Ed Policy PhD student at UCI studying K-12 educator labor markets and policy • Vanderbilt & UNLV alum • former Las Vegas teacher • 🏳️🌈
www.aaronjainsworth.com
Aaron Ainsworth
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That’s far from the last word, though, and I think there’s a lot more to learn when it comes to understanding why four-day weeks often don’t achieve their intended retention benefits and what else districts can do to address their staffing challenges.
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🚨 Hey You! 🚨
Still at #AEFP tomorrow? Come check out my presentation at 11:45 AM in Vevey 2, where I’ll present some extremely hot off the press work on a statewide teacher compensation policy in Texas
Cool new study about a foundational skills intervention in Zambia showing positive effects that persist into middle grades. Doubling intervention costs by providing teacher PD produced no additional gains. An RCT, DiD, multiple treatment arms!! So much great stuff to see here, congrats!
Education Policy and IBCK crossover episode!
A lot of folks were approvingly sharing Kelsey Piper's post about the problems of educational research. Here's my take. // Ill-Informed Essays About Education Research are Weak and Sloppy. Why?
edpolicyhub.substack.com/p/ill-inform...
While we can’t say for sure why the schedule change seemed to drive teachers away, it’s an important data point and consistent with a growing body of research. Across studies in several states now, there’s not much evidence that shortening the school week improves teacher retention.
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Thanks to my awesome co-authors @emilykpenner.bsky.social and @yujialiu.bsky.social as well as the many folks who have helped to improve this project since I started it my first year of grad school!
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