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📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Can paraprofessionals deliver effective personalized instruction?

Two RCTs show no overall impacts though higher-dosage tutoring improved numeracy by 0.28 SD.

🔍 Elizabeth Huffaker, Monica Lee, Helen Zhou, Carly Robinson, @susanna-loeb.bsky.social
📄 bit.ly/3XPmOpq
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Carycruz Bueno, Za Eng Mawi, @linzpage.bsky.social, and Jonathan Smith show that Achieve Atlanta scholarship recipients take out fewer loans, borrow less, earn more credits, and achieve higher GPAs in their first semester of college.

📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1337
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Looking to design or scale tutoring in your state or district?

See how the New Jersey Tutoring Corps, guided by our EdResearch brief, built an evidence-aligned model that works.

Read the case study 🔗 edresearchforaction.org/resources/gr...
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Did you catch our webinar on enrollment shifts? A new @EdWeek.org article highlights a core finding: the biggest enrollment declines are in the wealthiest 20% of districts, with little sign of rebound. buff.ly/VkNiNdg
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Why are college enrollments declining?

@joshua-goodman.com & Joseph Winkelmann show that the drop is concentrated in 2-year colleges and about 60% of the post-Great Recession decline is explained by the pull of stronger labor markets.

📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1338
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📢 Today’s the day!

Join us at 1PM ET for the #SustainableED Virtual Seminar Series. We'll dig into how climate change impacts our youngest learners.

Still time to register ⤵️https://buff.ly/BD7cCv5
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢 New from the #EdWorkingPapers Policy and Practice Series:

A summary of “Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes?” by @yerinyoon.bsky.social and @doughesm.bsky.social!

📄 edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...

#AnnenbergEdExchange
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join our #SustainableED Virtual Seminar Series with @jorgecuartas.bsky.social, Assistant Professor at NYU and director of the CARE Lab, whose work explores how climate change shapes child development and family well-being.

🗓️ 12/1 | 🕐 1:00-1:45 EST
🔗 Register here: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌍How does climate change impact our youngest learners?

In our new #SustainableED Speaker Series, @jorgecuartas.bsky.social will explore emerging evidence connecting climate change and child development.

🗓️: 12/1 | 🕐 1:00-1:45 EST

Register here: buff.ly/BD7cCv5
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚨 New report!

“The Road to SUCCESS” documents how Massachusetts built a statewide student support initiative across all 15 public community colleges.

Comprehensive support services. Local flexibility. Rapid scale-up.

Report 👉: annenberg.brown.edu/publications...
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Launched in 2021 to tackle pandemic learning loss, the @corps_nj has become a model for how states can translate research into scalable tutoring.

See how #evidence from our #EdResearch4Action brief guided every step:

📘 Read the new case study:
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📢 New from the #EdWorkingPapers Policy and Practice Series:

A summary of “Increasing Applied STEM Curricular Opportunities in High School and Impacts on Early Post-Secondary Outcomes: The Effect of Project Lead the Way ”
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📢 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...
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: @jessebruhn.bsky.social, Michael Gilraine, Jens Ludwig & @sendhil.bsky.social analyze 1.31 billion student-item responses from Texas and find that item-level data contain rich, decision-relevant information that aggregate scores miss.

📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1343
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Tutoring is powerful but expensive to scale.

Across 12 rapid A/B tests, @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social optimize a tech-enabled tutoring program, boosting efficiency & finding low-cost ways to double learning impact.

📄 bit.ly/49MbmC8
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: How does the surge in US immigration enforcement affect students?

David Figlio and @uozek.bsky.social find that heightened immigration enforcement in 2025 reduced test scores for both US-born and foreign-born Spanish-speaking students.

📄https://buff.ly/ejMnGpY
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: What if school closures don’t really end when the doors shut?

@francis_pearman & Amanda Lu show that schools are adaptive ecosystems and their social, cultural, and institutional networks often persist long after “closure.”

📄 buff.ly/KqC3Mky
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happening today at 3pm ET / 12pm PT! edworkingpapers.com/webinar-series

Be the first to hear who’s joining the new EdWorkingPapers Review Board.

The EdExchange isn’t just a repository of research—it’s a hub for connection. 💡
@joshua-goodman.com @abbyfrancis.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you're attending #2025APPAM, don't miss the chance to explore the lectures and panel discussions presented by the Annenberg faculty and staff. @appam.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Grounded in #EdResearch4Action’s “Design Principles for Accelerating Student Learning With High-Impact Tutoring,” NJTC turned research into a statewide tutoring model spanning 80 sites & 25 districts.

This is what research-informed design looks like.

Read the new case study here: buff.ly/m0YnRh4
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📢 New from the #EdWorkingPapers Policy and Practice Series:

A summary of “The Effects of Universal School Vouchers on Private School Tuition and Enrollment: A National Analysis” by @douglasharris9.bsky.social & Gabriel Olivier!

📄 edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...

#AnnenbergEdExchange
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
5 years post-pandemic, Massachusetts public schools have seen sustained enrollment declines. Is this a temporary disruption, or did the pandemic change how families evaluate schools?

@joshua-goodman.com, Abigail Francis, & James Wyckoff will dig into the data with Susanna Loeb.

buff.ly/dByipCW
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
💡 How can professional learning better support educators and students?

A new Brown Daily Herald article features the Annenberg Institute’s recommendations for advancing teacher professional learning in Rhode Island schools.

📄 Read the full article here: buff.ly/UZfDPEg
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Great Recession? Smartphones? Common Core? Accountability shifts? Demographic change?

All relevant, but no single factor fully explains the achievement decline.

Policymakers: get a clearer picture from education researchers next Thursday.

buff.ly/dByipCW

#EdPolicy
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
📢 In a recent article, Chris Cleveland and Tricia Kelly discussed the importance of ensuring that selective high schools provide meaningful support for multilingual learners.

📄 Learn more about their insights: buff.ly/64fP7P6
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM