Research

Laski, Mary E. “Teachers in our Midst: Using Experienced School Staff to Solve Teacher Shortages.” Available as an EdWorkingPaper.

Laski, Mary E. “Principals’ Human Capital Strategies and Teacher Quality: Evidence from North Carolina.”

Hashim, Shirin A. and Mary E. Laski. “The Teacher Labor Market in Context: What We Can Learn from Nurses.” Available as an EdWorkingPaper.

Papay, John P., Eric S. Taylor, John H. Tyler, & Mary E. Laski. (2020). Learning Job Skills from Colleagues at Work: Evidence from a Field Experiment Using Teacher Performance Data. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 12(1), 359-388. Article Link.

Weissbourd, Richard, Milena Batanova, Mary E. Laski, Joseph McIntyre, Eric Torres, Nick Balisciano, Shanae Irving, Sawsan Eskander, & Kiran Bhai. (2023). "Caring for the Caregivers: The Critical Link Between Parent and Teen Mental Health." Making Caring Common. Article Link.

Papay, John P. and Mary E. Laski. (2018). “Exploring Teacher Improvement in Tennessee: A Brief on Reimagining State Support for Professional Learning.” Tennessee Education Research Alliance. Article Link.

Gable, Alexis M. and Mary E. Laski. “The Effects of Local Labor Market Changes on Student Achievement.” (ongoing)

Hashim, Shirin A., Thomas J. Kane, Thomas Kelley-Kemple, Mary E. Laski, & Douglas O. Staiger. “Have Income-Based Achievement Gaps Widened or Narrowed?” NBER Working Paper 27714. Article link. (under review)

Hashim, Shirin A. Thomas Kelley-Kemple, & Mary E. Laski. “An Improved Method for Estimating School-Level Characteristics from Census Data.” EdWorkingPaper: 23-804. Article link. (R&R)

Laski, Mary E. and John P. Papay. “Understanding the Dynamics of Teacher Productivity Development: Evidence on Teacher Improvement in Tennessee.” (ongoing)