Lindsey Kaler
@lindseykaler.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brown University | Ph.D. in Special Education from Boston University | (she/her)
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Lindsey Kaler
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· Jul 22
Excited to circulate another @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! Another study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social. Using data from WA, we track individual paraeducators to predict exit from the state education workforce. Ungated WP here: tinyurl.com/3wtfrm2m
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Are you a political scientist who studies/teaches education policy? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi.
Are you an education researcher who studies/teaches politics? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi.
Are you an education researcher who studies/teaches politics? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi.
@camarnzen.bsky.social and @chloeoneill.bsky.social explore how political science courses can better integrate education politics into the curriculum in “Teaching About Schooling: Integrating Education Politics into Political Science Curricula.”
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November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Are you a political scientist who studies/teaches education policy? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi.
Are you an education researcher who studies/teaches politics? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi.
Are you an education researcher who studies/teaches politics? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi.
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Check out the TED Publication of the Year for 2025!
New! Quezada et al. (2025) used semi-structured interviews in a multiple-case study of 7 adults with VI who became teachers of students with VI. Underqualified & accused of choosing an "easy" path? Misconceptions require work at multiple levels. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“You Are Just a Life Role Model” a Multiple Case Study of Teachers With Visual Impairment in the Field of Visual Disabilities - Saurym Quezada, Erika Fundelius, Erin Bush, Jenny Root, 2025
Teachers with disabilities serve as role models for students who share their disability identity, offering lived experience as a valuable source of knowledge an...
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October 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Check out the TED Publication of the Year for 2025!
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📉 Why did student achievement start declining before COVID? How are school enrollment patterns shifting five years after?
Join us for our Nov 13 EdWorkingPapers webinar featuring James H. Wyckoff, @abbyfrancis.bsky.social, and @joshua-goodman.com
edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series
Join us for our Nov 13 EdWorkingPapers webinar featuring James H. Wyckoff, @abbyfrancis.bsky.social, and @joshua-goodman.com
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October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📉 Why did student achievement start declining before COVID? How are school enrollment patterns shifting five years after?
Join us for our Nov 13 EdWorkingPapers webinar featuring James H. Wyckoff, @abbyfrancis.bsky.social, and @joshua-goodman.com
edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series
Join us for our Nov 13 EdWorkingPapers webinar featuring James H. Wyckoff, @abbyfrancis.bsky.social, and @joshua-goodman.com
edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series
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💡Attending #SREE2025 this week? Join SPARC Center experts @lizbettini.bsky.social and @afgilmour.bsky.social for their session on Measuring and Strengthening the Special Education Teacher Workforce on Saturday, Oct 11 from 12-1:30 CT at Palmer House Hilton – Crystal.
October 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
💡Attending #SREE2025 this week? Join SPARC Center experts @lizbettini.bsky.social and @afgilmour.bsky.social for their session on Measuring and Strengthening the Special Education Teacher Workforce on Saturday, Oct 11 from 12-1:30 CT at Palmer House Hilton – Crystal.
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First pub on the tenure track! 📣🎉
Stoked to see my work with Luis Rodriguez out in AERA-Open. We provide evidence regarding the distribution of different types police interventions in NYC public schools across school-level demographic characteristics.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Stoked to see my work with Luis Rodriguez out in AERA-Open. We provide evidence regarding the distribution of different types police interventions in NYC public schools across school-level demographic characteristics.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Overpoliced? A Descriptive Portrait of School-Based Targeted Police Interventions in New York City - Jo R. King, Luis A. Rodriguez, 2025
This study provides a descriptive analysis of police intervention as a response to student behavior in New York City public schools. We find that between the 20...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
First pub on the tenure track! 📣🎉
Stoked to see my work with Luis Rodriguez out in AERA-Open. We provide evidence regarding the distribution of different types police interventions in NYC public schools across school-level demographic characteristics.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Stoked to see my work with Luis Rodriguez out in AERA-Open. We provide evidence regarding the distribution of different types police interventions in NYC public schools across school-level demographic characteristics.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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For grad students or postdocs out there: let me know if you'd like to present in my department's (Ed Policy, Org, & Leadership) Quantitative Working Group meeting Wednesday of next week (October 8) at 3pm Central time. Work at any stage is fine, it's very informal. I have a presenter gap this month.
September 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
For grad students or postdocs out there: let me know if you'd like to present in my department's (Ed Policy, Org, & Leadership) Quantitative Working Group meeting Wednesday of next week (October 8) at 3pm Central time. Work at any stage is fine, it's very informal. I have a presenter gap this month.
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Really excited to have this paper out in the world! See Dan's thread below!
Hot off the presses a new @caldercenter.bsky.social paper on which college students are opting into a path toward becoming a teacher (by applying to a teacher ed program): caldercenter.org/publications...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Really excited to have this paper out in the world! See Dan's thread below!
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Policy solutions can help stabilize and diversify the paraeducator workforce to improve #SpecialEducation outcomes. A recent paper by @lindseykaler.bsky.social and @roddy-theobald.bsky.social at @caldercenter.bsky.social examines turnover patterns in WA and offers suggestions for policymakers.
September 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Policy solutions can help stabilize and diversify the paraeducator workforce to improve #SpecialEducation outcomes. A recent paper by @lindseykaler.bsky.social and @roddy-theobald.bsky.social at @caldercenter.bsky.social examines turnover patterns in WA and offers suggestions for policymakers.
Excited to circulate another @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! Another study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social. Using data from WA, we track individual paraeducators to predict exit from the state education workforce. Ungated WP here: tinyurl.com/3wtfrm2m
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July 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Excited to circulate another @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! Another study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social. Using data from WA, we track individual paraeducators to predict exit from the state education workforce. Ungated WP here: tinyurl.com/3wtfrm2m
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Our researchers are digging into questions about the #SpecialEducation teacher workforce. Recently, @lizbettini.bsky.social, @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @hannahmmathews.bsky.social, Malavika Ragunathan & Katheryn Meyer explored teacher beliefs about students labeled with EBD.
“Well, Those Students Have a Name:” Special Educators’ Beliefs About Students Labeled With Emotional/Behavioral Disorders | SPARC Center
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July 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Our researchers are digging into questions about the #SpecialEducation teacher workforce. Recently, @lizbettini.bsky.social, @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @hannahmmathews.bsky.social, Malavika Ragunathan & Katheryn Meyer explored teacher beliefs about students labeled with EBD.
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🏫🌎 How do schools impact the environment?
From energy use to food systems, schools have a substantial ecological footprint. Join the #SustainableED team on 7/15 at 1PM ET to explore how schools can reduce their impact & lead on sustainability.
📅 Register: buff.ly/2IrefK2
From energy use to food systems, schools have a substantial ecological footprint. Join the #SustainableED team on 7/15 at 1PM ET to explore how schools can reduce their impact & lead on sustainability.
📅 Register: buff.ly/2IrefK2
July 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🏫🌎 How do schools impact the environment?
From energy use to food systems, schools have a substantial ecological footprint. Join the #SustainableED team on 7/15 at 1PM ET to explore how schools can reduce their impact & lead on sustainability.
📅 Register: buff.ly/2IrefK2
From energy use to food systems, schools have a substantial ecological footprint. Join the #SustainableED team on 7/15 at 1PM ET to explore how schools can reduce their impact & lead on sustainability.
📅 Register: buff.ly/2IrefK2
New pub alert! 🎉 Check out our new paper in EC, in which we use DisCrit to examine special educators' beliefs about students labeled with EBD. I loved working with @hannahmmathews.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, @katiekat.bsky.social, and Mal Ragunathan on this one! doi.org/10.1177/0014...
July 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
New pub alert! 🎉 Check out our new paper in EC, in which we use DisCrit to examine special educators' beliefs about students labeled with EBD. I loved working with @hannahmmathews.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, @katiekat.bsky.social, and Mal Ragunathan on this one! doi.org/10.1177/0014...
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New working paper from me and a great group of coauthors: The Effects of the Four-Day School Week on Teacher Recruitment and Retention
caldercenter.org/publications...
Read on to see what's different about this vs. some of my prior work 🧵⬇️
caldercenter.org/publications...
Read on to see what's different about this vs. some of my prior work 🧵⬇️
June 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New working paper from me and a great group of coauthors: The Effects of the Four-Day School Week on Teacher Recruitment and Retention
caldercenter.org/publications...
Read on to see what's different about this vs. some of my prior work 🧵⬇️
caldercenter.org/publications...
Read on to see what's different about this vs. some of my prior work 🧵⬇️
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Updated literature review on special education teachers' occupational wellbeing and burnout is published online! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... @lizbettini.bsky.social @michellecumming.bsky.social Excited to see the nascent intervention work prior research has catalyzed!
May 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Updated literature review on special education teachers' occupational wellbeing and burnout is published online! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/... @lizbettini.bsky.social @michellecumming.bsky.social Excited to see the nascent intervention work prior research has catalyzed!
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This is an AWESOME webinar for anyone interested in learning about how to use state longitudinal data systems to study the special education teacher workforce! Researchers, doc students, state data folks - come join us!
There's a #SpecialEducation teacher shortage—but defining and identifying special education teachers varies by state and system. We’re unpacking the complexity in our upcoming webinar.
🗓️ June 26 at 3pm ET
🔗 Register: sparccenter.org/events/regis...
🗓️ June 26 at 3pm ET
🔗 Register: sparccenter.org/events/regis...
May 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This is an AWESOME webinar for anyone interested in learning about how to use state longitudinal data systems to study the special education teacher workforce! Researchers, doc students, state data folks - come join us!
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My first First Author paper is out with @fchriscurran.bsky.social 🥳
This study examines the political, economic, and social factors influencing state adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) using an event history analysis.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YYPWZ...
This study examines the political, economic, and social factors influencing state adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) using an event history analysis.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YYPWZ...
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May 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My first First Author paper is out with @fchriscurran.bsky.social 🥳
This study examines the political, economic, and social factors influencing state adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) using an event history analysis.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YYPWZ...
This study examines the political, economic, and social factors influencing state adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) using an event history analysis.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YYPWZ...
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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Nice coverage of my recent work on school staff shortages from the UIUC News Bureau.//Staff shortages exceed those for teachers in many Illinois public schools
news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...
news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...
March 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nice coverage of my recent work on school staff shortages from the UIUC News Bureau.//Staff shortages exceed those for teachers in many Illinois public schools
news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...
news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...
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Call for manuscripts for a special series in Research in Special Education -- Open Science Practices and the Early Career Researcher: A Push to Advance Special Education Research
riseopenjournal.org/news/20/
A great opportunity for early career researchers!
riseopenjournal.org/news/20/
A great opportunity for early career researchers!
Call for Submissions for a Special Series for RiSE Open Science Practices and the Early Career Researcher: A Push to Advance Special Education Research
Research in Special Education (RiSE) is a Diamond Open Access journal promoting rigorous and high-quality scholarship that enhances the educational opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We ...
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March 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Call for manuscripts for a special series in Research in Special Education -- Open Science Practices and the Early Career Researcher: A Push to Advance Special Education Research
riseopenjournal.org/news/20/
A great opportunity for early career researchers!
riseopenjournal.org/news/20/
A great opportunity for early career researchers!
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Five years later, what have we learned about student recovery & teacher labor markets since the pandemic?
Join us for Session I at #CALDER2025 to hear the latest from Cory Koedel, @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @ermorton.bsky.social, @cedr.bsky.social, & Kevin Mahnken.
Register here: bit.ly/3En3lGk
Join us for Session I at #CALDER2025 to hear the latest from Cory Koedel, @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @ermorton.bsky.social, @cedr.bsky.social, & Kevin Mahnken.
Register here: bit.ly/3En3lGk
February 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Five years later, what have we learned about student recovery & teacher labor markets since the pandemic?
Join us for Session I at #CALDER2025 to hear the latest from Cory Koedel, @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @ermorton.bsky.social, @cedr.bsky.social, & Kevin Mahnken.
Register here: bit.ly/3En3lGk
Join us for Session I at #CALDER2025 to hear the latest from Cory Koedel, @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @ermorton.bsky.social, @cedr.bsky.social, & Kevin Mahnken.
Register here: bit.ly/3En3lGk
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Happy to share that our paper on the relationship between teacher intentions and teacher turnover behavior is now published at Education Finance and Policy. (with @edutuan.bsky.social @alexmoran.bsky.social Katharine Strunk, and Jason Burns). direct.mit.edu/edfp/article... 1/5
Should I Stay or Should I Go (Later)? Teacher Intentions and Turnover in Low-Performing Schools and Districts before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract. Teacher turnover is a perennial concern, especially in low-performing, high-poverty schools. While districts and schools may try to anticipate and mitigate turnover by surveying teachers abo...
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January 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Happy to share that our paper on the relationship between teacher intentions and teacher turnover behavior is now published at Education Finance and Policy. (with @edutuan.bsky.social @alexmoran.bsky.social Katharine Strunk, and Jason Burns). direct.mit.edu/edfp/article... 1/5
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I appreciate the nice write-up of some of my recent work by Sharita Forrest here at our News Bureau. news.illinois.edu/view/6367/97...
Schools need to boost entry-level salaries to better compete for novice teachers, study says
Schools are not adjusting their pay scales in strategic ways to make their compensation more competitive with nearby school districts and help recruit new faculty members, University of Illinois Urb...
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January 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I appreciate the nice write-up of some of my recent work by Sharita Forrest here at our News Bureau. news.illinois.edu/view/6367/97...
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Olivia Chi explains that we need to think about structural ways to shore up the teaching industry.
Read More:
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‘The pipelines are drying up’: Why teacher salaries are catastrophic for the profession - The Boston Globe
Over the past few decades, the economic rationale to become a K-12 teacher has collapsed.
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January 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Olivia Chi explains that we need to think about structural ways to shore up the teaching industry.
Read More:
http://spr.ly/63328aXdte
@bostonglobe.com
Read More:
http://spr.ly/63328aXdte
@bostonglobe.com
So excited that this work is finally published in Exceptional Children! I loved working on this study of the paraeducator workforce with @roddy-theobald.bsky.social @lizbettini.bsky.social and @natejones.bsky.social.
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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 17, 2024 at 3:59 PM
So excited that this work is finally published in Exceptional Children! I loved working on this study of the paraeducator workforce with @roddy-theobald.bsky.social @lizbettini.bsky.social and @natejones.bsky.social.
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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So excited for all the work we're going to get to do with the SPARC Center over the next 5 years!! Stay tuned and follow us all for updates :)
🚀 Meet Part One of our amazing leadership team, @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, @afgilmour.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, Li Feng, LaRon Scott, and @lmasonwms.bsky.social! Stay tuned for updates on our journey! #SPARCCenter #SpecialEducation
November 22, 2024 at 2:59 PM
So excited for all the work we're going to get to do with the SPARC Center over the next 5 years!! Stay tuned and follow us all for updates :)