Shelby Leigh Smith
@shelbyleighsm.bsky.social
Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Education Policy @ USC Rossier
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Hi 🤗 I’m new here. My name is Shelby and I’m a 3rd year PhD student at USC Rossier. I’m a (mostly) quant researcher who (mostly) studies the priorities and impacts of school choice systems.
New paper out (and my first solo authored piece)! This paper examines how charter school authorizers can prioritize community interests to advance equity in their authorization, oversight, and renewal processes.
From gatekeepers to gateways: possibilities for equitable charter authorizing
Charter school authorizers serve as the gatekeepers of the sector – deciding which charter schools open and close. Despite their critical role in quality control, authorizers have been criticized f...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
New paper out (and my first solo authored piece)! This paper examines how charter school authorizers can prioritize community interests to advance equity in their authorization, oversight, and renewal processes.
Check out my team’s new working paper - we have some interesting findings on pandemic and post-pandemic academic achievement
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: In Tennessee, charter and traditional public school students performed similarly during COVID-19, but charter students showed more growth post-pandemic.
🔍 Adam Kho, @shelbyleighsm.bsky.social, & Ron Zimmer
📄 Full paper here: buff.ly/g8LzhkT
🔍 Adam Kho, @shelbyleighsm.bsky.social, & Ron Zimmer
📄 Full paper here: buff.ly/g8LzhkT
July 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out my team’s new working paper - we have some interesting findings on pandemic and post-pandemic academic achievement
AERA’s @divisionagsc.bsky.social & Div L GSC are hosting this great webinar for grad students prepping AERA proposals— check it out!
June 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
AERA’s @divisionagsc.bsky.social & Div L GSC are hosting this great webinar for grad students prepping AERA proposals— check it out!
How did charter school students perform during and after the pandemic? My team’s new research brief and technical paper answer this question for Tennessee. Check out the findings here 👇🏼 martin.uky.edu/research/cha...
Charter School Performance and Operation During and After Covid-19 | Martin School of Public Policy and AdministrationUniversity of Kentucky Homepage
martin.uky.edu
June 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How did charter school students perform during and after the pandemic? My team’s new research brief and technical paper answer this question for Tennessee. Check out the findings here 👇🏼 martin.uky.edu/research/cha...
Excited to present this joint work tomorrow that sheds light on how to support peer mediation programming in schools. This was one of the first projects I contributed to at USC, so it’s very exciting to finally share what we found 🤗
April 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Excited to present this joint work tomorrow that sheds light on how to support peer mediation programming in schools. This was one of the first projects I contributed to at USC, so it’s very exciting to finally share what we found 🤗
Just changed my bio from PhD Student to PhD Candidate 🥳 Very excited to have passed my Qualifying Exam on Monday
March 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just changed my bio from PhD Student to PhD Candidate 🥳 Very excited to have passed my Qualifying Exam on Monday
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🚨 The Qualitative Scholars and First-Gen Scholars Community Groups @aefpweb.bsky.social are hosting a panel discussion with journal editors focused on publishing qualitative and mixed-methods research related to education policy.
12/9 from 3-4 p.m. ET Register here: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
12/9 from 3-4 p.m. ET Register here: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: AEFP Qual & Mixed Methods Publishing Panel. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: AEFP Qual & Mixed Methods Publishing Panel. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
utexas.zoom.us
November 27, 2024 at 2:09 PM
🚨 The Qualitative Scholars and First-Gen Scholars Community Groups @aefpweb.bsky.social are hosting a panel discussion with journal editors focused on publishing qualitative and mixed-methods research related to education policy.
12/9 from 3-4 p.m. ET Register here: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
12/9 from 3-4 p.m. ET Register here: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
So what do people actually do with their conference posters after the fact? Do I just put it in a closet for my future self to one day stumble upon it and be reminded of the presentation … and then just leave it in the closet for all of eternity?
November 26, 2024 at 7:07 PM
So what do people actually do with their conference posters after the fact? Do I just put it in a closet for my future self to one day stumble upon it and be reminded of the presentation … and then just leave it in the closet for all of eternity?
Hey #2024APPAM come chat with me at 12:00 about how choice school missions have shifted in the US. I’ll be at Poster 84! And then we have a great panel at 1:45 on charter school finance and performance in National Harbor 8 :)
November 23, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Hey #2024APPAM come chat with me at 12:00 about how choice school missions have shifted in the US. I’ll be at Poster 84! And then we have a great panel at 1:45 on charter school finance and performance in National Harbor 8 :)
If you’re at #2024APPAM and you saw me come into your session for all of 2 seconds and then leave — I promise I’m not weird, I’m just a student ambassador doing session counts. So if you see me and my green lanyard walking around, feel free to ask me questions!
November 21, 2024 at 9:00 PM
If you’re at #2024APPAM and you saw me come into your session for all of 2 seconds and then leave — I promise I’m not weird, I’m just a student ambassador doing session counts. So if you see me and my green lanyard walking around, feel free to ask me questions!
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Submissions are open for the Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Roundtable Series at #AERA2025. The December 3 deadline is approaching! Learn more about the opportunity here: www.aera.net/Education-Re...
November 20, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Submissions are open for the Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Roundtable Series at #AERA2025. The December 3 deadline is approaching! Learn more about the opportunity here: www.aera.net/Education-Re...
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This is a starter pack for #APPAM2024
@appam.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @davidslusky.bsky.social
If you want on it, please leave a comment and I will add you over the course of the day
go.bsky.app/9o7Jiar
@appam.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @davidslusky.bsky.social
If you want on it, please leave a comment and I will add you over the course of the day
go.bsky.app/9o7Jiar
November 11, 2024 at 12:30 PM
This is a starter pack for #APPAM2024
@appam.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @davidslusky.bsky.social
If you want on it, please leave a comment and I will add you over the course of the day
go.bsky.app/9o7Jiar
@appam.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @davidslusky.bsky.social
If you want on it, please leave a comment and I will add you over the course of the day
go.bsky.app/9o7Jiar
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Mark your calendars — the 46th #PulliasLecture is set for Monday, April 7! This year's honored speaker is SUNY Chancellor John B. King, former education secretary under President Obama. Learn more about Dr. King and the Lecture here: pullias.usc.edu/pullias-lect...
November 18, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Mark your calendars — the 46th #PulliasLecture is set for Monday, April 7! This year's honored speaker is SUNY Chancellor John B. King, former education secretary under President Obama. Learn more about Dr. King and the Lecture here: pullias.usc.edu/pullias-lect...
Super exciting findings given the $10 billion bond that passed in California to fix school facilities and the similar $9 billion bond that passed for LAUSD 🤞🏼to see this play out in CA
First new working paper thread on Blue Sky! 🧵
In this study, Moontae Hwang, Marzuka Ahmad Radia, and I look at the impacts of school building HVAC system conditions on student outcomes in New York State . . .
edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1093
In this study, Moontae Hwang, Marzuka Ahmad Radia, and I look at the impacts of school building HVAC system conditions on student outcomes in New York State . . .
edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1093
November 18, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Super exciting findings given the $10 billion bond that passed in California to fix school facilities and the similar $9 billion bond that passed for LAUSD 🤞🏼to see this play out in CA
Reposted by Shelby Leigh Smith
Applications for AEFP awards and pre-doctoral diversity fellows program are due on December 1st, 2024 by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/awards-g...
November 18, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Applications for AEFP awards and pre-doctoral diversity fellows program are due on December 1st, 2024 by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/awards-g...
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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.
go.bsky.app/PixwBrM
go.bsky.app/PixwBrM
November 18, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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.
go.bsky.app/PixwBrM
go.bsky.app/PixwBrM
Been here for all of an hour and I can already say this is better than the bird app
November 18, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Been here for all of an hour and I can already say this is better than the bird app
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Be in community with other doctoral students journeying through academia. Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #DocStudents
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go.bsky.app/QTfevfQ
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Be in community with other doctoral students journeying through academia. Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #DocStudents
go.bsky.app/QTfevfQ
go.bsky.app/QTfevfQ
Hi 🤗 I’m new here. My name is Shelby and I’m a 3rd year PhD student at USC Rossier. I’m a (mostly) quant researcher who (mostly) studies the priorities and impacts of school choice systems.
November 17, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Hi 🤗 I’m new here. My name is Shelby and I’m a 3rd year PhD student at USC Rossier. I’m a (mostly) quant researcher who (mostly) studies the priorities and impacts of school choice systems.