Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
@mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Public Policy at UAlbany studying political economy of education policy, former teacher, baker of biscuits, momma.
https://sites.google.com/view/melissa-lyon
https://sites.google.com/view/melissa-lyon
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How do daily realities, leadership, and labor actions shape teacher working conditions?
Join us at #CALDER2026 on March 2 to dig into the evidence with @elizabeth-steiner.bsky.social, Cory Koedel, @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social, and @marlau-k.bsky.social.
Register 👉 caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
Join us at #CALDER2026 on March 2 to dig into the evidence with @elizabeth-steiner.bsky.social, Cory Koedel, @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social, and @marlau-k.bsky.social.
Register 👉 caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 PM
How do daily realities, leadership, and labor actions shape teacher working conditions?
Join us at #CALDER2026 on March 2 to dig into the evidence with @elizabeth-steiner.bsky.social, Cory Koedel, @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social, and @marlau-k.bsky.social.
Register 👉 caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
Join us at #CALDER2026 on March 2 to dig into the evidence with @elizabeth-steiner.bsky.social, Cory Koedel, @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social, and @marlau-k.bsky.social.
Register 👉 caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
📣 Updated working paper on teacher strikes
➡️ Strikes have big impacts on compensation and working conditions & no average effect on test scores.
➡️ Strikes are most effective where initial spending is relatively low and where they are illegal. www.nber.org/papers/w32862
➡️ Strikes have big impacts on compensation and working conditions & no average effect on test scores.
➡️ Strikes are most effective where initial spending is relatively low and where they are illegal. www.nber.org/papers/w32862
The Effects of Teacher Strikes on Compensation, Working Conditions, and Productivity
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
📣 Updated working paper on teacher strikes
➡️ Strikes have big impacts on compensation and working conditions & no average effect on test scores.
➡️ Strikes are most effective where initial spending is relatively low and where they are illegal. www.nber.org/papers/w32862
➡️ Strikes have big impacts on compensation and working conditions & no average effect on test scores.
➡️ Strikes are most effective where initial spending is relatively low and where they are illegal. www.nber.org/papers/w32862
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We provide early evidence on the impact of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on learning opportunities, and the schooling disruptions that the growing number of low-coverage communities could face if outbreaks continue to spread. See working paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1358
The West Texas Measles Outbreak and Student Absences
Declining child-vaccination rates are driving a measles resurgence in the US, yet little evidence documents how these outbreaks may disrupt schooling. Using daily absence data from a school district a...
edworkingpapers.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We provide early evidence on the impact of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on learning opportunities, and the schooling disruptions that the growing number of low-coverage communities could face if outbreaks continue to spread. See working paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1358
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🚨New from @edsustainable.bsky.social #SustainableED
"U.S. Schools’ Proximity to Environmental Hazard Sites: A National Analysis"
We document how students' potential exposure to environmental toxins while at school is both widespread and highly inequitable.
edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1384
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"U.S. Schools’ Proximity to Environmental Hazard Sites: A National Analysis"
We document how students' potential exposure to environmental toxins while at school is both widespread and highly inequitable.
edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1384
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January 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM
🚨New from @edsustainable.bsky.social #SustainableED
"U.S. Schools’ Proximity to Environmental Hazard Sites: A National Analysis"
We document how students' potential exposure to environmental toxins while at school is both widespread and highly inequitable.
edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1384
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"U.S. Schools’ Proximity to Environmental Hazard Sites: A National Analysis"
We document how students' potential exposure to environmental toxins while at school is both widespread and highly inequitable.
edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1384
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All-star lineup of research presentations, featuring @elizabeth-steiner.bsky.social @andrewmcamp.com @gzamarro.bsky.social @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @roddy-theobald.bsky.social @cedr.bsky.social and more!
Come join us at #CALDER2026 - registration is free!
Come join us at #CALDER2026 - registration is free!
📢 Registration for #CALDER2026 is now open!
Join us on Monday, March 2 in Arlington, VA for a one-day conference featuring research from CALDER experts & discussion between researchers, policymakers & practitioners.
Register ➡️ caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
@cedr.bsky.social
Join us on Monday, March 2 in Arlington, VA for a one-day conference featuring research from CALDER experts & discussion between researchers, policymakers & practitioners.
Register ➡️ caldercenter.org/events/17th-...
@cedr.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 7:28 PM
All-star lineup of research presentations, featuring @elizabeth-steiner.bsky.social @andrewmcamp.com @gzamarro.bsky.social @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @roddy-theobald.bsky.social @cedr.bsky.social and more!
Come join us at #CALDER2026 - registration is free!
Come join us at #CALDER2026 - registration is free!
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🚨New publication alert #econsky🚨
Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith
Paper thread incoming 🧵
tinyurl.com/susp-ws
Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith
Paper thread incoming 🧵
tinyurl.com/susp-ws
Suspended from work and school? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence
We examine the impact of local labor market shocks and state unemployment insurance (UI) policies on student discipline in U.S. public schools. Analyz…
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December 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🚨New publication alert #econsky🚨
Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith
Paper thread incoming 🧵
tinyurl.com/susp-ws
Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith
Paper thread incoming 🧵
tinyurl.com/susp-ws
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Hey #econsky! I'm organizing a workshop at Brown this Spring in partnership with Eric Nielsen and Viviana Rodriguez.
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hey #econsky! I'm organizing a workshop at Brown this Spring in partnership with Eric Nielsen and Viviana Rodriguez.
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work.
And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
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Congratulations are in order for @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social who was awarded a research grant through the William T. Grant Foundation to study the impact of school board election timing policies on educational equity. Lyon and two fellow researchers were awarded $299,083 through the grant.
December 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Congratulations are in order for @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social who was awarded a research grant through the William T. Grant Foundation to study the impact of school board election timing policies on educational equity. Lyon and two fellow researchers were awarded $299,083 through the grant.
This is a wonderful postdoc! I highly recommend applying!
📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg!
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
November 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is a wonderful postdoc! I highly recommend applying!
We are hiring an assistant professor in public policy!
Hi everyone. Some exciting news. We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Public Policy here at Rockefeller College. We are pretty flexible on topic areas. We have a great team here and Albany is a great place to live. #econsky #academicsky
Posting: albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
Posting: albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
albany.interviewexchange.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We are hiring an assistant professor in public policy!
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Congratulations to Trevor Brown @jhuartssciences.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @apsa.bsky.social Labor Politics A Philip Randolph Award! Here presented by the great @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social 🥳
September 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Congratulations to Trevor Brown @jhuartssciences.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @apsa.bsky.social Labor Politics A Philip Randolph Award! Here presented by the great @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social 🥳
Comprehensive reporting on what's going on with teachers' unions these days from Sarah Sparks at Edweek.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
How Teachers' Unions Are Confronting the Second Trump Era
Can teachers' unions thread the needle between countering widespread anti-union measures and broadening membership and public support?
www.edweek.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Comprehensive reporting on what's going on with teachers' unions these days from Sarah Sparks at Edweek.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Update to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose
Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
» Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard
poverty.umich.edu
March 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Update to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose
Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
Really insightful connections from @rachelmcohen.bsky.social between what’s happening with DOGE and what happened with k-12 teachers in the 2010s
www.vox.com/donald-trump...
www.vox.com/donald-trump...
Elon Musk is using the anti-teacher playbook against the entire civil workforce
This didn’t start with DOGE.
www.vox.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Really insightful connections from @rachelmcohen.bsky.social between what’s happening with DOGE and what happened with k-12 teachers in the 2010s
www.vox.com/donald-trump...
www.vox.com/donald-trump...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Let's measure beyond proficiency: Colleagues, please consider signing on to our SEDA letter supporting planned improvements to EDFacts data collection.
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(VIEW ONLY) EDFacts Comment Letter 2025 Clean Draft.docx
January 26, 2025 Stephanie Valentine PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Dev...
docs.google.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Let's measure beyond proficiency: Colleagues, please consider signing on to our SEDA letter supporting planned improvements to EDFacts data collection.
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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It's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot.
Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
January 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot.
Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
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The article below also features:
- "The Rise & Fall of the Teaching Profession", by @matthewakraft.bsky.social & @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
edworkingpapers.com/ai22-679
- "Kumon In: The Recent, Rapid Rise of Private Tutoring Centers", by me, Edward Kim & Marty West
edworkingpapers.com/ai21-367
- "The Rise & Fall of the Teaching Profession", by @matthewakraft.bsky.social & @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
edworkingpapers.com/ai22-679
- "Kumon In: The Recent, Rapid Rise of Private Tutoring Centers", by me, Edward Kim & Marty West
edworkingpapers.com/ai21-367
January 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The article below also features:
- "The Rise & Fall of the Teaching Profession", by @matthewakraft.bsky.social & @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
edworkingpapers.com/ai22-679
- "Kumon In: The Recent, Rapid Rise of Private Tutoring Centers", by me, Edward Kim & Marty West
edworkingpapers.com/ai21-367
- "The Rise & Fall of the Teaching Profession", by @matthewakraft.bsky.social & @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
edworkingpapers.com/ai22-679
- "Kumon In: The Recent, Rapid Rise of Private Tutoring Centers", by me, Edward Kim & Marty West
edworkingpapers.com/ai21-367
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BREAKING: Amazon delivery drivers in Skokie, Illinois have also authorized a strike.
These workers serve thousands and thousands of people in the Chicago area.
The Teamsters gave Amazon a December 15th deadline to come to the bargaining table.
These workers serve thousands and thousands of people in the Chicago area.
The Teamsters gave Amazon a December 15th deadline to come to the bargaining table.
BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
How Amazon Ruined Christmas
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
BREAKING: Amazon delivery drivers in Skokie, Illinois have also authorized a strike.
These workers serve thousands and thousands of people in the Chicago area.
The Teamsters gave Amazon a December 15th deadline to come to the bargaining table.
These workers serve thousands and thousands of people in the Chicago area.
The Teamsters gave Amazon a December 15th deadline to come to the bargaining table.
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Pete Stavros Fellowships in the Economics of Employee Share Ownership - Call for Applications
#FundSocSci #EconSky
smlr.rutgers.edu/institute-st...
#FundSocSci #EconSky
smlr.rutgers.edu/institute-st...
December 17, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Pete Stavros Fellowships in the Economics of Employee Share Ownership - Call for Applications
#FundSocSci #EconSky
smlr.rutgers.edu/institute-st...
#FundSocSci #EconSky
smlr.rutgers.edu/institute-st...
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What will a second Trump term mean for teachers unions?
@mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social tells
@haveyouheard.bsky.social that while unions are a target, going after them may not be as easy as Trump and his allies think on.soundcloud.com/MhVZWQdfS9AJ...
@mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social tells
@haveyouheard.bsky.social that while unions are a target, going after them may not be as easy as Trump and his allies think on.soundcloud.com/MhVZWQdfS9AJ...
#188 What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Public Education?
Donald Trump’s return to office is likely to have profound implications for the nation’s public schools. In this episode we start to grapple with five major policy areas that are likely to be impacted
on.soundcloud.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:17 PM
What will a second Trump term mean for teachers unions?
@mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social tells
@haveyouheard.bsky.social that while unions are a target, going after them may not be as easy as Trump and his allies think on.soundcloud.com/MhVZWQdfS9AJ...
@mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social tells
@haveyouheard.bsky.social that while unions are a target, going after them may not be as easy as Trump and his allies think on.soundcloud.com/MhVZWQdfS9AJ...
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New @haveyouheard.bsky.social Our schools are in for more chaos and conflict, whatever Trump II brings. @drrachelswhite.bsky.social and Rebecca Jacobsen on the cost of political disruption and how to prepare for what's ahead on.soundcloud.com/dJ1FWoNb69bA...
#187 The Politics of Disruption
Schools are in for more chaos and conflict, whatever specific policies are enacted by a second Trump Administration. We talk to two scholars about just how much the politics of disruption are costing,
on.soundcloud.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:30 PM
New @haveyouheard.bsky.social Our schools are in for more chaos and conflict, whatever Trump II brings. @drrachelswhite.bsky.social and Rebecca Jacobsen on the cost of political disruption and how to prepare for what's ahead on.soundcloud.com/dJ1FWoNb69bA...