📣 Our new research brief (with @doughesm.bsky.social) is out in Educational Researcher! In many states, demand for high-quality Career and Technical Education (CTE) has grown faster than program supply, raising concerns about who gets access. [1/n]

Some research suggests that career and technical schools keep boys on track to graduation. Lynch School Professor Shaun M. Dougherty provides insights for the @hechingerreport.org https://bit.ly/Dougherty_HR051726

WEPC is hiring a Research Scientist to lead quantitative research on Connecticut's educator workforce! Boston-based, $85-100K, starts Summer/Fall 2026. Learn more below and apply by sending a letter of interest + CV to [email protected].

Check out the @aefpweb.bsky.social YouTube channel! 🎉Recordings include Applying to Dissertation Fellowships, How District & State Leaders Shape AI Adoption, Intro to DAAF w/ @brhkim.bsky.social, & Breaking into Education Consulting w/ @bakerdphd.bsky.social www.youtube.com/@aefpweb

📣 Join our webinar! I’ll be there as one of the panelists and share my AERA-NSF experience!

Honored to announce that I've been selected as a 2026 Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Dissertation Awardee!🎉 The Foundation's mission, supporting social policy research that helps meet the challenges of today's complex society, is one I deeply believe in. (1/2)

The AERA-NSF Grants Program provides dissertation grants to graduate students and small research grants to doctoral level scholars using large-scale data sets in their research. AERA is now accepting proposals until May 20! www.aera.net/Professional...

‼️ REGISTRATION NOW OPEN ‼️ Limited spots are now available to attend the SustainableED Conference on May 1 in Providence, RI! Join us for an intimate event connecting ed x climate research to practice. Register: bit.ly/41D3Bcx More info: bit.ly/4lYQfAG

🚨New working paper alert! 🚨 The US spends huge $ on special education services for students with disabilities. Is that spending effective? Today we released a working paper suggesting it is. "Special Education Substantially Improves Learning: Evidence from Three States" Let me explain...

Asking the internet to help crowdsource - what are your small pieces of advice for a successful campus visit? Things like: 1. have a protein bar 2. drink lots of water, 3. wear comfortable shoes because someone will inevitably suggest a walk instead of meeting in their office

I couldn’t be more grateful to be part of such a wonderful, supportive community. Students in Boston, please take advantage of the opportunity to cross-register and build your amazing network - it will truly make Boston feel like a welcoming home and @joshua-goodman.com is the best part of that! 🏠✨

I’m thrilled to share that I have been selected as a 2026 AERA-NSF Dissertation Grantee!🎉 This milestone would not have been possible without the invaluable support of my advisor, @doughesm.bsky.social, and wonderful committee members, @joshua-goodman.com, Dr. Emily Gates, and Dr. Henry Braun. (1/3)

What an amazing time at #AEFP2026 Chicago! So grateful to reconnect with my friends and colleagues. You all always motivate me, and I'm lucky to be part of this lovely community. See you all in San Diego next year! ✈️

I'm really excited to be selected for this award! Huge thanks to @aefpweb.bsky.social and Ascendium Education Group for providing such meaningful support for postsecondary scholars 🙌

See you all in Chicago! Faculty members and doctoral students from the @bostoncollege.bsky.social Lynch School will be presenting 10 insightful papers/sessions at @aefpweb.bsky.social. My presentation is on Friday where I'll discuss about the value of CTE for lower-achieving students! #AEFP2026

@mattbarnum.bsky.social of @chalkbeat.org highlights our research about the relationship between students’ gifted and special education identification and family income. Higher income -> gifted education Lower income -> special education There’s a lot to ponder about why this happens.

At my first APPAM in 2023, I was lucky enough to receive the E&I fellowship and meet so many wonderful colleagues and friends. Attending the past & present cohorts meet-up every year has made this one of my favorite communities at APPAM. Highly recommend applying!🙌

Proud to co-author this new article in CTER with FSU Ph.D. candidate Kevin Ganus, "An Overview of the Landscape of Statewide CTE Articulation Agreements". This is an increasingly common policy & the article provides an overview of what to know. A🧵: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/acte...

Excited to share a new manuscript and policy brief, published in TESE!! This is one of my dissertation papers, co-authored with @roddy-theobald.bsky.social, in which we study turnover patterns among paraeducators in WA state. When do paras leave the workforce and what are risk factors for exiting?

I’m really glad to see that our paper is now out at Ed Researcher! We examine turnover among the half of school employees who are not teachers to understand how their turnover compares. Using Oregon data (2007-23) for all public school employees, there are 3 new patterns that we document: A 🧵

What makes for a great Career and Technical Education (CTE) program? Enjoyed talking with @edweek.org about what we know from research: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

The #EducationResearch handbook that never closes: @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social from @aefpweb.bsky.social! 🎉 Seriously people, check it out and provide feedback - especially if you have ideas for new areas of research on that topic or know of new studies. fordhaminstitute.org/national/com...

We @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social are hiring a director for our Policy-Aligned Research Agenda Buildling Lab (PARABL), to help education system leaders build research roadmaps to effect change in a particular area. More info here: wheelockpolicycenter.org/wp-content/u...

The Kinds of CTE Courses Students Are Demanding From Their Schools: Students are increasingly interested in digital technology, AI, and cybersecurity, survey shows.

Community college enrollment has been declining since 2009/10. The optimal policy response to this depends on the root of this decline. I'm thrilled @nber.org today released my working paper with Harvard PhD Joe Winkelmann titled: "Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"

📢 New from the #EdWorkingPapers Policy and Practice Series: A summary of “Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes?” by @yerinyoon.bsky.social and @doughesm.bsky.social! 📄 edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract... #AnnenbergEdExchange

#2025APPAM was amazing! Got great insights on my paper and loved catching up with friends. @appam.bsky.social is extra special - I’ve been lucky to grow with this community, from E&I fellow to student ambassador to receiving an Ascendium grant this year. Next year it’s in Boston, welcome to my city!

Hi #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM folks - live today, our department at Vanderbilt is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor higher education scholar this cycle! Find the posting here: apply.interfolio.com/177753 Let me know if you're in Seattle and want to chat at all about the position/department.

Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week. As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).

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!👋

Popular discourse attributes falling college enrollments to the rising cost of four-year college. That story is wrong in multiple ways, as @mattbarnum.bsky.social points out in his latest roundup of the evidence (citing a new working paper of ours): www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...

Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper: "Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment" We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments. wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...

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!👋

If you missed our Rappaport working paper last time, check this out! Thanks to @annenberginstitute.bsky.social for the shout-out 🙌 @doughesm.bsky.social

🚨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

I'd love to help make BlueSky one of the places where young scholars introduce themselves and their work to the world. If you're a PhD student whose work at least partially focuses on economics of education or education policy, reply to this thread and I'll highlight your work.

Access to career and technical education programs in Washtenaw County is inequitable, according to a 2024 report from the Youth Policy Lab at the University of Michigan.

Published in Economics of Education Review! Building on @joshua-goodman.com's post, we find public school enrollment declines are concentrated in higher-income districts, middle grades, and among White and Asian students. I hope these findings support discussions on the shifting education landscape.

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...

🚨New publication alert🚨 I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social: "School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic" Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs. doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

I finally wrote up my advice to PhD applicants in FAQ format. It's only my unofficial, personal perspective for folks interested in working with me at Harvard @harvardeducation.bsky.social. I also plug other measurement programs at @ncme38.bsky.social! andrewho.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...

Does anyone know of any good references for post-pandemic trends in public school enrollment in countries other than the US? Have other countries seen a turn away from public schools and toward private/independent schools? Trying to add some international evidence to a paper on our local context.

Wonderful summary and resource by Hannah C. Kistler and @doughesm.bsky.social —for policymakers and researchers interested in Career & Technical Education (CTE)!

I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org. Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky

📢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...

We’re excited to launch the Secondary Transitions and Education Pathways in Career and Technical Education (STEP-CTE) website, featuring highlights and emerging research focused on Career and Technical Education! Visit our page -> www.step-in-cte.soe.umich.edu

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!

📣Come join Boston College Lynch School and be our colleague! I’ve really enjoyed studying and working here, and I’m always happy to share my experience as a PhD student in my department and in Boston.

If we're heading into summer that means academic job market season is looming. As a reminder, my collected tips are here (along with my standing offer to set up time to chat with folks): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips...

Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called: "How to Write a Title and Abstract" Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on abstracts. (The quoted thread focuses on titles.) #EconSky #AcademicSky