Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
LightNews LightNews
banner
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
@mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
1.7K followers 350 following 44 posts
Assistant Professor of Public Policy at UAlbany studying political economy of education policy, former teacher, baker of biscuits, momma.

https://sites.google.com/view/melissa-lyon
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social · Aug 26
📢New @nberpubs w/ @matthewakraft.bsky.social & Matthew Steinberg

We document & examine 772 U.S. teacher strikes from 2007-23—strikes increase compensation & working conditions w/ little effect on achievement w/in 5 yrs. 10+ day strikes decrease math scores short term.
nber.org/papers/w32862
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
We are hiring an assistant professor in public policy!
stevebholt.bsky.social Steve B. Holt @stevebholt.bsky.social · Sep 30
Hi everyone. Some exciting news. We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Public Policy here at Rockefeller College. We are pretty flexible on topic areas. We have a great team here and Albany is a great place to live. #econsky #academicsky

Posting: albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
albany.interviewexchange.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
isabelmperera.bsky.social
Congratulations to Trevor Brown @jhuartssciences.bsky.social for winning the 2025 @apsa.bsky.social Labor Politics A Philip Randolph Award! Here presented by the great @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social 🥳
September 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Comprehensive reporting on what's going on with teachers' unions these days from Sarah Sparks at Edweek.

www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
How Teachers' Unions Are Confronting the Second Trump Era
Can teachers' unions thread the needle between countering widespread anti-union measures and broadening membership and public support?
www.edweek.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
joshcowenmi.bsky.social
Update to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose

Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.

poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
» Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard
poverty.umich.edu
March 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Really insightful connections from @rachelmcohen.bsky.social between what’s happening with DOGE and what happened with k-12 teachers in the 2010s

www.vox.com/donald-trump...
Elon Musk is using the anti-teacher playbook against the entire civil workforce
This didn’t start with DOGE.
www.vox.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
darbysaxbe.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
list of banned keywords
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
andrewdeanho.bsky.social
Let's measure beyond proficiency: Colleagues, please consider signing on to our SEDA letter supporting planned improvements to EDFacts data collection.
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sign-on form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(VIEW ONLY) EDFacts Comment Letter 2025 Clean Draft.docx
January 26, 2025 Stephanie Valentine PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Dev...
docs.google.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
joshua-goodman.com
It's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot.

Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...
January 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
joshua-goodman.com
The article below also features:

- "The Rise & Fall of the Teaching Profession", by @matthewakraft.bsky.social & @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social

edworkingpapers.com/ai22-679

- "Kumon In: The Recent, Rapid Rise of Private Tutoring Centers", by me, Edward Kim & Marty West

edworkingpapers.com/ai21-367
January 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
moreperfectunion.bsky.social
BREAKING: Amazon delivery drivers in Skokie, Illinois have also authorized a strike.

These workers serve thousands and thousands of people in the Chicago area.

The Teamsters gave Amazon a December 15th deadline to come to the bargaining table.
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Dec 13
BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.

The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.

Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
How Amazon Ruined Christmas
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
aaronsojourner.org
Pete Stavros Fellowships in the Economics of Employee Share Ownership - Call for Applications
#FundSocSci #EconSky
smlr.rutgers.edu/institute-st...
Pete Stavros Fellowships in the Economics of Employee Share Ownership - Call for Applications The Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing invites applications for the inaugural Pete Stavros Fellowships in the Economics of Employee Share Ownership from junior and senior scholars with a doctoral degree in economics or a related field (e.g. business, finance, or accounting) and a current academic affiliation with a U.S. college or university. Two $50,000 fellowships will be available for the 2025-2026 academic year to support research projects related to the economics of broad-based employee equity ownership, such as employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and other forms of employee share ownership. Specialists in all subfields of economics and finance are welcome to apply, including those working in the areas of behavioral, labor, organizational, personnel, and public economics; the economics of gender, race, inequality, innovation, and productivity; law and economics; and political economy. Preference will be given to applications that propose to employ cutting-edge theoretical or empirical methodologies that have not previously been used in the study of broad-based employee share ownership, and/or to conduct quantitative analysis of novel datasets. For applied projects, the Institute can also assist with facilitating access to existing data sources. Fellowship recipients will be in residence at their home institutions and may use funds for research-related costs and for travel or other expenses. To apply, please submit a CV and research plan (1000 to 1500 words) with three letters of reference (sent separately by the letter writers) by March 1, 2025 to: fellowship_program@smlr.rutgers.edu. Decisions will be made by May 1, 2025.
December 17, 2024 at 12:10 AM
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Possible Amazon strike in NY

abcnews.go.com/US/amazon-wo...
Amazon workers authorize strike at company's first-ever unionized warehouse
Workers won a headline-grabbing victory in 2022, but remain without a contract.
abcnews.go.com
December 14, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
jenniferberkshire.bsky.social
What will a second Trump term mean for teachers unions?
@mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social tells
@haveyouheard.bsky.social that while unions are a target, going after them may not be as easy as Trump and his allies think on.soundcloud.com/MhVZWQdfS9AJ...
#188 What Will a Second Trump Term Mean for Public Education?
Donald Trump’s return to office is likely to have profound implications for the nation’s public schools. In this episode we start to grapple with five major policy areas that are likely to be impacted
on.soundcloud.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
jenniferberkshire.bsky.social
New @haveyouheard.bsky.social Our schools are in for more chaos and conflict, whatever Trump II brings. @drrachelswhite.bsky.social and Rebecca Jacobsen on the cost of political disruption and how to prepare for what's ahead on.soundcloud.com/dJ1FWoNb69bA...
#187 The Politics of Disruption
Schools are in for more chaos and conflict, whatever specific policies are enacted by a second Trump Administration. We talk to two scholars about just how much the politics of disruption are costing,
on.soundcloud.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:30 PM
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Great new episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social with Rebecca Jacobsen and @drrachelswhite.bsky.social

It has everything! New politics of disruption idea, qualitative and quantitative research, and politics of ed 💯

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
#187 The Politics of Disruption
Podcast Episode · Have You Heard · 11/21/2024 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:45 PM
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
👀 watching these teacher strikes in MA

Beverly and Gloucester went on strike on Friday 11/08/24, and Marblehead went on strike Tuesday 11/12/24.

web.archive.org/web/20241108...
Teachers go on strike in Gloucester and Beverly
The teachers' unions in the two North Shore towns separately voted to strike Thursday night. Both are advocating for better wages for paraprofessionals, parental leave benefits and smaller class sizes...
web.archive.org
November 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
tomdee.bsky.social
Sadly apt to re-up evidence on immigration enforcement's impact on students & schools

Dee, T. & Murphy, M. (2020). Vanished classmates: The effects of local immigration enforcement on student enrollment. American Educational Research Journal 57(2), 694-727.
Ungated files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1...
Event-study showing impact of 287(g) agreements on Hispanic & non-Hispanic enrollment
November 8, 2024 at 10:59 PM
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
📣New at the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard, I summarize big takeaways from my research on 772 teacher strikes over the past 16 years 📣

www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

I have 3 big papers/working papers on strikes (all linked in the post)
The resurgence and impacts of teacher strikes
Melissa Arnold Lyon examines the causes, effects, and political impacts of teacher strikes in the United States since 2007.
www.brookings.edu
November 18, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
drsamviano.bsky.social
There is A LOT of things to stress about in this world, but I need to talk about ClassDojo upselling

1/N
Screenshot of the class dojo app selling the premium version with options of an annual subscription for $5.84 a month for one year or a monthly subscription of $9.99
November 18, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
lucy-sorensen.bsky.social
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
A screenshot of the title and abstract of the paper, also available on the link
November 18, 2024 at 6:46 PM
mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social
Yay Politics & Ed!
bethschueler.bsky.social Beth Schueler @bethschueler.bsky.social · Nov 14
Starter pack for those interested in the politics of education, loosely defined. Please let me know if you'd like to be added (and forgive omissions!). Thanks!
go.bsky.app/4LxftVF
November 15, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
cohodes.bsky.social
The look on my students faces when I told them that race-based admissions preferences are now unconstitutional in the US but selective colleges are just out there setting up their classes to be 50-50 men/women and no one seems to notice or care.

🫠🫠🫠
November 14, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Reposted by Melissa (Mimi) Arnold Lyon
mpolikoff.bsky.social
🔥
cohodes.bsky.social Sarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · Nov 14
The look on my students faces when I told them that race-based admissions preferences are now unconstitutional in the US but selective colleges are just out there setting up their classes to be 50-50 men/women and no one seems to notice or care.

🫠🫠🫠
November 14, 2024 at 12:31 AM