🚨 working paper 🚨

Kids who go to Boston PreK are more likely to…

⬆️ stay in BPS through 8th grade
⬆️ apply to Boston’s competitive exam schools
⬆️ enroll and pass Algebra 1 by end of eighth grade
⬆️ score higher on 7th grade math assessments

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

There are over 70,000 pre-K teachers working in public schools but they often fall through the crack between ECE and K-12 policy.
Check out my piece with Elizabeth Steiner and @jscannon.bsky.social on including their voices in pre-K policy discussions www.the74million.org/article/publ...

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

Check out our new paper! Educator retention in ECE doesn’t just improve capacity to serve children and families, it also means we have more experienced quality educators!

Great article about spurs fandom in America. And now there is a photo of me in the New York Times 😂

First Bluesky post has to be for a sold out crowd for a women’s soccer semifinal x Washington Spirit win