Publications
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2022
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May 01, 2022A 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.April 01, 2022A 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.
2021
February 01, 2021A 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.2020
December 01, 2020A 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.
