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Erica Harbatkin
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Assistant professor of educational policy at Florida State University, runner, cat person, former reporter. Econ of ed, teachers, school accountability and improvement.
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harbatkat.bsky.social
There's a lot going on in the world right now, but in some good news: @alexmoran.bsky.social defended his dissertation today! Alex is such a smart, thoughtful ed policy researcher and the field is beyond lucky to have him. I hope I did a better job advising than I did taking this photo.
Alex smiling in front of his dissertation intro slide, which says, "Three Essays on Strengthening the Teacher Workforce"
June 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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waltecton.bsky.social
Please share this position with your networks! You'll get to work with me, @harbatkat.bsky.social, Christine Mokher, Stacey Rutledge, & a great team at the U of Michigan, Florida State U, and the CTE Research Network. Please reach out w/questions - [email protected]!🧵 careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
Research Area Specialist Associate | U-M Careers
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May 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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laurarogers.bsky.social
New from Jen Darling-Aduana, @dave-woo.bsky.social, and me: We observed lessons in an online charter school to understand instructional quality. Despite the school's marketing as an innovative, tailored alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar publics, teachers' instruction rarely reflected this.
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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March 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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New from me in Education Finance & Policy: Pandemic-Era School Staff Shortages: Evidence from Unfilled Position Data in Illinois

doi.org/10.1162/edfp...
Article abstract reading "Concerns about school staff shortages are longstanding. However, data on shortages are limited, dated, and rare for non-teaching staff. I use administrative data on unfilled certificated positions in Illinois public schools from the fall of 2022 to paint a detailed picture of shortages across teaching, administrative, and other roles, between districts, and between schools. Teacher and administrator shortage rates are low on average, but shortages of other staff - mostly paraprofessionals - are more severe. However, staff-to-student ratios have increased recently for all staff types. Shortages vary substantially between schools within districts and across urbanicity, grade level, and student characteristics, often in ways that likely exacerbate inequities."
January 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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joshbleiberg.bsky.social
🚨I am psyched to share a new working paper from @edutuan.bsky.social & myself 🚨. We show how to estimate turnover & net-negative job loss (think ~shortages) with public data for K12 schools by county from 2000 to present, by race, ethnicity, educ attainment & gender. edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1135 🧵
Leveraging Quarterly Workforce Indicators to Analyze Teacher Labor Market Dynamics: Inequitable Trends in Educator Turnover
Educator labor markets vary considerably across the country and can change quickly during recessions. We use data from the Quality Workforce Indicators (QWI) on educators in Elementary and Secondary S...
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January 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
harbatkat.bsky.social
Happy to share that our paper on the relationship between teacher intentions and teacher turnover behavior is now published at Education Finance and Policy. (with @edutuan.bsky.social @alexmoran.bsky.social Katharine Strunk, and Jason Burns). direct.mit.edu/edfp/article... 1/5
Should I Stay or Should I Go (Later)? Teacher Intentions and Turnover in Low-Performing Schools and Districts before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract. Teacher turnover is a perennial concern, especially in low-performing, high-poverty schools. While districts and schools may try to anticipate and mitigate turnover by surveying teachers abo...
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January 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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lindseykaler.bsky.social
So excited that this work is finally published in Exceptional Children! I loved working on this study of the paraeducator workforce with @roddy-theobald.bsky.social @lizbettini.bsky.social and @natejones.bsky.social.

Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
roddy-theobald.bsky.social Roddy Theobald @roddy-theobald.bsky.social · Dec 16
Publication alert! Our @caldercenter.bsky.social work on the paraeducator workforce in WA, joint with @lindseykaler.bsky.social, @lizbettini.bsky.social, & @natejones.bsky.social, is now published in EC!

Journal link: tinyurl.com/4rp8e5sb
Ungated: tinyurl.com/4dwnzy3y
1 pager: tinyurl.com/y7w9jufy
December 17, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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mememedianmode.bsky.social
Education scholars heading to #APPAM2024 - @christocleve.bsky.social and I are organizing an informal happy hour meet up Thursday night 11/21 at The Brass Tap, 7pm! Would love to reconnect with folks while we're all together next week.

Please amplify and feel free to invite others!
November 15, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
Oh yay, this paper is finally out at AERA Open!

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Screenshot of the top of the article. Title is Racial Category Usage in Education Research: Examining the Publications from AERA Journals. Authors are Dominique J Baker, Karly S Ford, Samantha Viano, and Marc P Johnston-Guerrero. Abstract reads: How scholars name different racial groups has powerful salience for understanding what researchers study. We explored how education researchers used racial terminology in recently published high-profile peer-reviewed studies. Our sample included 1,427 original empirical studies published in the nonreview AERA journals from 2009 to 2019. We found that two thirds of articles used at least one racial category term, with an increase from about half to almost three quarters of published studies between 2009 and 2019. Other trends include the increasing popularity of the term Black, the emergence of gender-expansive terms such as Latinx, the popularity of the term Hispanic in quantitative studies, and the paucity of studies with terms connoting missing race data or including terms describing Indigenous and multiracial peoples.
November 15, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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drsamviano.bsky.social
🚨 Out now in Ed Researcher @aeraedresearch.bsky.social a new study with @bakerdphd.bsky.social Karly Ford&Marc Johnston-Guerrero 🚨
We coded a census of original research from AERA journals (2009-19) to surface hidden patterns in authors use racial terminology
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Educational research commonly uses racial terminology but with little understanding of racial classification patterns across the field. In this study, we surface the use of racial terminology using a census of original research published in American Educational Research Association journals between 2009 and 2019. We do so as an ethical quantification exercise, seeking to further social justice goals by encouraging scholarship on racial terminology in educational research. Using latent class analysis, we identify six classes of research ranging from about a third of articles that use almost no racial terminology to an eighth of articles that use terminology extensively. More recently published articles are more likely to be part of classes with extensive or narrow racial terminology usage and less likely to be in classes that are absent racial terminology. Qualitative research is more likely to use extensive racial terminology, and quantitative research is more likely to be absent of or
February 19, 2024 at 10:41 PM
harbatkat.bsky.social
New from me, Katharine Strunk, and Aliyah McIlwain in Econ of Ed: Using a variety of data sources, we show that schools and districts slated for turnaround before the pandemic experienced some of the pandemic's most harmful effects. Ungated: authors.elsevier.com/a/1h%7E-k%7E...
November 8, 2023 at 4:30 PM
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jeremylsinger.bsky.social
We (EPIC) have a new report today on MI's Partnership schools and districts--those identified for additional supports and accountability measures under the state's turnaround policy. The report focused on staffing challenges and resulting consequences during 2022-23. epicedpolicy.org/human-capita...
Education Policy Innovation Collaborative | Human Capital Challenges in Round 4 Partnership District...
Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, a research center devoted to rigorous evidence about education policy. Producing research with consequence
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October 30, 2023 at 5:15 PM
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joshbleiberg.bsky.social
New Brookings Chalkboard post published with @bethschueler.bsky.social & @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social asking the question, Do state takeovers of school districts work? www.brookings.edu/articles/do-...
October 25, 2023 at 1:04 AM
harbatkat.bsky.social
The AIR team is doing super-interesting work on accountability system design!
uozek.bsky.social Umut Özek @uozek.bsky.social · Oct 19
Interesting work from North Carolina...we also have a couple of new reports examining the design of school accountability systems under ESSA and their implications (Ohio and California reports are out, Florida report is coming soon).

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betsyjwolf.bsky.social Betsy Wolf @betsyjwolf.bsky.social · Oct 19
New working paper with @harbatkat.bsky.social on an issue close to my ❤️: school accountability ratings! edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul...
October 19, 2023 at 3:17 PM
harbatkat.bsky.social
We have a new post for Brookings on teacher intentions and actual turnover! Most teachers stay after 1 yr regardless of expressed intent--but intent becomes increasingly predictive over a 3-year period.
www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

Based on our working paper at edworkingpapers.com/ai23-815
October 19, 2023 at 3:01 PM
harbatkat.bsky.social
From me & @betsyjwolf.bsky.social! We show that states can offset loss of stability in growth measures by using multiple years of data for school ratings. Also: growth generates more equitable ratings than proficiency--but still disproportionately penalizes high-poverty, high-URM schools.
Scatterplots of school rating percentiles in year t and t+1 using different weights on growth vs. proficiency and using 1 vs. 3 years of data to generate percentiles. Shows that year-to-year correlations are stronger for proficiency, as expected, but the school rating that weights growth more heavily and uses 3 years of data is as stable as the rating that weights proficiency more heavily using 1 year of data. Bar graph with four panels, each representing a different potential identification rule for low-performing schools. Bars represent 3 quantiles of school poverty (lowest, middle, and highest poverty schools) over 3 possible weighting schemes for school ratings, with 1 being the modal state approach under ESSA, another a weighting scheme that weights proficiency more heavily, and a third that weights growth more heavily. Shows that across all rules and weighting schemes, the highest poverty schools are disproportionately identified in the bottom 5%. But the disparity is largest for the measure that weights proficiency most heavily.
October 19, 2023 at 1:36 PM
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drsamviano.bsky.social
Feels about time for an introduction! I am an Assistant Professor at George Mason University where I teach aspiring educational leaders & researchers. I conduct research on school security, school improvement, high school graduation policies, and racial inequality (when I am not watching reality TV)
October 1, 2023 at 11:24 PM
harbatkat.bsky.social
We have an assistant professor position open in education policy at Florida State, with a focus on teaching in the EdD program. Info below, and I'd be very happy to chat with anyone who has questions about the department, FSU, or anything else you might be wondering about! bit.ly/3rnsk6n
September 27, 2023 at 9:37 PM
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anniewoff.bsky.social
Hello! Consider this an intro for the new space: I'm an Assistant Professor of Higher Education at Florida State, I do research on graduate education, mentoring, and higher ed structures that (disparately) shape students' trajectories - largely focusing on STEM. Also: I love coffee & traveling.
September 22, 2023 at 1:35 PM
harbatkat.bsky.social
Hi everyone! I'm an assistant professor of education policy and evaluation at FSU. My work focuses on policies related to educational equity, with a particular focus on teachers, teacher labor markets, and school accountability and reform. Sometimes I post about that stuff! Also: cats, Stata
September 21, 2023 at 4:59 PM