Abigail Francis
@abbyfrancis.bsky.social
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Doctoral Student in Education Policy @BU Wheelock
https://www.abigailfrancis.com/
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🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
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Abigail Francis
@abbyfrancis.bsky.social
· Jul 16
#976: A new hub for smarter education policy, with Doug Harris
On this week’s Education Gadfly Show podcast, Doug Harris, director of the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH), joins us to discuss a new website aimed at advancing evidence-based education policy and supporting more effective decision-making in schools. Then, on the Research Minute, Meredith Coffey examines new data from Massachusetts that reveal lasting post-pandemic shifts in school enrollment, particularly in the middle grades and in higher-income districts. Recommended content: “AEFP Live Handbook of Education Policy Research” —Association for Education Finance & Policy (AEFP) “School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic” —Abigail Francis and Joshua Goodman, EdWorkingPapers (June 2025) “Analyzing homeschooling demographics and families’ definitions of student success” —Jeff Murray, Thomas B. Fordham Institute “Fixing IES” —Chester E. Finn, Jr., Thomas B. Fordham Institute Feedback Welcome: Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Stephanie Distler at [email protected].
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Abigail Francis
@abbyfrancis.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Abigail Francis
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· Jun 25
🔥What’s the only thing hotter than this week’s weather?🔥
Our new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
“School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic”
In it, BU Wheelock PhD @abbyfrancis.bsky.social and I ask:
Has the pandemic permanently changed families' schooling choices?
Our new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
“School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic”
In it, BU Wheelock PhD @abbyfrancis.bsky.social and I ask:
Has the pandemic permanently changed families' schooling choices?
Abigail Francis
@abbyfrancis.bsky.social
· Mar 15
Abigail Francis
@abbyfrancis.bsky.social
· Mar 15
Abigail Francis
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· Mar 14
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· Mar 14
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AERA
@aeraedresearch.bsky.social
· Feb 11
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
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State Higher Ed Funding Up, but ‘Volatility’ Looms
States allocated more money to higher ed this fiscal year. But with shrinking state budgets and heightened scrutiny of institutional spending, there’s no indication the uptick will continue. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/40IygV1
States allocated more money to higher ed this fiscal year. But with shrinking state budgets and heightened scrutiny of institutional spending, there’s no indication the uptick will continue. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/40IygV1
State support up for higher ed, but "volatility" looms
States allocated more money to higher ed this fiscal year. But with shrinking state budgets and heightened scrutiny of institutional spending, there’s no indication the uptick will continue.
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