Aaron Ainsworth
@ajainsworth.bsky.social
Ed Policy PhD student at UCI studying k-12 educator labor markets and policy • Vanderbilt & UNLV alum • former Las Vegas teacher • 🏳️🌈
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Very excited for the latest paper from the international administrative data network I am a part of!
Led by @aresherman.bsky.social we show that 75% of pay differences between immigrants and native-born workers arise because of sorting into different jobs, with 25% due to unequal pay within jobs.
Led by @aresherman.bsky.social we show that 75% of pay differences between immigrants and native-born workers arise because of sorting into different jobs, with 25% due to unequal pay within jobs.
July 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Very excited for the latest paper from the international administrative data network I am a part of!
Led by @aresherman.bsky.social we show that 75% of pay differences between immigrants and native-born workers arise because of sorting into different jobs, with 25% due to unequal pay within jobs.
Led by @aresherman.bsky.social we show that 75% of pay differences between immigrants and native-born workers arise because of sorting into different jobs, with 25% due to unequal pay within jobs.
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New @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! A study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @natejones.bsky.social, & @lizbettini.bsky.social. We find staff turnover matters for SWDs. Ungated WP & one pager:
• Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9
• One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp
• Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9
• One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! A study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @natejones.bsky.social, & @lizbettini.bsky.social. We find staff turnover matters for SWDs. Ungated WP & one pager:
• Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9
• One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp
• Working paper: tinyurl.com/j3rykkp9
• One-pager: tinyurl.com/bddtzxtp
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Successful pushback to DOGE cuts. Funding had run out for the Education Dept's online library ERIC last week, but funding has restarted. But only half as much. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Education Department restarts online library ERIC
New contract slashes budget in half, but library will continue to operate
hechingerreport.org
April 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Successful pushback to DOGE cuts. Funding had run out for the Education Dept's online library ERIC last week, but funding has restarted. But only half as much. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion
1/N
Big picture:
Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)
- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review
-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
1/N
Big picture:
Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)
- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review
-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
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 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...
March 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion
1/N
Big picture:
Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)
- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review
-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
1/N
Big picture:
Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)
- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review
-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
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DHS just detained a Columbia student who helped lead campus protests—a direct attack on campus activism. This timeline shows why authoritarians fear student protests: they're often the first and most effective catalysts for pro-democracy movements.
March 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
DHS just detained a Columbia student who helped lead campus protests—a direct attack on campus activism. This timeline shows why authoritarians fear student protests: they're often the first and most effective catalysts for pro-democracy movements.
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I was just informed that the Department of Education has taken down all its Civil Rights data. If you need it, alternative sites are now hosting it for the public. See links in this thread. ocrdata.ed.gov/notfound
Civil Rights Data | U.S. Department of Education
Understand trends in student opportunity, security, and diversity.
ocrdata.ed.gov
March 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I was just informed that the Department of Education has taken down all its Civil Rights data. If you need it, alternative sites are now hosting it for the public. See links in this thread. ocrdata.ed.gov/notfound
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8/ The billionaire paradox has become America's tragedy: a small elite willing to sacrifice both democratic principles and economic growth on the altar of their tax privileges.
March 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
8/ The billionaire paradox has become America's tragedy: a small elite willing to sacrifice both democratic principles and economic growth on the altar of their tax privileges.
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It's come on and offline since, but.... download what you need ASAP
February 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's come on and offline since, but.... download what you need ASAP
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How much student learning do you think a school district could gain just by better assigning its teachers to schools?
Consider a quite politically-feasible change. Do not let district make any assigned teacher worse off, nor change teacher hiring, nor compensation, nor the students.
New evidence!
Consider a quite politically-feasible change. Do not let district make any assigned teacher worse off, nor change teacher hiring, nor compensation, nor the students.
New evidence!
February 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
How much student learning do you think a school district could gain just by better assigning its teachers to schools?
Consider a quite politically-feasible change. Do not let district make any assigned teacher worse off, nor change teacher hiring, nor compensation, nor the students.
New evidence!
Consider a quite politically-feasible change. Do not let district make any assigned teacher worse off, nor change teacher hiring, nor compensation, nor the students.
New evidence!
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Students who applied to the METCO program and were admitted were:
13 pct pts more likely to graduate from high school on time
22 pct pts more likely to enroll in a 4-year college
16 pct pts more likely to graduate from a 4-year college
...compared to peers who applied but not offered a spot
13 pct pts more likely to graduate from high school on time
22 pct pts more likely to enroll in a 4-year college
16 pct pts more likely to graduate from a 4-year college
...compared to peers who applied but not offered a spot
Featured in the latest Digest: "The Impact of a Boston Desegregation Busing Program on Student Outcomes"
https://www.nber.org/digest/202501/impact-boston-desegregation-busing-program-student-outcomes
https://www.nber.org/digest/202501/impact-boston-desegregation-busing-program-student-outcomes
January 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Students who applied to the METCO program and were admitted were:
13 pct pts more likely to graduate from high school on time
22 pct pts more likely to enroll in a 4-year college
16 pct pts more likely to graduate from a 4-year college
...compared to peers who applied but not offered a spot
13 pct pts more likely to graduate from high school on time
22 pct pts more likely to enroll in a 4-year college
16 pct pts more likely to graduate from a 4-year college
...compared to peers who applied but not offered a spot
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Publication alert! Our @caldercenter.bsky.social work on the paraeducator workforce in WA, joint with @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, & @natejones.bsky.social, is now published in EC!
Journal link: tinyurl.com/4rp8e5sb
Ungated: tinyurl.com/4dwnzy3y
1 pager: tinyurl.com/y7w9jufy
Journal link: tinyurl.com/4rp8e5sb
Ungated: tinyurl.com/4dwnzy3y
1 pager: tinyurl.com/y7w9jufy
December 16, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Publication alert! Our @caldercenter.bsky.social work on the paraeducator workforce in WA, joint with @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, & @natejones.bsky.social, is now published in EC!
Journal link: tinyurl.com/4rp8e5sb
Ungated: tinyurl.com/4dwnzy3y
1 pager: tinyurl.com/y7w9jufy
Journal link: tinyurl.com/4rp8e5sb
Ungated: tinyurl.com/4dwnzy3y
1 pager: tinyurl.com/y7w9jufy
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We document substantial recovery from the drops in identification rates associated with the onset of the pandemic, also documented in OR by @nick-ainsworth.bsky.social and covered in reporting by @evieblad.bsky.social and @bethhawkins.bsky.social.
November 21, 2024 at 10:30 PM
We document substantial recovery from the drops in identification rates associated with the onset of the pandemic, also documented in OR by @nick-ainsworth.bsky.social and covered in reporting by @evieblad.bsky.social and @bethhawkins.bsky.social.
If you’re at APPAM join us tomorrow to hear about how the 4DSW has fared in achieving one of its more recent aims: retaining teachers. Andrew, Emily, Kate and I will try to make sense of findings across Arkansas, Colorado, and Oregon.
@ajainsworth.bsky.social and Emily Morton (CALDER/AIR) will present their findings from Oregon and Colorado.
Kate Barnes will also have never before seen results looking at teacher burnout and 4DSW calendars.
Kate Barnes will also have never before seen results looking at teacher burnout and 4DSW calendars.
November 20, 2024 at 10:45 PM
If you’re at APPAM join us tomorrow to hear about how the 4DSW has fared in achieving one of its more recent aims: retaining teachers. Andrew, Emily, Kate and I will try to make sense of findings across Arkansas, Colorado, and Oregon.
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What can we do to better recruit and retain teachers?
There's been a lot of attention on the teaching profession over the past few years, and specifically on what changes can be made to keep teachers in the classroom.
An increasingly popular policy sounds simple enough: a four-day school week.
There's been a lot of attention on the teaching profession over the past few years, and specifically on what changes can be made to keep teachers in the classroom.
An increasingly popular policy sounds simple enough: a four-day school week.
November 20, 2024 at 10:31 PM
What can we do to better recruit and retain teachers?
There's been a lot of attention on the teaching profession over the past few years, and specifically on what changes can be made to keep teachers in the classroom.
An increasingly popular policy sounds simple enough: a four-day school week.
There's been a lot of attention on the teaching profession over the past few years, and specifically on what changes can be made to keep teachers in the classroom.
An increasingly popular policy sounds simple enough: a four-day school week.
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📣New at the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard, I summarize big takeaways from my research on 772 teacher strikes over the past 16 years 📣
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
I have 3 big papers/working papers on strikes (all linked in the post)
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
I have 3 big papers/working papers on strikes (all linked in the post)
The resurgence and impacts of teacher strikes
Melissa Arnold Lyon examines the causes, effects, and political impacts of teacher strikes in the United States since 2007.
www.brookings.edu
November 18, 2024 at 8:59 PM
📣New at the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard, I summarize big takeaways from my research on 772 teacher strikes over the past 16 years 📣
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
I have 3 big papers/working papers on strikes (all linked in the post)
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
I have 3 big papers/working papers on strikes (all linked in the post)
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First new working paper thread on Blue Sky! 🧵
In this study, Moontae Hwang, Marzuka Ahmad Radia, and I look at the impacts of school building HVAC system conditions on student outcomes in New York State . . .
edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1093
In this study, Moontae Hwang, Marzuka Ahmad Radia, and I look at the impacts of school building HVAC system conditions on student outcomes in New York State . . .
edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1093
November 18, 2024 at 6:46 PM
First new working paper thread on Blue Sky! 🧵
In this study, Moontae Hwang, Marzuka Ahmad Radia, and I look at the impacts of school building HVAC system conditions on student outcomes in New York State . . .
edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1093
In this study, Moontae Hwang, Marzuka Ahmad Radia, and I look at the impacts of school building HVAC system conditions on student outcomes in New York State . . .
edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1093