Edu policy peeps! I'm co-chairing the edu section for APPAM 2026 conference with @doughesm.bsky.social @taylorodle.bsky.social and @brittanyvasquez.bsky.social - if you would be interested in reviewing submissions, please let us know! We're aiming for about ~10 per reviewer. @appam.bsky.social

I enjoyed joining @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social to discuss the new mythologies of higher education. Net tuition is not soaring, the value of a degree is not plummeting and neither is four-year college enrollment. educationgadflyshow.substack.com/p/is-the-col...

Is the “college enrollment crisis” a myth?

Episode 998 of The Education Gadfly Show

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It’s a good day for Valley Winter Song from @fountainsofwayne.bsky.social

Headed to #2025APPAM ? Come see our @bostoncollege.bsky.social colleagues doing policy research present their findings!! Including outstanding job market candidate @yerinyoon.bsky.social

Yerin Yoon@yerinyoon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Policy researchers from @bostoncollege.bsky.social will be at #2025APPAM! I’ll be presenting in a session on Thursday from 3:30–5:00pm featuring a wonderful set of papers examining the impact of career and technical education (CTE). Looking forward to seeing everyone!👋

🚨There is a lot of policy movement to expand career & technical Ed but little evidence of what to expect from such expansion. Our WP provides evidence from MA on take up & ➕impacts in the first 5 yrs after HS. #cte

Annenberg Institute@annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: @yerinyoon.bsky.social and @doughesm.bsky.social show that in Massachusetts, CTE expansion increased participation by 11.5% and improved early employment for Black or Hispanic students and earnings for male students. 📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1312

What Makes Some CTE Programs Great While Others Fall Short? by Hannah Kistler, @doughesm.bsky.social & @annenberginstitute.bsky.social's Christina Claiborne www.the74million.org/article/what...

What Makes Some CTE Programs Great While Others Fall Short?

Kistler, Dougherty and Claiborne: A new brief pinpoints the features of high-quality programs and the steps states and districts should take.

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What makes a Career & Technical Education program more than a set of electives? New research synthesizes decades of studies to highlight what works—and what doesn’t—in CTE → buff.ly/luCPS7F

📢New working paper (a chapter from my dissertation), co-authored with @doughesm.bsky.social, is now posted at the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston! Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes? (1/n) www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...

Looking at job postings helps define the counterfactual. I might be on my own, but I find this exercise helpful.

New publication showing how high school #CTE can help smooth the transition to the workforce for students with #Disability - Joint w/ @UConn colleagues & @CTTechHS doi.org/10.3102/0013... Excited to see this in print!

🚨Interested in a PhD focusing on quant methods and education & social policy? I'm recruiting this year at @bclynchschool in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment program www.bc.edu/bc-web/schoo...

Ever closer to being a *former* Cowboys fan Sources: Cowboys are trading three-time All-Pro LB Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. .

This isn't news to those in ed research, but is a critical reminder for policy and community folks whose academic pedigrees make them inclined towards one, non-representative view of college education: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...

The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think

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Today marks the start of my 13th year as a faculty member, and 17 years since choosing to leave my job as a K12 educator so that I could gain the skills to research the impact of policy and practice on outcomes. Grateful for for all of this.

I need to learn the 'hot keys' for exiting zoom and teams meetings. My cursor response time leaves me awkwardly lingering too often

“scandalous uninterest in the appearance of things isnt the price anyone should pay for policy achievements.The price our kids will pay is a degraded, embarrassing …oligarchic govt. It’ll be hard for them to be idealistic & brave w that around their necks” www.wsj.com/opinion/brok...

Opinion | Broken Windows at the White House

Republicans need to address signs of disorder for their own good and the good of the country.

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when the dual-factor authenticator asks if I am enjoying the app, why isn't there a third response option, "Necessary Evil"?

In a sea of bad takes & talking heads dunking on those out of power this is a great piece - as a graduate of a flagship and an elite uni, not really surprising, but it's solid work: www.educationnext.org/the-surprisi...

The Surprising Role of Public Universities in Forging America’s Leaders

Flagship graduates outnumber elite-school alums in many positions of power and achievement, especially in state government

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I appreciate this op-ed is staking out a position that honors a broader range of work than only occupations that require a college degree. It shouldn't be necessary, but it has been long in coming. However, we all suffer if we pretend to live in an either-or world. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...

Opinion | Stop Trying to Make Everyone Go to College

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From high school to the middle class - Not even out of high school yet, these shop students are already landing job offers in skilled trades that pay $70,000 a year www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

The High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers

Companies with shortages of skilled workers look to shop class to recruit future hires; “like I’m an athlete getting all this attention from all these pro teams.”

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Shaun M. Dougherty@doughesm.bsky.social · last yr.

From high school to the middle class - Not even out of high school yet, these shop students are already landing job offers in skilled trades that pay $70,000 a year

From high school to the middle class - Not even out of high school yet, these shop students are already landing job offers in skilled trades that pay $70,000 a year

📘The Handbook on Inequality and COVID-19 is just out! Excited to share that @doughesm.bsky.social, Hannah C. Kistler, and I contributed a chapter titled “Changes in Public School Enrollment: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” You can read the chapter here: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

Edward Elgar Publishing@elgarpublishing.bsky.social · last yr.

Now available: Handbook on Inequality and COVID-19, edited by Kenneth A. Couch of @uconn.bsky.social Free content is available at: doi.org/10.4337/9781... More information: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... #COVID19 #Pandemic #Inequality #Health #SocialPolicy

If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion 1/N Big picture: Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure) - load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review -These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means

Andrew Ho@andrewdeanho.bsky.social · last yr.

Research with restricted-use data is more precise, powerful, and relevant. Faculty and staff will be working through the weekend to answer important research questions before we no longer can. This is not normal, necessary, or efficient.

Excited for #AEFP2025 starting Thursday! Our BC group will present papers on Catholic Ed and Career & Technical Education, plus @doughesm.bsky.social 's two special sessions. If you're interested in these topics, see you there! I'll be presenting on the impact of HS CTE expansion Friday morning.

At the close of CTE month, and amidst relative chaos in education, a reminder of shared values and how education connects to economic opportunity: Great reporting from ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ The Schools Reviving Shop Class Offer a Hedge Against the AI Future

The wealthiest have a responsibility to use their vast resources to do good and reduce suffering. This applies equally to individuals and nations. Religious or secular, this is broadly held as a value

Sport offers a chance for leadership and to build community

My feed is chock full of Philadelphia Eagles 🦅 coverage. Appreciate the excellence, joy, and passion exhibited by athletes and artists these last two Sundays. Kendrick and Jalen principle among them.

co-authors be advised: Other people can employ the word "utilize" in their writing, but I will not.

Knowing what works, for whom, and under what conditions is one of the most powerful tools I can imagine in public policy. Adding cost effectiveness analysis can improve efficiency while understanding context supports generalizability.