🚨NEW PUB🚨Districts are considering whether competency-based education models can help w/learning recovery & acceleration as we emerge from the pandemic. Our brief examines how 6 MI districts are implementing CBE: https://t.co/U0pUvtwBrW @KatharineStrunk@Tara_Kilbride@nageljes
It's official: Detroit teachers and social workers will get raises 💵veterans will get a bonus 💵and the district will fully recognize experience for new teachers. Total cost - $30 million
TFW you find a paper you've already tweeted, but it's just so amazing that you have to tweet about it again.
RCT shows that treating depressed mothers leads to persistent (7+ yr) ⬆️s in financial empowerment & investments in kids (daughters especially).
#SocSciResearch
Takeaways: When college prices decrease, student enrollment increases. 3-5% increase in enrollment per $1k grant aid. But, doesn’t necessarily result in a degree. @dynarski@DrexelUniv@LeBow@econsultsolutns
“Our goal is to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty,” said Luke Shaefer, director of the U-M Poverty Solutions program. U-M announced a four-year agreement to provide $500,000 annually toward Detroit's efforts to address poverty. https://t.co/HCA9h2Q9Dn #UMichImpact
The causal effect of smartphones on academic performance investigated by @Simon_Amez - careful IV analysis shows strong negative effects. Nice paper - cf @dynarski https://t.co/gjW8KlX9ZT
Advice for communicating, from @dynarski:
1) Eliminate unnecessary words
2) Explain ideas in plain English
3) Know some stuff
4) Learn from others who communicate well
5) Ask for things
6) Elevate other people’s research (as well as your own)
#scicomm
Important new study in Educational Researcher on how test item format affects the size of gap in achievement between boys and girls. https://t.co/W24rxuhQKG