Paul Bruno
@paul-bruno.com
Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Organization, & Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Former middle school science teacher in Oakland and Los Angeles.
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Paul Bruno
@paul-bruno.com
· Jan 29
New from me in Education Finance & Policy: Pandemic-Era School Staff Shortages: Evidence from Unfilled Position Data in Illinois
doi.org/10.1162/edfp...
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We inherited an ecobee thermostat in our new place. And while it can *manually* turn on the heat if you want to "test the equipment" sometimes it just doesn't do that automatically even if it knows the temperature is too low, until you reset to factory settings. Is this a known/solved problem?
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We inherited an ecobee thermostat in our new place. And while it can *manually* turn on the heat if you want to "test the equipment" sometimes it just doesn't do that automatically even if it knows the temperature is too low, until you reset to factory settings. Is this a known/solved problem?
The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges lao.ca.gov/Publications...
"State Is Not Well Positioned for New Ongoing Commitments"
"State Is Not Well Positioned for New Ongoing Commitments"
The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges
We forecast that increases to the Proposition 98 guarantee in 2024-25 and 2025-26, coupled with a preexisting payment obligation, require the state to provide nearly $7.4 billion in one-time funds for schools and community colleges. For 2026-27, we estimate the guarantee is $117.8 billion, an increase of $3.2 billion (2.8 percent) from the previously enacted level. This growth—combined with a required reserve withdrawal—would be just enough to fund a 2.51 percent statutory cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The state could use the one-time funds to build budget resiliency, which seems especially important given the risks of a stock market downturn.
lao.ca.gov
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges lao.ca.gov/Publications...
"State Is Not Well Positioned for New Ongoing Commitments"
"State Is Not Well Positioned for New Ongoing Commitments"
The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education lao.ca.gov/Publications...
The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education
This post summarizes Proposition 98 funding and K-12 education spending in the 2025-26 budget package.
lao.ca.gov
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education lao.ca.gov/Publications...
A New Measure of Economic Vulnerability for Better Policymaking – Creating a Household Living Budget at the Census Tract Level Using Publicly Available Data www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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November 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A New Measure of Economic Vulnerability for Better Policymaking – Creating a Household Living Budget at the Census Tract Level Using Publicly Available Data www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Does Free College “Work” for Adults? Enrollment Impacts of Michigan Reconnect journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...
"increased adult enrollment in community colleges by 38%, with larger gains among women and younger adults...entirely driven by growth in part-time students"
"increased adult enrollment in community colleges by 38%, with larger gains among women and younger adults...entirely driven by growth in part-time students"
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November 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Does Free College “Work” for Adults? Enrollment Impacts of Michigan Reconnect journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...
"increased adult enrollment in community colleges by 38%, with larger gains among women and younger adults...entirely driven by growth in part-time students"
"increased adult enrollment in community colleges by 38%, with larger gains among women and younger adults...entirely driven by growth in part-time students"
Uncovering the Complex Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Executive Functions on Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Uncovering the Complex Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Executive Functions on Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - Educational Psychology Review
Extensive research has examined the impact of socioeconomic status (SES) on academic achievement, highlighting executive functions as the critical mechanisms linking the two. However, whether executiv...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Uncovering the Complex Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Executive Functions on Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Illini Defense Suffocates Western Kentucky in 70-41 Blowout Win
Illinois forces 25 turnovers and holds Western Kentucky to just seven fourth-quarter points to turn a two-point first-quarter deficit into a 29-point blowout win. By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Staff Writer November 26, 2025 CHAMPAIGN...
Illinois forces 25 turnovers and holds Western Kentucky to just seven fourth-quarter points to turn a two-point first-quarter deficit into a 29-point blowout win. By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Staff Writer November 26, 2025 CHAMPAIGN...
Illini Defense Suffocates Western Kentucky in 70-41 Blowout Win - IlliniGuys.com
By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Staff Writer
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November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Illini Defense Suffocates Western Kentucky in 70-41 Blowout Win
Illinois forces 25 turnovers and holds Western Kentucky to just seven fourth-quarter points to turn a two-point first-quarter deficit into a 29-point blowout win. By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Staff Writer November 26, 2025 CHAMPAIGN...
Illinois forces 25 turnovers and holds Western Kentucky to just seven fourth-quarter points to turn a two-point first-quarter deficit into a 29-point blowout win. By Matt Stevens - IlliniGuys Staff Writer November 26, 2025 CHAMPAIGN...
The Leniency of Low Expectations: Parental Incarceration, Race, and Teachers’ Evaluations of Student Writing www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
The Leniency of Low Expectations: Parental Incarceration, Race, and Teachers’ Evaluations of Student Writing1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 131, No 3
In the era of mass incarceration, scholars have linked the expansion of the criminal legal system to the development and persistence of disparities in education. Leveraging a survey-based experiment w...
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November 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The Leniency of Low Expectations: Parental Incarceration, Race, and Teachers’ Evaluations of Student Writing www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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Another quarter beating 3 pointer for the Illini. This time is Berry Wallace. She's up to 16 through 3 quarters. Illinois take a 46-34 lead into the 4th quarter at home. #WCBB
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Another quarter beating 3 pointer for the Illini. This time is Berry Wallace. She's up to 16 through 3 quarters. Illinois take a 46-34 lead into the 4th quarter at home. #WCBB
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Maddie Webber hits a deep 3 at the buzzer to give Illinois a 27-23 lead at halftime.
Very sluggish game so far. Illinois will look to produce better quality looks offensively in the 2nd half. #WCBB
Very sluggish game so far. Illinois will look to produce better quality looks offensively in the 2nd half. #WCBB
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Maddie Webber hits a deep 3 at the buzzer to give Illinois a 27-23 lead at halftime.
Very sluggish game so far. Illinois will look to produce better quality looks offensively in the 2nd half. #WCBB
Very sluggish game so far. Illinois will look to produce better quality looks offensively in the 2nd half. #WCBB
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I have a new article out reflecting on everything that has happened financially in 2025 and where we go from here.
Journal version: doi.org/10.1080/0009...
Pre-publication copy: kelchenoneducation.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Journal version: doi.org/10.1080/0009...
Pre-publication copy: kelchenoneducation.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Understanding and Responding to the Changing Financial Landscape of Higher Education
Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 57, No. 6, 2025)
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November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I have a new article out reflecting on everything that has happened financially in 2025 and where we go from here.
Journal version: doi.org/10.1080/0009...
Pre-publication copy: kelchenoneducation.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Journal version: doi.org/10.1080/0009...
Pre-publication copy: kelchenoneducation.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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Last week, I presented ongoing work with my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, at #2025APAMM, as part of an amazing panel! Our work examined how school hiring committees operate using actual hiring data from one Illinois school district. I truly appreciated attentive listening and insightful discussion! :)
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Last week, I presented ongoing work with my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, at #2025APAMM, as part of an amazing panel! Our work examined how school hiring committees operate using actual hiring data from one Illinois school district. I truly appreciated attentive listening and insightful discussion! :)
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California Republican suddenly supporting a national partisan gerrymandering ban. IT’S GAME THEORY BABY THINK OF THE STRATEGERY, WE PLAYING DEFECT-DEFECT NOT DEFECT-COOPERATE, IT’S TIT FOR TAT, CONSIDER THE INCENTIVES
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
California Republican suddenly supporting a national partisan gerrymandering ban. IT’S GAME THEORY BABY THINK OF THE STRATEGERY, WE PLAYING DEFECT-DEFECT NOT DEFECT-COOPERATE, IT’S TIT FOR TAT, CONSIDER THE INCENTIVES
Labor market outcomes of formal vocational education and training: a meta-analysis www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"VET versus general education yields a small positive effect (g = 0.021), increasing employment by 4.8 percentage points (p.p.) but showing no impact on wages."
"VET versus general education yields a small positive effect (g = 0.021), increasing employment by 4.8 percentage points (p.p.) but showing no impact on wages."
Labor market outcomes of formal vocational education and training: a meta-analysis
This meta-analysis synthesizes 39 studies (1990–2022) on the effects of formal Vocational Education and Training (VET) on labor market outcomes using causal counterfactual methods. Using Hedges’ g ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Labor market outcomes of formal vocational education and training: a meta-analysis www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"VET versus general education yields a small positive effect (g = 0.021), increasing employment by 4.8 percentage points (p.p.) but showing no impact on wages."
"VET versus general education yields a small positive effect (g = 0.021), increasing employment by 4.8 percentage points (p.p.) but showing no impact on wages."
I finally got all of that Sufjan Stevens Christmas music, lfg.
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I finally got all of that Sufjan Stevens Christmas music, lfg.
Parking isn't/shouldn't be free, etc., but as a Californian this is always kind of funny to me because the rest of the year they never charge more than like $7/day and often as little as $0.
The City of Champaign is once again offering up to two hours of free parking at the Hill Street parking deck this December. The effort is to encourage residents and visitors to frequent downtown businesses and restaurants.
Park for free in Downtown Champaign - SPlog
The City of Champaign is once again offering up to two hours of free parking at the Hill Street parking deck this December. The effort is to encourage residents and visitors to frequent downtown busin...
www.smilepolitely.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Parking isn't/shouldn't be free, etc., but as a Californian this is always kind of funny to me because the rest of the year they never charge more than like $7/day and often as little as $0.
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Same as last year, performances will occur at Fire Doll, Rose Bowl Tavern, The Space, Loose Cobra, and Exile on Main Street.
Derailed Fest by Pretzle Records returns December 3-7 - SPlog
Derailed Fest, the spin-off of Railfest (previously held at the Brass Rail), will be presented by the local indie record label Pretzle Records once again. This year, Derailed Fest will be held from De...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Same as last year, performances will occur at Fire Doll, Rose Bowl Tavern, The Space, Loose Cobra, and Exile on Main Street.
"Relay-trained teachers are more effective at improving student attendance & marginally effective at reducing suspensions compared to non-Relay teachers....particular impact on students of color, male students, & those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Effects of a non-traditional teacher preparation program on non-test outcomes: evidence from relay graduate school of education in New York City
This study examines the effects of a non-traditional teacher preparation program, the Relay Graduate School of Education, on non-test outcomes for New York City public school students in Grades 3–8...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Relay-trained teachers are more effective at improving student attendance & marginally effective at reducing suspensions compared to non-Relay teachers....particular impact on students of color, male students, & those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"We find improvements in students’ grit and interpersonal self-management when matched to teachers of their race and gender. Black female students drive these effects. We also find that matching reduces absences and suspensions, especially for Black students." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"We find improvements in students’ grit and interpersonal self-management when matched to teachers of their race and gender. Black female students drive these effects. We also find that matching reduces absences and suspensions, especially for Black students." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
One thing that's funny about this is just the other day I had to block a few people for berating me for sharing a study- not mine! - that was not sufficiently positive about AI. (Because if you say something negative about AI that is...ableist, I guess? So still "this platform" vibes, maybe.)
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
One thing that's funny about this is just the other day I had to block a few people for berating me for sharing a study- not mine! - that was not sufficiently positive about AI. (Because if you say something negative about AI that is...ableist, I guess? So still "this platform" vibes, maybe.)
Deficit pushes Champaign to consider raising parking meter rates dailyillini.com/news-stories...
Given our terrific bus service it probably makes sense not to subsidize parking so much.
Given our terrific bus service it probably makes sense not to subsidize parking so much.
Deficit pushes Champaign to consider raising parking meter rates - The Daily Illini
Champaign is weighing its first parking meter rate increase in over 15 years, as the city works to close a deficit in its parking fund.
dailyillini.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Deficit pushes Champaign to consider raising parking meter rates dailyillini.com/news-stories...
Given our terrific bus service it probably makes sense not to subsidize parking so much.
Given our terrific bus service it probably makes sense not to subsidize parking so much.
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This is what I look like when someone is explaining a new board game's rules to me
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This is what I look like when someone is explaining a new board game's rules to me
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This New Yorker cartoon from 1940 gets me every time
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This New Yorker cartoon from 1940 gets me every time
I can't keep track of whether the idea is to punish him for doing something totally legal or for encouraging other people to do something totally legal.
Sen. Mark Kelly told NPR "it just doesn't make any sense" for him to face a military court-martial after he and other Democratic lawmakers released a video reminding active-duty troops that they don't have to follow illegal orders.
Sen. Mark Kelly: Trump and Hegseth don't 'understand the Constitution'
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and other congressional Democrats released a video last week letting service members know they can refuse illegal orders. Kelly is now being investigated for misconduct.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I can't keep track of whether the idea is to punish him for doing something totally legal or for encouraging other people to do something totally legal.
Guess we took care of it. trends.google.com/trends/explo...
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Guess we took care of it. trends.google.com/trends/explo...