Danielle Edwards
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Danielle Edwards
@drdsedwards.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy, Old Dominion University. I study geographic inequities in access to effective schools & teachers
My paper with @matthewakraft.com describing the variety of Grow Your Own teacher programs nationally is out in print in @erjournal-aera.bsky.social!

EdResearcher: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...

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September 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We propose a classification scheme that suggests that we should refer to GYO programs by their target population &/or programming. E.g. a GYO HS teaching scholarship, a GYO teacher residency, a GYO para cert program.
April 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
While GYO programs have the potential to increase tchr diversity, reduce shortages, & improve tchr quality & retention, few GYO initiatives have program features aligned w/ these goals
April 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
However, few high school GYO initiatives directly lead to or provide support towards certification. Over 90% of GYOs targets adults require participants to become certified w/ 70% offering financial assistance towards cert
April 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The most common type of GYO program encourages high school students to become teachers through coursework, extracurricular activities or teaching scholarships
April 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We confirm prior findings that charter sch enrollment increases within dist racial & economic segregation. We find no AVERAGE fx of interdistrict enrollment on within dist seg. 4/12
April 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We study interdistrict choice b/c of its direct potential to reduce btwn district seg. It lets students attend schs in other districts. In Michigan, over 10% of students use interdistrict choice. 3/12
April 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Our findings show that GYO is a used as an umbrella term to describe very different teacher pipeline programs. To help create a more precise & common language around GYO programs we created a typology focused on target participants & programming 9/11
January 10, 2024 at 3:17 PM
5. Few GYO initiatives have features aligned with increasing teacher diversity, alleviating shortages, & improving teacher quality. 8/11
January 10, 2024 at 3:17 PM
4. Adult GYO initiatives have program features that are more aligned with increasing teacher supply than HS GYO initiatives.

A higher pct of adult GYO initiatives provide certification and/or cert. support 7/11
January 10, 2024 at 3:16 PM
3. GYO initiatives target a variety of populations for participation.

HS students are the most prevalent target of GYO programs 6/11
January 10, 2024 at 3:16 PM
2. GYO initiatives aim to expand the tchr pipeline but vary widely in their other stated purposes.

Outside of increasing teacher supply GYO share no common purpose.

What else do they have in common?

They recruit individuals who live work in or attend local sch district 5/11
January 10, 2024 at 3:15 PM
1. GYO initiatives are prevalent throughout the U.S

Our systematic web-search uncovered 94 GYO initiatives across 40 states that together serve over 900 school districts in Spring 2022. It has grown since! 4/11
January 10, 2024 at 3:15 PM
GYO programs recruit local community members to become teachers. They have emerged as a popular possible solution to declining interest in teaching, localized shortages, and the lack of teacher diversity. 2/11
January 10, 2024 at 3:14 PM