Research

My research covers a range of topics in education, public policy, and quantitative methods, with a particular focus on K-12 education funding.

Journal Articles

A National Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of Public Montessori Preschool at the End of Kindergarten

Angeline S. Lillard, David Loeb, Juliette Berg, Maya Escueta, Karen Manship, Alison Hauser, and Emily Daggett

2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

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Absence Unexcused: Using Administrative Data to Explore Patterns and Predictors of Habitual Truancy in Pennsylvania

Ericka S. Weathers, Ismael G. Muñoz, and David Loeb

2023, The High School Journal

 
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Under Review

The Impact of the Medicaid "Free Care" Reversal on School District Finances and Staffing
 
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In Progress

Do School Finance Reforms Reduce Non-Education State Spending?

with Chris Wodicka

 
School District Demographic Change and the Willingness to Fund Local Public Schools
 
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Policy Reports & Briefs

Massachusetts Child Care Cost Models: Report on 2024 Cost Research and Cost Model Updates

Amanda Danks, Maya Escueta, Isaac Kaplan, Austin Gragson, David Loeb, and Ashley Darang

2025, American Institutes for Research

 
The Benefits of Adequacy: Estimating the Economic Impacts of Pennsylvania's Basic Education Funding Commission Proposal

David Loeb, Katie Pullom, and Brooks Bowden

2024, Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education

Press: The Philadelphia Inquirer , Chalkbeat , KYW Newsradio , The Philadelphia Tribune , Spotlight PA

 
The Availability of Truancy Data Across States

Ericka S. Weathers and David Loeb

2022, The Learning Curve, Urban Institute

 
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