A brief identifying six data-driven opportunities to strengthen teacher recruitment and retention in Providence, with retention of novice teachers and a thin applicant pool as the central challenges.
A brief tracing how Rhode Island districts spent federal recovery funds on curriculum, professional development, and technology — with spending in those areas rising 66% on average, and some districts more than tripling it.
The first brief in Annenberg's ESSER series, finding Rhode Island districts largely used federal recovery dollars to pay existing staff rather than expand hiring, leaving staffing levels flat.
A brief testing the teacher shortage narrative against Providence data — finding vacancies stubbornly high and retention down, but no mass exodus, with hiring the bigger bottleneck.
A brief on how Rhode Island districts planned to spend the first $205 million in federal recovery funds, and what those choices signal for the state's school system.
A brief testing the "exodus of teachers" narrative against Providence data, finding retention dipped modestly and that non-classroom transfers and leaves drove staffing gaps as much as attrition.
A brief on Providence's teacher recruitment, finding earlier hiring cut vacancies and brought in more teachers of color, while English learner, math, and science positions remain hardest to fill.
A brief on teacher vacancies in Providence, where roughly 100 positions have historically gone unfilled by the first day — and what the district's push to hire earlier changed.
The Boston Globe walks through Annenberg's post-pandemic assessment of Rhode Island schools — enrollment down roughly 8,000 students, chronic absenteeism climbing sharply, and college-going falling from 70 to 62 percent.
NBC 10 covers Annenberg's finding that Providence retains 88 percent of teachers but is losing more to other Rhode Island districts than it gains, with the applicant pool still too thin.
This talk will explore how school closures affect district finances, sharing emerging research on the financial impacts of reorganization and examining how equity can inform district decision-making and long-term planning.
NBC 10 reports on Rhode Island's $645 million in federal recovery funding and the hiring challenge it creates, with Annenberg's Nate Schwartz on what the money could reshape.
Brown News covers Power to the Pupil, a participatory budgeting event where 120 Providence eighth graders decided how to spend $100,000 on their schools, with support from Annenberg staff.
Susan Moffitt will discuss research on access to public school board meetings, exploring how meeting structures and civic participation shape opportunities for community engagement in education governance.
This talk will explore the relationship between school spending and child well-being, examining how education investments may shape student experiences, development, and outcomes.
Annenberg Ed Policy Workshop – Effects of Unrestricted Gifts in Higher Education: Evidence from MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving with Silvia Robles, Anjali Pai, Aizat Nurshatayeva, and Anna Paulson
The Brown Daily Herald covers Annenberg's PPSD staffing report, with author Kate Donohue on retention, and on why the district's applicant pool can't yet meet its teacher diversity targets.
This talk will examine how teacher licensure exams influence the supply of available teachers, exploring the role of certification requirements in shaping educator pathways and workforce development.
The Boston Globe covers Annenberg's finding that Providence retained 93 percent of teachers annually over five years, above the national average, despite a jump in departures.
