PM-5:00PM EDT

Mayflower Hotel: Room 1 – Cabinet

Saturday, March 15, 2025

Session 10.01: Teacher Turnover

Teacher Mobility in Turnaround Districts: Pre- and Post-Pandemic Evidence from Michigan

Jiwon Baek, Erica Harbatkin, Florida State University, EPIC; Jason Burns, Michigan State University, EPIC; Katharine O. Strunk, University of Pennsylvania, EPIC

Time: 10:00AM-11:30AM EDT

Mayflower Hotel: Room 1 – Cabinet

Session 10.02: Interventions in Literacy and Math

Estimating the overall effects of statewide early literacy policies- evidence from Michigan

Josep M. Nadal-Fernandez, Tara Kilbride, and Seth Walker, Michigan State University, EPIC

Time: 10:00AM-11:30AM EDT

Mayflower Hotel: Room 2 – Massachusetts