Kevin Bastian
@kevincbastian.bsky.social
Education policy researcher at EPIC at UNCCH, dad of two busy kids, lover of Tar Heel sports, enjoy running and reading as time permits…
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Recently I shared a new pub from me & colleagues on student absenteeism. To accompany this, we've also produced a one-pager to share key takeaways in brief!
Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
One-pager: epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
@sarahcfuller.bsky.social @kevincbastian.bsky.social
Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
One-pager: epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
@sarahcfuller.bsky.social @kevincbastian.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Recently I shared a new pub from me & colleagues on student absenteeism. To accompany this, we've also produced a one-pager to share key takeaways in brief!
Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
One-pager: epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
@sarahcfuller.bsky.social @kevincbastian.bsky.social
Article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
One-pager: epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
@sarahcfuller.bsky.social @kevincbastian.bsky.social
Reposted by Kevin Bastian
The Relationship Between Student Attendance and Achievement, Pre- and Post-COVID journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Relationship Between Student Attendance and Achievement, Pre- and Post-COVID journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Here’s a new perspective piece at EdNC focused on full time principal internships in NC. Good news is that the state has decided to fund them for the 2025-26 year! But the issue—questions about the importance of the internship and funding for it—will still be there. www.ednc.org/perspective-...
Perspective | Maintaining North Carolina’s excellence in principal preparation
Without a state budget, future principals in North Carolina face a limited internship opportunity — three months instead of 10.
www.ednc.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Here’s a new perspective piece at EdNC focused on full time principal internships in NC. Good news is that the state has decided to fund them for the 2025-26 year! But the issue—questions about the importance of the internship and funding for it—will still be there. www.ednc.org/perspective-...
Excited to share this EdNC perspective piece on the TA to teacher pipeline! www.ednc.org/perspective-...
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Perspective | Aiding to leading? Pathways and outcomes for early-career teachers with teaching assistant experience
A new research brief examines the contributions, characteristics, and outcomes of beginning teachers with TA experience.
www.ednc.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Excited to share this EdNC perspective piece on the TA to teacher pipeline! www.ednc.org/perspective-...
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@edweek.org @nctq.bsky.social @ncpublicschools.bsky.social
Each year NC public schools employs more than 20,000 teaching assistants (TAs). Those individuals may be a promising source of future teachers. With that in mind, we investigated the TA to teacher pipeline in NC. Four interesting findings emerged: epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
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August 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Each year NC public schools employs more than 20,000 teaching assistants (TAs). Those individuals may be a promising source of future teachers. With that in mind, we investigated the TA to teacher pipeline in NC. Four interesting findings emerged: epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
I am excited to see this work in print! With colleagues Tim Drake and Andrew Otte we used data from NC to assess how characteristics of principal interns and their internship experiences predict movement into a school administrator position. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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August 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I am excited to see this work in print! With colleagues Tim Drake and Andrew Otte we used data from NC to assess how characteristics of principal interns and their internship experiences predict movement into a school administrator position. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Shout out to @epic-unc.bsky.social colleagues Rachel Rana and @mrosie.bsky.social for their presentations today at the NC Learning Research Network session! @ncpublicschools.bsky.social @ehutt.bsky.social @t-h-a-d.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Shout out to @epic-unc.bsky.social colleagues Rachel Rana and @mrosie.bsky.social for their presentations today at the NC Learning Research Network session! @ncpublicschools.bsky.social @ehutt.bsky.social @t-h-a-d.bsky.social
Very excited to release our annual evaluation report for the NC Principal Fellows program. We look forward to continuing to work with NCPFP to provide data and evidence that fuels program improvement and the leadership pipeline in NC. epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
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January 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Very excited to release our annual evaluation report for the NC Principal Fellows program. We look forward to continuing to work with NCPFP to provide data and evidence that fuels program improvement and the leadership pipeline in NC. epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
Excited to release, with coauthors Camille Mikkelsen and @sarahcfuller.bsky.social, a new research brief on NC’s support personnel workforce (counselors, social workers, school psychologists) through the pandemic epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
A few key findings:
A few key findings:
epic.unc.edu
January 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Excited to release, with coauthors Camille Mikkelsen and @sarahcfuller.bsky.social, a new research brief on NC’s support personnel workforce (counselors, social workers, school psychologists) through the pandemic epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u...
A few key findings:
A few key findings:
New (and early) work from EPIC on paid teacher residency programs in TX epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u.... Much thanks to coauthors @sarahcfuller.bsky.social and Andrew Otte. Several key findings stand out:
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November 18, 2024 at 1:02 PM
New (and early) work from EPIC on paid teacher residency programs in TX epic.unc.edu/wp-content/u.... Much thanks to coauthors @sarahcfuller.bsky.social and Andrew Otte. Several key findings stand out:
Excited to be part of this work with @tswid.bsky.social and @sarahcfuller.bsky.social. Important to think about school attendance and how to promote learning in and out of school.
New WP! How might post-COVID test scores change if absence rates returned to pre-COVID levels? We estimate achievement would improve some, but not enough for full academic recovery. Absences may also be having less of a negative impact on scores post-COVID vs pre. edworkingpapers.com/ai24-951
The relationship between student attendance and achievement, pre- and post-COVID
We examine the relationship between absenteeism and achievement since the onset of COVID-19. Applying first-differences models to North Carolina administrative data, we estimate that each absence was ...
edworkingpapers.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Excited to be part of this work with @tswid.bsky.social and @sarahcfuller.bsky.social. Important to think about school attendance and how to promote learning in and out of school.