Thread of my own work that has used data from Department of Education and columns that have focused on research funded by them 1/N Inequality in college graduation rates Uses data from Education Longitudinal Study, conducted by Department of Education www.nytimes.com/2015/06/02/u...

Republicans 2002: “We need evidence-based education policy” Republicans 2025: “Pls destroy any evidence that could inform education policy”

Investments in universal pre-K have high returns, largely driven by the substantial effect on parents’ earnings. From @johneric.bsky.social, Christopher Neilson, @xiaoyangye.bsky.social & Seth Zimmerman: youtu.be/YxexiLODdHE (Yale Economics, Yale Tobin Center, Yale SOM)

In an ideal world we would have a government statistical agency doing this work of counting college students However Congress has banned the existence of a federal “unit record” data system bc higher ed lobbyists pressed them to Wouldn’t want transparency and accountability after all

It's not everyday that I wake up to a front page article in the Boston Globe featuring a colleague of mine, complete with photo shoot. Today is that day! Fantastic coverage of the teacher workforce research that @oliviachi.bsky.social does here at BU Wheelock. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/14/b...

Hometown newspaper, 1999