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Check out work that Maryland Equity Project is doing on Maryland's landmark legislation, the Blueprint for Maryland's Future, which hits on early childhood education, teacher diversity, CTE, and other topics of local and national policy interest blueprint.marylandpublicschools.org

We've been working on papers and policy briefs related to the teacher workforce, educational equity and access, and the Blueprint for Maryland's Future that have implications relevant for Maryland policymakers/practitioners. Find them on our website! 👇 education.umd.edu/research/cente…

Should you get involved in a research-practice partnership if you are a tenure-track professor? Or is it too risky? Hear from Jing Liu and Laura Wentworth on The RPP Exchange to hear the answer: open.spotify.com/episode/1oaMvf… Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement UMD College of Education

Thanks, Nihat! I wish I could be there for this important recognition. I'm so proud to be in this great community!

In this The Baltimore Sun article on student absenteeism, Assistant Professor Jing Liu shares that strengthening relationships between students and their school communities, and home-based interventions, can help prevent chronic absenteeism. Read more ⬇️

Huge congratulations to Heather, who has been a wonderful collaborator and senior mentor to me! So well deserved!!

I'm hiring a research manager to run fieldwork for follow-up studies in Guinea Bissau and The Gambia Info on original studies here: x.com/alexeble/statu… Job advert attached; email CV and cover letter to [email protected] and [email protected], hiring asap! cc: Econ RA Listings

I am hiring a data scientist for my newly established Center for Educational Data Science and Innovation at UMD. If you are passionate about doing cutting-edge research at the intersection of AI, data science, and education, please apply and join my team! umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Unive…

Thanks, Jimmy! You are the best!

Thanks, Dan!

Associate Professor and Maryland Equity Project Faculty Director David Blazar's research on the benefits of a diverse teacher workforce, teacher recruitment programs and teacher coaching has helped to inform key federal documents on the educator workforce: go.umd.edu/1vbi

The first RCT to test the impact of automated feedback to teachers in physical classrooms is out in Computers & Education! 🎉authors.elsevier.com/a/1kGTb1HucdZu…. Jing Liu Shyamoli Sanghi Stanford Graduate School of Education TeachFX

Supported by a $4.5 million grant from philanthropic organizations Gates Foundation and Walton Foundation, a team led by Univ. of Maryland researchers are developing an open-source dataset to advance AI tools focused on K–12 math education. Learn more: go.umd.edu/1wxk

Jing Liu (Jing Liu) pictured left, is an assistant professor UMD College of Education and the project's lead PI. His co-PIs include Wei Ai (Wei Ai) from UMD College of Information & UMIACS, Heather Hill Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), and Dora Demszky (Dora Demszky) Stanford Graduate School of Education. Read the story: go.umd.edu/1wxk

👀🚨Sarah Chung, Jing Liu and I have a new NBER WP! We use daily wind direction as an instrument for air pollution, paired with daily data from a large school district in CA to estimate the effects of daily air pollution on students and teachers. 1/ nber.org/papers/w33549

Congratulations to our Early Career Award winners

Great to see two fellow Terps at AEFP annual conference! Also wonderful to receive the Early Career Award!@UMDCollegeofEd UMD Research

A 10 μg/m3 increase in daily PM2.5 air pollution causes a 5.7 percent increase in full-day student absences, a 13.1 percent increase in teacher absences, and a 28 percent increase in behavior referrals, from Sarah Chung, Claudia Persico (@claudiapersico.bsky.social), and Jing Liu nber.org/papers/w33549