Sometimes researchers are lucky enough to tell the story of pathbreaking policy. Our new case study of DC's Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund offers important lessons for other jurisdictions seeking to improve compensation in #childcare. urban.org/research/publi…

Sitting with so many thoughts/ideas/questions/inspirations after an absolutely incredible three days of learning and dialogue! Thank you so much to all the organizers, panelists, and my incredible classmates. I am so grateful to JEP for building and growing this community. 🩷

.UGA Mary Frances Early College of Education prof Walker Swain and doctoral students Shuyang Wang and Joseph-Emery Kouaho, Ph.D. publish critical new policy brief with Urban Institute on segregation in means-tested v universal pre-K.

Wow! Just so grateful for the last 3 days of community building, generative discussion, and learning at #JEP23. An honor to connect w/ a brilliant group of scholars working to advance racial and social justice in education🤎 Many thanks to the program organizers and participants!

Bill Spriggs spent four decades trying to root out racial injustice in society and in his own profession. He was, as Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. put it, "deeply committed to the idea that we do economics because we have a social purpose." My obituary: nytimes.com/2023/06/09/bus…

Hope this one helps push thinking forward as we look to expand access and address the troubling segregation of our youngest students. Grateful to the whole Urban Institute team for thoughtful feedback, Richard DiSalvo as great discussant at APPAM and my amazing co-authors!

Dr. Pearman going deep on this one. Worth listening to the whole thing.

Excited and grateful to all the good people who made this possible. Will do my best to make it count. And if you're in DC, hit me up!

Congratulations to my incredible Co-Director and movement leader Attorney Daryl Atkinson who is the theGrio.com Hero for 2023!! Learn more about the award and Daryl’s story, work & vision for what’s next here:

Don't forget to register for this webinar, TOMORROW! Join Dr. Rebecca Natow and @bakerdphd for a webinar discussion about what’s next for student loans and an overview of negotiated rulemaking. Register here: bitly.ws/KJTi

A new study from the #MFECOE department of lifelong education, administration and policy indicates that students enrolled in targeted pre-K programs for low-income families may experience more racial isolation than those who attended universal pre-K. 🔗 t.uga.edu/9fd

School funding must be adequately progressive to overcome resource inequities produced by #segregation. Check out this new #PovetyandRace article from our Social Science Advisory Board member Ann Owens USC. #edequity prrac.org/separate-and-u…

I'm excited to see this piece on special education staffing challenges w/ Elizabeth Bettini, Tammy Kolbe, & Allison Gilmour, PhD now published by Brookings Brown Center. We highlight some recent CALDER Center research from Hawai`i, thanks for the invitation Mike Hansen! tinyurl.com/2p8x3ve4

We're excited to welcome francis a. pearman to campus tomorrow for an Annenberg Education Policy Seminar titled: School Closures and District Finance in the United States Learn more here: events.brown.edu/event/272942-a…

📢Join us tomorrow (Thursday, 11/2, 1pm EST) to hear Dr. francis a. pearman talk about "School Closures and District Finance in the United States" at the Annenberg Institute at Brown Education Policy Seminar. More details here: events.brown.edu/event/272942-a…