81% of school districts offered summer learning programs in 2023. But districts' largest summer programs typically enrolled less than half of eligible students. New report by RAND's @mkdiliberti and @schwartz_hl: bit.ly/4bhZ4zp

This is an interesting thread on how the ESSER cliff/teacher layoffs will affect teacher shortages. I mostly agree with what Matt has laid out, especially that there will still be hiring challenges in some districts and subjects. 1/n

This is an important paper, especially for journalists. Teacher survey responses are predictive, but we shouldn't expect to see half of teachers leave. Comparing Teacher Turnover Intentions to Actual Turnover: Cautions and Lessons for the Field -journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.310…

JOE postings are starting to trickle in (ours will be coming in November), so it's time for my annual post about the #econjobmarket at RAND. What do economists at RAND do?

When RAND looked back on the last 12 months of reports based on the American Educator Panels surveys, these are the findings that said the most about the state of American public schools. rand.org/pubs/commentar… #k12

Some interesting spreads between bigger and smaller districts, though I don't know what the MOEs look like for the subsamples.

I am happy to share that Kate Nelson and I have created a website, ruralityindex.com, to share a new relative rurality measure that incorporates services and amenities (CARR index). In particular, we have created CARR at several scales, including school district level.

We, CALDER Center, are very excited too! It's a big effort/team across multiple organizations and a long list of researchers involved: Audrey Altieri, Ben Ost, Ben Backes, Cory Koedel, David Blazar, Mike DeArmond, Constance, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Sade Bonilla, Matthew G Springer, + 👇

RAND’s economist ad is up on JOE and EJM! aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph… #econtwitter #econjobmarket A few notes about applying [thread]:

We will hold a webinar on 11/5 featuring Julia Kaufman and Lauren Covelli along with Dan Goldhaber and Dr. Shaun M. Dougherty...so please tune in for more information on the study and/or if you need a break from doomscrolling on Election Day! To register: rand.org/events/2024/11…

NEW RAND survey: 65% of teachers nationally reported taking on extra work, but one in four said they were not paid for their extra work. Teachers who were paid for extra work reported small earnings—about 4 percent of base pay. rand.org/pubs/research_…

We asked over 1,300 public school-based pre-K #teachers about their experiences and whether their school’s resources are enough to support student success. See what they said in the RAND American Pre-K Teacher Survey. #EarlyLearning #WOYC25 #TeacherVoices rand.org/pubs/research_…