Associate Professor of Education Leadership & Policy @ UT Austin. Founder, The Superintendent Lab. Former school board member & track coach.https://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lmadlxlces2zThe Superintendent Lab (TSL) released a brand new research infographic that explores nuances of superintendent attrition over time using data from the National Longitudinal Superintendent Database 🤓 A few notes about how/why this data came to be…1/3 infograph.venngage.com/pl/spyQgQ77Fi4 https://infograph.venngage.com/pl/spyQgQ77Fi407 Apr 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmadlxlces2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3llcoowlx5223Continued gratitude for our studnet journalists @ The Daily Texan who tirelessly cover impt issues impacting our Longhorn community I recently chatted w Isaiah, Senior News Reporter, for his story “What’s going on with the Department of Education?” Check it out ⤵️ https://thedailytexan.com/2025/03/24/the-daily-texan-explains-whats-going-on-with-the-u-s-department-of-education/26 Mar 2025 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcoowlx5223https://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3llcbq7yni22xI joined @derekgottlieb.bsky.social Dr. Rob DeMeuse on The School Perceptions Podcast to chat about drivers of supt turnover & should be we concerned about it? (hint: i'm mostly concerned some communities are more at risk of experiencing leadership instability) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-school-perceptions-podcast/id1798680246?i=100070073803026 Mar 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcbq7yni22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lklv5khx5s2jGreat read on what U.S. Dept of Ed actually does “For every $1 ED gets from Congressional approps, it spends ~ 3.4 cents to make money flow, enforce the law, & ensure someone picks up phone when one of the tens of millions of student loan borrowers needs help” https://www.slowboring.com/p/what-the-department-of-education?r=9q53h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web17 Mar 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklv5khx5s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lkitkkdzcs23Amazing ending to last nights game〽️ Go Blue!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkitkkdzcs23https://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lkg4uudmac2oLast day, best day @aefpweb.bsky.social #AEFP2025😉 Come join this fun session on conflict🤓 — I’ll be sharing our paper on the cost of conflict to K12 schools & superintendents (spoiler alert🚨 : $3.2 billion on 2023-24)15 Mar 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkg4uudmac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lkdtccajvc2x🚨New pub in AERA Open that uses latent profile analysis to pose a more nuanced, holistic measure of teacher working conditions, allowing one working conditions to move in conjunction with another.14 Mar 2025 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkdtccajvc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lkb7clf7dk2pExcited for the release of the @aefpweb.bsky.social Live Handbook on Education Policy Research! Grateful to contribute two chapters covering ALL THAT WE KNOW from research on (1) superintendents & (2) school boards, w/ wonderful co-author James Bridgeforth🤓 https://livehandbook.org/k-12-education/workforce-administrators/other/superintendents/13 Mar 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb7clf7dk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lkb6wkptwc23Immediate reactions to USED employee RIF shared w/ UT Austin student journalist, Diego ⤵️ https://thedailytexan.com/2025/03/12/u-s-department-of-education-to-cut-half-its-workforce/ Though RIFs are being done in name of efficiency, cuts will lead to more inefficiencies as there are fewer folks carrying out critical supports & oversight mandated by Congress13 Mar 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkb6wkptwc23https://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lk7ari6ybk2y@aefpweb.bsky.social folks! Join us for a collaborative Community Groups Happy Hour on Friday✌🏼🤓 Lite food & drinks are FREE!! Excited for members of the First Gen Community group to have this opportunity to share space with Scholars of Color, Ed Dev, and Policymaker & Practitioner communities!12 Mar 2025 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7ari6ybk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3ljidzqefzs2rThe Superintendent Lab just released the 2024-25 update on supt gender gaps & supt attrition First up: gender gaps through the lens of first names - Michaels, Johns, & Davids made up nearly 10% of all supts - 1 out of 5 supts has one of the 10 first names listed below03 Mar 2025 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljidzqefzs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3ljb2tv77q22nTHE ENERGY from this group of incredible women ed leaders in SoCal was 🔥🔥 Thank you Assoc of California School Admins Region 14 for inviting into this amazing community to share research on supt policy engagement, attrition, & gender inequities at this morning’s Women’s Leadership Breakfast🤓28 Feb 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljb2tv77q22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lhkdzigex22rLoved the opportunity to share our collaborative research on the cost of conflict to k12 public schools & superintendents with @publicschoolsfirstnc.org 🤓07 Feb 2025 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhkdzigex22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lhcnf6m6ls2gLast week, I got to work w supts from across U.S. to develop strategies for leading in our current political context. The convos were powerful, even when things they’re navigating are hard to comprehend. Reminded how impt this position is for our kids & our nation. Grateful for y’all🤓03 Feb 2025 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhcnf6m6ls2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lhcavcjdbs2j [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2025 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhcavcjdbs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lgj2yapscs22Always wonderful to nerd out over supt research w @noellerson.bsky.social 🤓 Such a fun episode to be a part of--primarily focused on a recent study that I was part of explored the costs of conflict to public schls & supts💰 Check out the Pod👇🏽 & the report here https://idea.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/files/costs-of-conflict-report [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jan 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgj2yapscs22https://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lfg47kmqwc2rHeart is so full❤️ Joint-endeavor between pops (a school board member for nearly 40 years now) + me (who studies school governance & is a former school board member, too🤓) for a larger podcast on school boards & democratic governance! Can’t wait to see how this turns out!10 Jan 2025 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfg47kmqwc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lfdf23jmss2mVoters will soon be deciding who to vote for in Spring schl brd elections🗳️ Had a fun convo w @derekgottlieb.bsky.social abt what schl brd members can/should do, supt-brd relations, & how voters may think abt who they want to serve their community in this role https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/19-bonus-what-we-can-and-should-expect-from-school/id1754612543?i=100068332460809 Jan 2025 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdf23jmss2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lfaycuopis2zGrateful to be included among this amazing slate of candidates for AEFP board of directors🤓 Of course, as a scholar of the politics of schl governance & former schl board member, I am hopeful for high voter turnout among AEFPers🗳️& I know AEFP will be in great hands w/ any one from this slate😊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jan 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfaycuopis2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3ld7okdq3wk2fChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 14: “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park #booksky #20BookChallenge [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Dec 2024 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7okdq3wk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3ld3bv6wq5k2r@utaustin.bsky.social College of Education End of Year Celebration — Ed Leadership & Policy Dept style🤘🏼🤓12 Dec 2024 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3bv6wq5k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3ld2naxooic2qChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 13: “Master of the Senate” by Robert Caro #booksky #20BookChallenge [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2024 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2naxooic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drrachelswhite.bsky.social/post/3lcv7razu6k2rChoose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 12: “The Autobiography of Malcom X” as told to Alex Haley #booksky #20BookChallenge [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Dec 2024 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:q5v7a4cgvionglql4efvb6kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcv7razu6k2r