Christina Weiland

@weilanch.bsky.social

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Karl and Martha Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan | Early education researcher | Mom, WV native, #firstgen | big fan of mountains, trees, the 90s

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Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hadn’t seen a women in education policy research starter pack yet. Please let me know if I missed you… still getting my bearings in the new place.

go.bsky.app/PixwBrM

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AEFP Live Handbook @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social · 8d

Early education programs improve children’s readiness for kindergarten. Learn more about the elements that ensure high-quality ECE in Christina Weiland (@weilanch.bsky.social) and Paola Guerrero Rosada's (@paolaguerreror.bsky.social) chapter, Quality in ECE: livehandbook.org/early-educat...

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Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Oct 1

Welcome @edpolicyford.bsky.social to Bluesky!! Give a follow for research and happenings from our fantastic UMich faculty and students.

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Education Policy Initiative @edpolicyford.bsky.social · Oct 1

The Fall Edition of the EPI Newsletter is here! mailchi.mp/umich.edu/ed...

Stay up to date with the latest in education policy research, events, & publications.

In this issue, you'll find:
📚 Research shaping education policy
📝 Publications and news
🤝 Research partnership updates

Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ughh… the Child Care and Early Education Research Connections website and library will no longer be available after Sept. 30. Pull what you need!

researchconnections.org

If there is an effort to back it up underway, I’d love to know.

Home | Research Connections

researchconnections.org

Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Sep 6

Philanthropic dollars aren’t remotely equally distributed. This is huge!

www.appalachiafunders.org/news-resourc....

From Inside Philanthropy: Will Philanthropy Ever Pay Attention to Appalachia — Appalachia Funders Network

New Research Highlights Disparities

www.appalachiafunders.org

Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Sep 6

Incredibly cool… Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is supporting the music program in my rural WV county:

wchstv.com/news/local/r...

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith supporting Clay County music program

Clay County students received a special message from an enduring rock star this week.Chad Smith, the heartbeat of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, shared a video with

wchstv.com

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · Aug 25

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: How can we measure student behavior at scale?

@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data.

📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b

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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · Aug 1

Today is the final day of work for many dedicated, talented employees at the Institute of Education Sciences. I am thankful for their service, and I hope that they find new roles that continue their mission of supporting education research that serves as a public good.

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Educational Researcher - AERA @erjournal-aera.bsky.social · Jun 12

Researchers examine the impacts of transitional kindergarten, a publicly funded learning option that bridges prekindergarten and kindergarten, helping guide state programming and offering more information on the complicated early learning landscape.

➡️ bit.ly/3Sfrp1t

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Anna Shapiro @annakshapiro.bsky.social · May 28

Big shout out to this amazing team, led by @weilanch.bsky.social

Want more details but don’t have time to read the paper? See thread from
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social

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Tiffany Wu @tiffanyxwu.bsky.social · May 28

🤔 What kind of Pre-K experience sets students up for long-term success?

Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!

🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf

And 🧵👇

A screenshot of the abstract of the working paper

Figure 1: School Enrollment Pathways for Lottery Winners and Control Group Students through 8th Grade. This figure represents school enrollment pathways across different school types (BPS, BPS Exam School, non-BPS district school, charter school, and other) for both lottery winners and the control group. The thickness of the lines represents the percentage of lottery winners/control group students that are enrolled in each type of school. Blue lines show the pathways taken by lottery winners, and BPS-specific school categories are highlighted in the light blue boxes. BPS = Boston Public Schools.

Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · May 22

Using data from Michigan, we find that third grade retention for struggling readers may be a much less important component of the benefits of literacy reforms than previously understood.

(Thx, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social, for the dissemination bump!)

Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · May 22

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Flagged for retention, but not retained: Michigan’s 3rd-grade retention policy raised reading scores largely by triggering extra help, not holding kids back.

🔍Jordan Berne, Brian Jacob, @weilanch.bsky.social, Katharine Strunk

📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1188

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · May 22

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · May 6

Does school funding actually improve outcomes? 🤔Join our first-ever #EdWorkingPapers webinar Wed 5/21 at 2pm ET with @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com to find out. buff.ly/TW1oFhu #research #schoolfunding

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chloe gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social · Apr 18

🧵 But since Head Start's inception, there have been disagreements about whether or not the program "works." So let's review what we know from rigorous research on Head Start's effectiveness, and let's start with what it means for the program to work. 🧵 1/n

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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · Apr 10

How federal investments in education research help students succeed www.brookings.edu/articles/how...

How federal investments in education research help students succeed

Researchers discuss how federally funded research projects have helped identify and scale programs that improved student outcomes.

www.brookings.edu

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Anna Shapiro @annakshapiro.bsky.social · Apr 9

We asked 1,368 public school-based pre-K teachers across the country about the materials they use, their instructional resources and planning time, and how their programs align with elementary grades. Read more in my new co-authored report: www.rand.org/t/rra3279-3

Pre-K students walking on a path/bridge up and right to represent their path to kindergarten. Path transitions into dotted line to signify a disconnect

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Christina Samuels @casamuels.bsky.social · Apr 2

Hours after we published this story on our site we received news that staffers in five of Head Start's 10 regional offices were put on leave. We're trying to track the on-the-ground implications -- please email me at samuels@hechingerreport.org or Signal cas.37

hechingerreport.org/head-start-i...

Head Start is turning 60. Will the federal child care program make it to 61?

Providers operating on ‘razor-thin margins’ worry about the possibility of deep cuts

hechingerreport.org

Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Apr 2

Head Start, which serves over 800K children and their families all over the country, was hit hard today by the HHS layoffs.

<1% of HS’s annual funding is spent on federal staff.

nhsa.org/press_releas...

NHSA Expresses Deep Concern Over Administration Shuttering Regional Offices

NHSA is deeply concerned about the closing of regional offices and HHS's reorganization without open communication or a clear plan for how the administration intends on supporting Head Start.

nhsa.org

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · Mar 18

Georgetown has put together resources for federal workers who may be facing a transition in jobs. These include various seminars and workshops, as well as tuition scholarships providing a discount on many master's programs and certificates. Please spread the word to anybody who might benefit.

Federal Workforce Transition Resources - Georgetown Graduate School

The Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is offering resources to assist in federal workforce transitions. Check out our career seminars to learn more.

grad.georgetown.edu

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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · Mar 14

Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.

AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Mar 14

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Mar 13

In a devastating week for Ed research, #AEFP2025 is a balm to the soul. That goes double for the fantastic presentations by junior scholars.

Today's UMich contributions, spanning early childhood, K-12, and higher ed:

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Paola Guerrero-Rosada @paolaguerreror.bsky.social · Mar 13

Check out the livehandbook.org, an open-access resource that will be continuously updated to serve as a hub of policy relevant #educationresearch.

@weilanch.bsky.social and I coauthored a chapter on ECE quality.

This kind of initiatives bring me hope in challenging times for the education field.

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Dana Goldstein @danagoldstein.bsky.social · Mar 12

I keep hearing the question: What's the biggest impact of Trump education disruptions so far? My answer: Research. Data. Knowledge on how students are doing and how schools might improve. All of this is being decimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...

Are Schools Succeeding? Education Department Cuts Could Make It Hard to Know

At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection.

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Erica L. Groshen, Judith Scott-Clayton, Christina Weiland

Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · Mar 12

Hearing that nearly all the employees in the statistics agency inside the Education Department -- NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) -- have lost their jobs. Rumors that the NAEP test -- the nation's report card -- will no longer be run by NCES. This info is not confirmed.

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Paola Guerrero-Rosada @paolaguerreror.bsky.social · Mar 11

As universal prekindergarten (UPK) expands, understanding which community-based organizations (CBOs) apply—and why—matters for equity and access. With @weilanch.bsky.social, Meghan McCormick, Catherine Snow.

Read more:

edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1151

#ECE #UPK #EquitableECE
#EduSky
#WomaninQuant

Count Me In? Identifying Factors That Predict Centers’ Application to Boston’s Mixed-Delivery Universal Pre-K Program

Universal prekindergarten (UPK) programs often expand through mixed-delivery systems by offering seats in public schools and community-based centers (CBOs). Although this approach aims to meet varied ...

edworkingpapers.com

Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Mar 8

Some of the Michigan TK research behind our op-ed:
- Features of TK: edpolicy.umich.edu/sites/epi/fi...

- Impacts on child learning: edpolicy.umich.edu/sites/epi/fi...

- Impacts on the early learning landscape: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

edpolicy.umich.edu

Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · Mar 8

Despite the federal chaos, states+cities are still hard at work figuring out how to best to expand early opportunity.

Case in point: WA's Transition to Kindergarten is under debate in the state legislature again this session.

Our op-ed on getting WA TK right:
www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Christina Weiland, Brian Jacob and Jordan Berne: Getting Washington’s Transition to Kindergarten program right

By Christina Weiland, Brian Jacob and Jordan Berne

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