Cara

@cara__jackson
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#EdPolicy PhD devoted to using evidence to improve educational opportunities and outcomes. Interested in bridging policy/practice and #EdResearch communities.
Websitehttps://researchpractice.org/
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CaraApr 26, 2023

Can Automated Feedback Improve Teachers’ Uptake of Student Ideas? Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial In a Large-Scale Online Course

#EdResearch #education

https://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai21-483

Can Automated Feedback Improve Teachers’ Uptake of Student Ideas? Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial In a Large-Scale Online Course | EdWorkingPapers

Providing consistent, individualized feedback to teachers is essential for improving instruction but can be prohibitively resource intensive in most educational contexts. We develop an automated tool based on natural language processing to give teachers feedback on their uptake of student contributions, a high-leverage teaching practice that supports dialogic instruction and makes students feel heard. We conduct a randomized controlled trial as part of an online computer science course, Code in Place (n=1,136 instructors), to evaluate the effectiveness of the feedback tool.

CaraApr 26, 2023

"Teacher bonus programs that incentivize comparative advantage-based sorting, combined with bonus rates favoring districts with more low-achieving students, could improve both efficiency and equity."

https://www.nber.org/papers/w28530

#EdResearch #EdPolicy #education

Equilibrium in the Market for Public School Teachers: District Wage Strategies and Teacher Comparative Advantage

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, and business professionals.

NBER
CaraApr 26, 2023

Racial Differences in Student Access to High-Quality Teachers

"To address such disparities, decision-makers at all three levels—state, district, and school—have various policy options to consider, with each level having an important role to play."

https://direct.mit.edu/edfp/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/edfp_a_00402/115596/Racial-Differences-in-Student-Access-to-High?redirectedFrom=fulltext

#EdResearch #EdPolicy #education

Racial Differences in Student Access to High-Quality Teachers

Abstract. Access to high-quality teachers in K-12 schools differs systematically by racial group. This policy brief reviews the academic research documenting these differences and the labor market forces and segregation patterns that solidify them. It also presents new analysis of differential exposure in North Carolina of White, Black, and Hispanic students to teachers with different quality-related credentials across five grade-subject combinations. White students are most often in classrooms taught by teachers with strong credentials and least often by those with weak credentials, not only across the state as a whole, but also within most of the state's counties, especially those whose schools are most segregated by race. To address such disparities, decision-makers at all three levels—state, district, and school—have various policy options to consider, with each level having an important role to play.

MIT Press
CaraApr 26, 2023
Jeff GreeneApr 25, 2023

Here's your periodic, always timely, reminder that spaced retrieval practice is a fantastic way to learn material, as this meta-analysis (one of many strong pieces of evidence) shows. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09572-8

#education #psychology #educationalpsychology @edutooters @psychology

CaraApr 20, 2023
Sir Rochard 'Dock' BunsonApr 19, 2023
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CaraApr 19, 2023

The Promises and Limits of ‘Evidence-Based Practice’

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-the-promises-and-limits-of-evidence-based-practice/2023/04

The Promises and Limits of ‘Evidence-Based Practice’ (Opinion)

Rigorous research should influence practice but only after a gradual accumulation of evidence by many researchers using various methods.

Education Week
CaraApr 19, 2023

Investing in Adolescents:
High School Climate and Organizational Context Shape Student Development and Educational Attainment

#EdResearch

https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/investing-in-adolescents

Investing in Adolescents

This report shines light on what schools can do well to positively affect students’ long-term trajectories. The findings show the value of taking a holistic view of adolescents, and that fostering students' engagement and a challenging, supportive environment for them are the most important things schools can do. The findings and interpretive summary offer notable insights on some of the most-discussed K-12 policies and practices today, including test scores, school quality metrics, school climate, and student voice.

UChicago Consortium on School Research
CaraApr 12, 2023
First Focus on ChildrenApr 11, 2023
👀 👀 👀 While there is little evidence to support arming teachers against potential school shooters, a review of states that enacted right-to-carry handgun laws found a 13-15% increase in violent crimes in the 10 years after the legislation was passed. Mor… https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/3926048-does-your-state-allow-teachers-to-carry-a-gun/
Does your state allow teachers to carry a gun?

Most states have enacted some sort of legislation allowing – or not allowing – teachers and school employees to carry a firearm on campus.

The Hill
CaraMar 14, 2023
Jeff GreeneMar 13, 2023

Errors - what are they good for? Turns out - lots of things! To learn about the power of errors, and how to design instruction to maximize what people learn from their errors, check out this APA Division 15 #podcast with Dr. Qian Zhang, where she talks about her recent article, with Logan Fiorella in #EducationalPsychologist. https://soundcloud.com/user-883650452/qian-zhang

#education #psychology #educationalpsychology @edutooters @psychology

Qian Zhang

Qian Zhang joins host Dr. Jeff Greene to discuss her recent Educational Psychologist article, "An integrated model of learning from errors." Source material: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108

SoundCloud
CaraMar 1, 2023
Blue Cereal EducationMar 1, 2023

It's amazing how often a kid who shows little interest in positive engagement (or anything else) in class and radiates annoyance (or hostility) responds to that same teacher like they're Santa Claus or a long-lost family member a few months (or years) later in the hall or in someone else's classroom.

I don't want to read too much into the warm fuzzies (any more than I do the seething resentment), but staying respectful and encouraging and positive sometimes matters far more than we see in the moment. I know it's exhausting, but I swear - you're sometimes giving them more than you realize.

Sometimes.

#teachers #edutooter #TeacherMotivation #education
@edutooters