Michelle Spiegel
I am a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University.
I earned my PhD in education at the University of California, Irvine. I study K-12 education using administrative data in partnership with state departments of education and also study the history of education policy ideas.
email: mspieg@stanford.edu
Peer-reviewed publications
- Spiegel, M., Kuchirko, Y.,& Bandelj, N. (2024). Parental investment and the economization of
parenting. Journal of Cultural Economy, 17(5), 548-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2024.2349601 - Spiegel, M., Clark, L. R.,Domina, T., Radsky, V., Yoo, P. Y., & Penner, A. (2024). Measuring School
Economic Disadvantage. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737231217683 - Bandelj, N., & Spiegel, M. (2024). Pricing the Priceless Childcare: Early Childhood Education for Babies and Toddlers. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12476
- Bandelj, N., & Spiegel, M. (2023). Pricing the priceless child 2.0: children as human capital investment. Theory and Society, 52, 805–830. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11186-022-09508-x
- Spiegel, M., Penner, E. K., & Penner, A. (2022). Inequities in Student Exposure to Lead in Classroom
Drinking Fountains: Descriptive Evidence Comparing Students within and Across
Schools in Portland, Oregon. Urban Education, 59(9), 2797-2825. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859221107611 - Hill, Z., Spiegel, M., Gennetian, L. A., Hamer, K-A., Brotman, L., & Dawson-McClure, D.(2021). Behavioral Economics and Parent Participation in an Evidence-Based Parenting Program at Scale. Prevention Science, 22, 891–902. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-021-01249-0
- Spiegel, M., Hill, Z., & Gennetian, L. A. (2020). Harnessing a behavioral economic framework for
supporting providers in improving early childhood care. Early Years, 42(3),310–326. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2020.1732877 - Hill, Z., Spiegel, M., & Gennetian,L. A. (2020). Pride-based self-affirmations and parenting programs. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 910, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00910
Book chapter
- Spiegel, M., Clark, L. R., Domina, T.,Radsky, V., & Penner, A. (2024). Measuring economic disadvantage in schools in the post-CEP era. In T. Downes & K. Killeen (Eds.), What comes after lunch?: Alternative measures of economic and social disadvantage and their implications. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Spiegel, M., Kuchirko, Y.,& Bandelj, N. (2024). Parental investment and the economization of
Public writing
Spiegel, M., Domina, T., Penner, A. (2024, January 10). Why California Should Retire the
Free or Reduced-Price Meal Measure – and What the State Should Do Next. Policy Analysis for California Education Blog. https://edpolicyinca.org/newsroom/why-california-should-retire-free-or-reduced-price-meal-measure-and-what-state-should-do