Glad I had the opportunity to contribute to this @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social, which is an important tool for education researchers and policymakers!

AEFP Live Handbook@aefplivehandbook.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Housing and education are closely connected. In her chapter, Sarah A. Cordes examines how factors such as housing quality, stability, and neighborhood location shape students’ educational opportunities and outcomes:https://livehandbook.org/k-12-education/aspects-of-choice/housing/

I'm hiring a postdoc to assist with creating a longitudinal dataset of state charter school funding laws. More info in the position description. Please share!

Job alert! I’m hiring a postdoc! More details to come but the main responsibility will be working with me to create a dataset of state charter school funding laws. The bigger project is looking to see how the characteristics of these laws shape the fiscal impacts of charters on districts.

2025 was the first time ED missed the June 1 deadline, which was established in 2002. ies.ed.gov/ies/2025/01/... And this report dates back almost 160 years, when the federal government began tracking education data. nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/di... (4/9)

BREAKING: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he has ordered the FDA to consider new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion — and that President Trump, not scientists or doctors, will make the final decision.

Affecting 1 in 5 people, transportation insecurity is America's overlooked hardship. New research from Alexandra Murphy and @natashap.bsky.social uses the Transportation Security Index to provide insights on this prevalent challenge. #EconSky #PolicySky psc.isr.umich.edu/news/transpo...

"Now the responsibility of posting these grant opportunities is poised to rest with DOGE — and if its employees delay those postings or stop them altogether, “it could effectively shut down federal-grant making,” said one federal official who spoke on the condition of anonymity" wapo.st/42uavRC

DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions

A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.

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Is there a rule of thumb about how long it should take a school -based intervention to start working?

In addition to being morally wrong this is also just plain old wrong as shown by research by @kevinshih.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Do international students crowd-out or cross-subsidize Americans in higher education?

Recent growth in international enrollment at U.S. universities has raised controversy. While critics accuse international students of displacing Ameri…

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Georg Weizsäcker@georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · last yr.

"Last week, Vance said foreign students at elite U.S. universities are 'not just bad for national security,' but also 'bad for the American dream, for American kids who want to go to a nice university but can’t because their spot was taken by a foreign student.'" www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

Chelsea G. Summers@chelseagsummers.bsky.social · last yr.

So on March 9, a French scientist, on a visa to attend a conference in Houston, was denied entry to the US and subsequently expelled because his phone had messages decrying scientific policies put forward by the Trump administration: www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

2/N Textbook treatment of this is in Mostly Harmless Econometrics Ch 3, showing that OLS w micro data gives you the same result as OLS w appropriately defined means

What a surreal experience to be leading a workshop for education researchers on how to write about their research, in a building directly across from the US Capitol, and wake up to discover that the entire national education statistical staff has been fired.

I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.

Travis T. York, Ph.D. (he/they)@travisyork.bsky.social · last yr.

🧪The entire staff of the Department of Education’s NCES-a vital independent statistical agency - has just been RIFed. The continued erasure of data and evidence allows for the Trump administration to hide the impact of their corruption. #EduSky #Scisky @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social

“Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” #internationalwomensday

Needed: Recommendations/suggestions for someone who can teach an in-person Econ of Ed course for undergrad and master’s students at Temple next spring. Please DM me!

We're hiring a TT faculty member in urban education! I'm not on the search committee because I'm sabbatical in the spring, but happy to answer whatever questions I am able and/or put you in touch with members of the committee! jobs.chronicle.com/job/37567846...