Christina Weiland
@weilanch.bsky.social
Karl and Martha Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan | Early education researcher | Mom, WV native, #firstgen | big fan of mountains, trees, the 90s
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Christina Weiland
@weilanch.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hadn’t seen a women in education policy research starter pack yet. Please let me know if I missed you… still getting my bearings in the new place.
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Early Grade Retention Harms Adult Earnings" by Jiee Zhong. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Early Grade Retention Harms Adult Earnings
(Forthcoming Article) - This paper provides new causal evidence on the effects of grade retention on educational
attainment, behavioral outcomes, and labor market performance by analyzing Texas’s read...
www.aeaweb.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Early Grade Retention Harms Adult Earnings" by Jiee Zhong. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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📢 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 18, 2025 at 6:40 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...
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...
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Early education programs improve children’s readiness for kindergarten. Learn more about the elements that ensure high-quality ECE in Christina Weiland (@weilanch.bsky.social) and Paola Guerrero Rosada's (@paolaguerreror.bsky.social) chapter, Quality in ECE: livehandbook.org/early-educat...
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Early education programs improve children’s readiness for kindergarten. Learn more about the elements that ensure high-quality ECE in Christina Weiland (@weilanch.bsky.social) and Paola Guerrero Rosada's (@paolaguerreror.bsky.social) chapter, Quality in ECE: livehandbook.org/early-educat...
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The Fall Edition of the EPI Newsletter is here! mailchi.mp/umich.edu/ed...
Stay up to date with the latest in education policy research, events, & publications.
In this issue, you'll find:
📚 Research shaping education policy
📝 Publications and news
🤝 Research partnership updates
Stay up to date with the latest in education policy research, events, & publications.
In this issue, you'll find:
📚 Research shaping education policy
📝 Publications and news
🤝 Research partnership updates
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Fall Edition of the EPI Newsletter is here! mailchi.mp/umich.edu/ed...
Stay up to date with the latest in education policy research, events, & publications.
In this issue, you'll find:
📚 Research shaping education policy
📝 Publications and news
🤝 Research partnership updates
Stay up to date with the latest in education policy research, events, & publications.
In this issue, you'll find:
📚 Research shaping education policy
📝 Publications and news
🤝 Research partnership updates
Welcome @edpolicyford.bsky.social to Bluesky!! Give a follow for research and happenings from our fantastic UMich faculty and students.
October 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Welcome @edpolicyford.bsky.social to Bluesky!! Give a follow for research and happenings from our fantastic UMich faculty and students.
Ughh… the Child Care and Early Education Research Connections website and library will no longer be available after Sept. 30. Pull what you need!
researchconnections.org
If there is an effort to back it up underway, I’d love to know.
researchconnections.org
If there is an effort to back it up underway, I’d love to know.
Home | Research Connections
researchconnections.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Ughh… the Child Care and Early Education Research Connections website and library will no longer be available after Sept. 30. Pull what you need!
researchconnections.org
If there is an effort to back it up underway, I’d love to know.
researchconnections.org
If there is an effort to back it up underway, I’d love to know.
Incredibly cool… Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is supporting the music program in my rural WV county:
wchstv.com/news/local/r...
wchstv.com/news/local/r...
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith supporting Clay County music program
Clay County students received a special message from an enduring rock star this week.Chad Smith, the heartbeat of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, shared a video with
wchstv.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Incredibly cool… Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is supporting the music program in my rural WV county:
wchstv.com/news/local/r...
wchstv.com/news/local/r...
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📢 #EdWorkingPapers: How can we measure student behavior at scale?
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data.
📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data.
📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b
August 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: How can we measure student behavior at scale?
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data.
📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data.
📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b
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Today is the final day of work for many dedicated, talented employees at the Institute of Education Sciences. I am thankful for their service, and I hope that they find new roles that continue their mission of supporting education research that serves as a public good.
August 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Today is the final day of work for many dedicated, talented employees at the Institute of Education Sciences. I am thankful for their service, and I hope that they find new roles that continue their mission of supporting education research that serves as a public good.
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Researchers examine the impacts of transitional kindergarten, a publicly funded learning option that bridges prekindergarten and kindergarten, helping guide state programming and offering more information on the complicated early learning landscape.
➡️ bit.ly/3Sfrp1t
➡️ bit.ly/3Sfrp1t
June 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Researchers examine the impacts of transitional kindergarten, a publicly funded learning option that bridges prekindergarten and kindergarten, helping guide state programming and offering more information on the complicated early learning landscape.
➡️ bit.ly/3Sfrp1t
➡️ bit.ly/3Sfrp1t
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Big shout out to this amazing team, led by @weilanch.bsky.social
Want more details but don’t have time to read the paper? See thread from
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social
Want more details but don’t have time to read the paper? See thread from
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Big shout out to this amazing team, led by @weilanch.bsky.social
Want more details but don’t have time to read the paper? See thread from
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social
Want more details but don’t have time to read the paper? See thread from
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social
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🤔 What kind of Pre-K experience sets students up for long-term success?
Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!
🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf
And 🧵👇
Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!
🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf
And 🧵👇
May 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🤔 What kind of Pre-K experience sets students up for long-term success?
Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!
🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf
And 🧵👇
Our new working paper offers important new evidence to help answer this question!
🔗 edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai25-1194.pdf
And 🧵👇
Using data from Michigan, we find that third grade retention for struggling readers may be a much less important component of the benefits of literacy reforms than previously understood.
(Thx, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social, for the dissemination bump!)
(Thx, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social, for the dissemination bump!)
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Flagged for retention, but not retained: Michigan’s 3rd-grade retention policy raised reading scores largely by triggering extra help, not holding kids back.
🔍Jordan Berne, Brian Jacob, @weilanch.bsky.social, Katharine Strunk
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1188
🔍Jordan Berne, Brian Jacob, @weilanch.bsky.social, Katharine Strunk
📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1188
May 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Using data from Michigan, we find that third grade retention for struggling readers may be a much less important component of the benefits of literacy reforms than previously understood.
(Thx, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social, for the dissemination bump!)
(Thx, @annenberginstitute.bsky.social, for the dissemination bump!)
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Does school funding actually improve outcomes? 🤔Join our first-ever #EdWorkingPapers webinar Wed 5/21 at 2pm ET with @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com to find out. buff.ly/TW1oFhu #research #schoolfunding
May 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Does school funding actually improve outcomes? 🤔Join our first-ever #EdWorkingPapers webinar Wed 5/21 at 2pm ET with @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and @chriscandelaria.com to find out. buff.ly/TW1oFhu #research #schoolfunding
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🧵 But since Head Start's inception, there have been disagreements about whether or not the program "works." So let's review what we know from rigorous research on Head Start's effectiveness, and let's start with what it means for the program to work. 🧵 1/n
April 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🧵 But since Head Start's inception, there have been disagreements about whether or not the program "works." So let's review what we know from rigorous research on Head Start's effectiveness, and let's start with what it means for the program to work. 🧵 1/n
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How federal investments in education research help students succeed www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
How federal investments in education research help students succeed
Researchers discuss how federally funded research projects have helped identify and scale programs that improved student outcomes.
www.brookings.edu
April 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
How federal investments in education research help students succeed www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
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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
April 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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
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Hours after we published this story on our site we received news that staffers in five of Head Start's 10 regional offices were put on leave. We're trying to track the on-the-ground implications -- please email me at samuels@hechingerreport.org or Signal cas.37
hechingerreport.org/head-start-i...
hechingerreport.org/head-start-i...
Head Start is turning 60. Will the federal child care program make it to 61?
Providers operating on ‘razor-thin margins’ worry about the possibility of deep cuts
hechingerreport.org
April 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hours after we published this story on our site we received news that staffers in five of Head Start's 10 regional offices were put on leave. We're trying to track the on-the-ground implications -- please email me at samuels@hechingerreport.org or Signal cas.37
hechingerreport.org/head-start-i...
hechingerreport.org/head-start-i...
Head Start, which serves over 800K children and their families all over the country, was hit hard today by the HHS layoffs.
<1% of HS’s annual funding is spent on federal staff.
nhsa.org/press_releas...
<1% of HS’s annual funding is spent on federal staff.
nhsa.org/press_releas...
NHSA Expresses Deep Concern Over Administration Shuttering Regional Offices
NHSA is deeply concerned about the closing of regional offices and HHS's reorganization without open communication or a clear plan for how the administration intends on supporting Head Start.
nhsa.org
April 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Head Start, which serves over 800K children and their families all over the country, was hit hard today by the HHS layoffs.
<1% of HS’s annual funding is spent on federal staff.
nhsa.org/press_releas...
<1% of HS’s annual funding is spent on federal staff.
nhsa.org/press_releas...
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Georgetown has put together resources for federal workers who may be facing a transition in jobs. These include various seminars and workshops, as well as tuition scholarships providing a discount on many master's programs and certificates. Please spread the word to anybody who might benefit.
Federal Workforce Transition Resources - Georgetown Graduate School
The Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is offering resources to assist in federal workforce transitions. Check out our career seminars to learn more.
grad.georgetown.edu
March 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Georgetown has put together resources for federal workers who may be facing a transition in jobs. These include various seminars and workshops, as well as tuition scholarships providing a discount on many master's programs and certificates. Please spread the word to anybody who might benefit.
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As universal prekindergarten (UPK) expands, understanding which community-based organizations (CBOs) apply—and why—matters for equity and access. With @weilanch.bsky.social, Meghan McCormick, Catherine Snow.
Read more:
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1151
#ECE #UPK #EquitableECE
#EduSky
#WomaninQuant
Read more:
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1151
#ECE #UPK #EquitableECE
#EduSky
#WomaninQuant
Count Me In? Identifying Factors That Predict Centers’ Application to Boston’s Mixed-Delivery Universal Pre-K Program
Universal prekindergarten (UPK) programs often expand through mixed-delivery systems by offering seats in public schools and community-based centers (CBOs). Although this approach aims to meet varied ...
edworkingpapers.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As universal prekindergarten (UPK) expands, understanding which community-based organizations (CBOs) apply—and why—matters for equity and access. With @weilanch.bsky.social, Meghan McCormick, Catherine Snow.
Read more:
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1151
#ECE #UPK #EquitableECE
#EduSky
#WomaninQuant
Read more:
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1151
#ECE #UPK #EquitableECE
#EduSky
#WomaninQuant
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If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion
1/N
Big picture:
Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)
- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review
-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
1/N
Big picture:
Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)
- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review
-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
March 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion
1/N
Big picture:
Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)
- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review
-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
1/N
Big picture:
Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure)
- load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review
-These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
In a devastating week for Ed research, #AEFP2025 is a balm to the soul. That goes double for the fantastic presentations by junior scholars.
Today's UMich contributions, spanning early childhood, K-12, and higher ed:
Today's UMich contributions, spanning early childhood, K-12, and higher ed:
March 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In a devastating week for Ed research, #AEFP2025 is a balm to the soul. That goes double for the fantastic presentations by junior scholars.
Today's UMich contributions, spanning early childhood, K-12, and higher ed:
Today's UMich contributions, spanning early childhood, K-12, and higher ed:
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Check out the livehandbook.org, an open-access resource that will be continuously updated to serve as a hub of policy relevant #educationresearch.
@weilanch.bsky.social and I coauthored a chapter on ECE quality.
This kind of initiatives bring me hope in challenging times for the education field.
@weilanch.bsky.social and I coauthored a chapter on ECE quality.
This kind of initiatives bring me hope in challenging times for the education field.
March 13, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Check out the livehandbook.org, an open-access resource that will be continuously updated to serve as a hub of policy relevant #educationresearch.
@weilanch.bsky.social and I coauthored a chapter on ECE quality.
This kind of initiatives bring me hope in challenging times for the education field.
@weilanch.bsky.social and I coauthored a chapter on ECE quality.
This kind of initiatives bring me hope in challenging times for the education field.
Reposted by Christina Weiland
I keep hearing the question: What's the biggest impact of Trump education disruptions so far? My answer: Research. Data. Knowledge on how students are doing and how schools might improve. All of this is being decimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...
Are Schools Succeeding? Education Department Cuts Could Make It Hard to Know
At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I keep hearing the question: What's the biggest impact of Trump education disruptions so far? My answer: Research. Data. Knowledge on how students are doing and how schools might improve. All of this is being decimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/u...