CSDE Affiliate Dan Goldhaber (Social Work) recently lead-authored an article which discusses the use of web scraping to analyze teacher job postings and provide real-time insights into teacher shortages. The article, entitled “A Better Measure of Teacher Shortages,” was featured in the Fall 2024 edition of Education Next. The study reveals that schools serving underrepresented minority students in Washington State have greater hiring needs, especially for specialized positions like special education or teachers of English language learners. Read the full study here.

CSDE Trainee Courtney Hill (Epidemiology) and CSDE Affiliate Donald Chi (Oral Health Sciences) co-authored an article entitled “Emergency department use for nontraumatic dental conditions for children with special health care needs enrolled in Oregon Medicaid” in the Journal of the American Dental Association. The article shows that children with special health care needs had significantly higher odds of visiting emergency departments for nontraumatic dental conditions.  The authors also discuss the practical implications of this finding. Read the full article here.