Bryan Mann

New policy brief from GEPAL "Strategies to support suburban school districts experiencing demographic shifts": hdl.handle.net/1808/36223

A lifetime ago, in my very first job, I worked as a college admissions dean for my alma mater. We always held admitted students’ visit weekend in April, and I was blown away to learn that the admission staff could predict the “yield” from that event (the share of visitors who’d enroll) based on the forecast. ☀️ = the class might be over-enrolled ☔️ = we might be going to the wait list They were never wrong in their weather-based predictions. I’ve always considered this to be a fascinating indicator about the whole college application endeavor.

@ImRachelWhite Congrats!

How I have always described UCEA to others is: “the place that raised me to be the scholar I am today” To be selected for this award means so much❤️ As I reflect on prior winners & how they’ve transformed the field of ed leadership, I’m humbled to be a part of that community

@Paul__Bruno Did you see it in IMAX?

Oppenheimer is really good.

"How can policy makers build an equitable school system for the students who privileged families avoid? (cont-d) (6/7)

"School choice proponents use language like “parents should vote with their feet” to conflate market and democratic ideals, but these are not the same... True democracies are more than the sum of individual preferences." p. 25 (4/7)

"[The system] expects parents to be active choosers, and, in turn, parents expect someone else to fix problems within the schools. These norms exacerbate two equity issues: parents without the resources are left behind, and individualization perpetuates segregation." p. 23 (3/7)

@markwarschauer They also slide this number to the bottom of the receipt. The only way I found it was surprising luck with searching my email. Good luck getting the app to work before the conference ends, though! Many lags on my end.

@SchlFinance101 @umiamiSEHD @DeanKohnWood Congrats!

I'm pleased to announce I will be joining @umiamiSEHD in the Fall of 2022 as chair of the Teaching and Learning Department. Looking forward to working with @DeanKohnWood and others at UM. Big things ahead!

In some places, the population of the county is changing to become more diverse from 2000 to now. In others, patterns of neighborhood segregation remain unchanged. West of Wilmington diversified. Northeast remained an area with high proportions of residents who are Black.

We did a study like this in Alabama: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…. We learned population change led to more racially isolated schools there. This isn’t necessarily true in urban parts of the United States, but now I have seen this trend in two rural places in the country.

The population in this part of Mississippi is experiencing white flight. This means in a country (USA) that is diversifying, this area is less racially diverse now than in 2000.

Well, not quite. My freedom is bound up with yours, especially in a pandemic. When you make risky choices, you increase my risk of disease. Your decision feeds and grows the pandemic just as a fire grows when fuel is added. The bigger the fire, the more people get burned.

The other school is still not in person. All classes are online.

The one funded by tuition. This happened because this is what its organizational incentives told it to do: Risk people's lives rather than go broke. It is a sad consequence of a market system in a pandemic.