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andrewavit.bsky.social
Education Policy PhD student at UVA Evaluating education policies, with a particular focus on teachers, in the US and LMICs https://www.andrew-avitabile.com
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New working paper from me and a great group of coauthors: The Effects of the Four-Day School Week on Teacher Recruitment and Retention caldercenter.org/publications... Read on to see what's different about this vs. some of my prior work 🧵⬇️

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Supervisor feedback for preservice teachers often lacks next steps. @andrew_avit, Brendan Bartanen & Andrew Kwok find that classroom management critiques are common and tied to lower scores and return rates. 📄 bit.ly/3ZCKChV

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

A remarkable waste of taxpayer $ that instead could go towards meeting the state’s constitutional obligation to provide a sound and basic public education. NC Public school kids are still being denied what they are owed under the Leandro case.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Yesterday, June 2, was an interesting day at work. I was reporting a story about how the Education Department hadn't delivered a report to Congress on the Condition of Education, despite the June 1 deadline mandated by law. 🧵 (1/9)

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

This provocative, data-infused essay by James Wyckoff — edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1197 — serves as a reminder that fully understanding the declines in student achievement requires us to look well before the COVID-19 pandemic.

submitted 24 days ago • 3 comments

🚨New paper out! We use large language models to analyze 11,000+ pieces of preservice teacher (PST) feedback and reflections from a Texas teacher prep program. What did we learn about supervisor feedback quality? 🧵 👇 📄: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1203 ✍️: Me, Brendan Bartanen, and @profkwok.bsky.social

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Need more #education -to-workforce data? Access insights for your #community today using a new Urban Institute #data tool.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

I've said it before, but my Stevie rule is simple. Somebody mentions "As" and I am contractually obligated to take a break and play it.

submitted 42 days ago • 11 comments

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submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Not good folks!

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

I appreciate law for making education look serious by comparison.

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

Incredibly important action from IHEP, @aefpweb.bsky.social and @publiccitizen.bsky.social to fight the administration's dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences. #EduSky www.citizen.org/news/lawsuit...

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Me writing an economic model for how teachers select where to work:

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Calling ChatGPT “Siri” from now on

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

This is a direct result of universities that called the cops on student protesters last spring. The blame lies just as much with places like UVA as this administration

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Say I wanted teacher turnover by school longitudinally for literally any state in the US. Where would I go?

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

Why are data like the National Teacher and Principal Survey restricted to begin with?

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Y’all got any more of them job market papers?

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