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1/Twelve studies on what the Great Recession meant for schools — hinting at what another downturn will mean https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/22/21230992/great-recession-schools-research-lessons-coronavirus
2/Education spending fell and didn't recover for years https://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/k-12-school-funding-up-in-most-2018-teacher-protest-states-but-still
3/Income and sales taxes (state revenue) cratered whereas property tax (local revenue) held relatively steady https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/edfp_a_00245
4/Because high-poverty districts are more reliant on state revenue, they were hit harder https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/7/21225437/school-budgets-are-in-big-trouble-especially-in-high-poverty-areas-here-s-why-and-what-could-help (study via @dsknight84)
5/States with weaker teachers unions (where collective bargaining in barred) made deeper spending cuts (even accounting for other factors) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0895904819881161 (study via @walkerswain)
6/Turning to teacher layoffs: Losing an effective teacher hurt students' test scores in subsequent years https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mkraft/files/kraft_-_teacher_layoffs_-_publication_version_0.pdf (study via @MatthewAKraft)
7/In some districts -- eg Los Angeles -- low-income and Black and Hispanic students were more likely to be affected by teacher layoffs https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/0013189X16670899 (study again via @dsknight84)
8/The threat of layoffs hurt teachers' performance https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pam.22074 (study via @KatharineStrunk)
9/Teachers became less satisfied with their work, possibly because of budget stress. (Though teachers were also probably less likely to voluntarily leave.) https://www.metlife.com/content/dam/microsites/about/corporate-profile/MetLife-Teacher-Survey-2012.pdf
10/Private schools lost students, straining public school budgets https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cgc.asp + https://aefpweb.org/sites/default/files/webform/42/Lamb%20&%20Mbekeani_AEFP.pdf
11/States made dramatic policy changes to chase a small pot of federal money https://www.educationnext.org/results-president-obama-race-to-the-top-reform/
12/Increases in student mobility from the downturn (and foreclosures specifically) hurt affected students and their classmates https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED564126.pdf
13/Ultimately, the Great Recession and the education cuts it led to appear to have hurt students (studies via @k_a_shores + @KiraboJackson) https://works.bepress.com/c_kirabo_jackson/35/ + https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2332858419877431
14/14 Here's the full piece with links to all the studies, including some bonus ones https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/4/22/21230992/great-recession-schools-research-lessons-coronavirus
