@MeaganComb

Executive Director of @wheelock_policy @BUWheelock. Classroom teacher turned policymaker. When you know better, do better. Tweets my own.

 Boston
linkedin.com/in/meagan-comb-51926b93
Joined August 2011
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One of my favorite things that has been said about the community we've been building at WEPC is that we happen to have "just really nice people, the kind that you like coming to work with" (in addition, ofc, to being excellent scholars!) Excited about a new addition in Fall 25!
Wheelock Educational Policy Center@wheelock_policy1 Oct 2024
🚨Job Alert🚨 One month from today (Nov 1st!) we will begin reviewing applications for an Assistant Professor, Educational Policy here @BUWheelock. We're very excited to welcome a new faculty member into the @wheelock_policy (WEPC) community. Please share with networks and reach out with interest! Full details at: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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🚨Job Alert🚨 One month from today (Nov 1st!) we will begin reviewing applications for an Assistant Professor, Educational Policy here @BUWheelock. We're very excited to welcome a new faculty member into the @wheelock_policy (WEPC) community. Please share with networks and reach out with interest! Full details at: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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Very personally invested in each of these individuals & so grateful for all the ways they’ve helped launch, build & make WEPC what it is today. Excited to stay in their orbit & continuing to support & admire their contributions to research/policy. The cake certainly says it all…
Wheelock Educational Policy Center@wheelock_policy2 May 2024
The end of an academic year is always a bit bittersweet as we see some of our favorite people take exciting new steps in their careers (& also because there is usually cake)! @abacherhicks @christocleve @wdelgadophd & Chelsie Ahn - We’re so lucky to have had you in our midst!
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It's certainly been a minute since I've talked publicly about the state of teacher prep, but I am so looking forward to getting back to it w/ two colleagues who've been leading on this front for decades @DavidJChard & Eleonora Villegas-Reimers. Join us! bu.edu/wheelock/news/convers…
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Don't miss WEPC's last paper presentation to close out #AEFP2024! @MingyanDMa presents research with @MarcusAWinters on how #englishlearner reclassification affects long-term student outcomes
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Probably one of my favorite new traditions, a dinner with @wheelock_policy and our policy-focused colleagues at #AEFP2024. Such a treat to have all these super thoughtful people around one table! Thanks to everyone that attended!
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(Hindsight, probably should have rethought the overwhelming presence of the artwork in the background). 😬 Maybe Kate Middleton has some tips?
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Sidrah@sidrahhb14 Mar 2024
Checked moderating a policy talk off my AEFP bucket list! Thanks @lizbeth_bettini @MeaganComb @NateJones_EDU & @RodriguezJax for sharing your insights on the challenges & opportunities of special ed policy research. Excited for all the work to come! @wheelock_policy #AEFP2024
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The 2024 @aefpweb Conference in Baltimore is this week! Check out the full lineup of WEPC faculty and students who will be presenting their work in March here: wheelockpolicycenter.org/eve… @BUWheelock
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🚨Hiring Alert - Searching for someone who: ☑️Knows and cares about early childhood policy ☑️Training/experience applying rigorous quantitative methods to administrative data ☑️Wants to work in a research-practice partnership model mailchi.mp/bu/join-our-team-…
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"There’s going to have to be … some type of significant investment or seismic shift..." says @MeaganComb in @BostonGlobe article highlighting @OliviaLChi @abacherhicks work w/ @MassInc & @Latinos4Ed. bostonglobe.com/2024/02/07/m…

Mass. districts boosted teacher diversity over the last decade, but the diversity of the student...

Educators of color made up 10 percent of the educator workforce in 2022, up from 7 percent a decade earlier, according to the report. However, students of color now make up nearly half of public...

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Had a very “room where it happens” vibe today w/@wheelock_policy’s @OliviaLChi presenting to legislative leaders, 2 MA commissioners & countless educator diversity champions I so admire. Pics = definition of policy-relevant research. Thx to @MassINC & @Latinos4Ed for involving us
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Curious what we were sharing? Olivia and @abacherhicks conducted analyses at the center of a new Mass Inc report out today showing progress but much more to do to realize #teacherdiversity goals here in the commonwealth. massinc.org/research/educato…

In Pursuit of Greatness - MassINC

Bold Strategies to Grow a Strong and Diverse Educator Workforce

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I am so excited to see that @sreesociety has introduced a new section devoted to special ed, chaired by @JasonChow. It's an excellent opportunity to put special ed researchers in conversation with methodologists, policy researchers, and folks from other fields. See you there!
SREE@sreesociety1 Feb 2024
The website is live! sree.org/2024-call #SREE2024
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Check this out! Three @BUWheelock faculty have been named as top Ed Policy Influencers! @DavidJChard @tony_jack @JoshGoodman_BU spr.ly/6012Tuzbn #Influencers #EdPolicy #Boston #Wheelock

Three Faculty Rated Top Educational Policy Influencers

Three BU Wheelock faculty members—Dean David Chard and associate professors Anthony Jack and Joshua Goodman—were recently named among the most influential 200 university-based scholars in educational...

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"I worry that this proposal fails to target funding at students who would most benefit from such efforts" @JoshGoodman_BU opens up about his thoughts on a new proposal calling for free community college for everyone. spr.ly/6014rvgBC

Free community college plan should target those who need it most 

A plan gaining traction with Massachusetts lawmakers to make community college free for all may be appealing, but it could hurt students who would do better attending a four-year college.

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BREAKING: In the State of the Commonwealth, @MassGovernor announces a 5-year early literacy plan to bolster how kids across the state are being taught to read "Children are paying the price. Some are struggling, for years, to catch up — if they even can. So we're changing that."
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Absolutely agree with last sentence of this piece, everyone should be looking closely at these policies and how they are shaping the workforce supply & quality. That said, one important caveat the @wheelock_policy work notes that this piece doesn't fully capture is.. (1/3)
Chad Aldeman@ChadAldeman10 Jan 2024
{New} When COVID hit, states granted waivers to allow teachers "emergency" licenses without their normal training. Were those teachers worse? Today @The74 I dig into research from @brbackes @CEDR_US @abacherhicks @OliviaLChi which suggests maybe not: the74million.org/article/eme…

Emergency-Hired Teachers Do Just as Well as Those Who Go Through Normal Training

Aldeman: Research from NJ and Massachusetts begs the question — why not make their COVID waivers permanent?

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...just how unique the group of individuals coming in on this emergency provision may have been. Small samples, limited years of data and this unprecedented scenario call for some caution in jumping to any immediate conclusions. (2/3)
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My hope is that other states will follow @MASchoolsK12's lead & experiment thoughtfully w/ licensure policy, but do so with a robust research agenda alongside so that we can more firmly settle decades long debates. Both @CEDR_US & @wheelock_policy ready to help that happen (3/3)
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