Spanberger’s husband dressed like a Tim Robinson character for her inauguration

Beardsley has got to go too. The vast majority of folks on grounds know it. And UVA needs to find a way to insulate itself from these sorts of theatrics in the future

Spanberger should just fire them all In 8 days and start over

The new “president” and whole BOV need to get scrapped

Addressing these questions requires a team effort. To that end, we're hiring a postdoc to start summer 2026. Please submit your materials by the end of the month and/or share the posting: postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...

I’d swear my oath on a copy of Mostly Harmless Econometrics

UVA hoops shot 27% from the field in the first half in protest of an illegitimate president ✊

Absolutely embarrassing for everyone involved at UVA. Just, on the most basic level, does he not have friends?

OpenAI should have to give Wikipedia a billion dollars so they can stop asking me for $2.75

Statalist is so funny because you’ll be annoyed about something like why inlist() can only accept 10 string arguments and then Nick Cox will somehow convince you it’s a good idea

I just watched Stand By Me and read this piece by Steven King. What a sad time… www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

PAY HIM

One of my very favorite holiday traditions! Kevin Mahnken's top graphs from ed research via @the74.bsky.social. www.the74million.org/article/12-c...

When the Elvis Christmas show comes to town YOU GO

This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history

Just putting eststo: in front of a command and hoping that saves 🤞

If we’re gonna destroy ED can we at least get linked data from K-12 -> postsecondary -> employment nationwide? www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Resolution calling for resignations of Rector & Vice Rector passes, 41 – 17 – 2.

Again, as much as I want to hate Stata, it just rocks

I’m using data from a server that shuts down internet access to write my dissertation and have been enjoying programming SO MUCH more without access to ChatGPT

Check it out! Lots of other cool analyses in the paper. For example, what are the intended majors of people most demographically and academically similar to those intending to teach?

Some choice sections from the letter

I appreciate the preregistration here.

Working on some slides for a brown bag lunch 🤗

It’s nice to look back on a paper after a few months and think: this actually doesn’t suck

The interim president of UVA sent out an email asking for input on this “compact”. I’d strongly encourage anyone at UVA to read this op ed before responding and firmly oppose any response to the “offer”

Reminiscing on when I was an undergrad and cold emailed Alberto Abadie to tell him I was using synthetic controls in my thesis lol

This is a pretty remarkable paper and seems to suggest "grit" is not necessarily the driving force behind student achievement: www.nber.org/papers/w3427...

🚨New Working Paper🚨 Check out our new working paper "Trajectories into Teaching of Arkansas Educator Preparation Programs Enrollees", together with @taylornwilson.bsky.social @andrewmcamp.com, and @jbmcgee.bsky.social. Taylor is in the job market this year. Keep her in mind as you build your team

"for-profit-trained teachers have higher turnover and lower value-added...But the policy significantly increased the supply of certified teachers...lower licensing requirements improved access to teaching and reduced training costs without harming students" evanriehl.github.io/papers/dr_fo...

Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn) @karthik-econ.bsky.social & I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16

If you know of a student who is looking for a education post doc (now, odd timing I know), I may have an opportunity for them. They would be working Texas admin data so experience with that would be a big plus.

🚨 New working paper! I examine how universities and students use federal TEACH Grants, how these grants change recipients’ financial aid packages and out-of-pocket costs, and their relationship to students’ decisions to pursue teaching degrees. Read it here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1278

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Weapons is an Education Policy film

All that work for some standard errors 😭

Why do some journals make you submit word documents 😭

FYI: I've updated my list of Useful Data Resources, primarily with a bunch of (20-ish?) new links to state-specific public school datasets and data repositories. go.illinois.edu/UsefulDataRe... Suggestions/corrections are always welcome.

New working paper from me and a great group of coauthors: The Effects of the Four-Day School Week on Teacher Recruitment and Retention caldercenter.org/publications... Read on to see what's different about this vs. some of my prior work 🧵⬇️

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Supervisor feedback for preservice teachers often lacks next steps. @andrew_avit, Brendan Bartanen & Andrew Kwok find that classroom management critiques are common and tied to lower scores and return rates. 📄 bit.ly/3ZCKChV

A remarkable waste of taxpayer $ that instead could go towards meeting the state’s constitutional obligation to provide a sound and basic public education. NC Public school kids are still being denied what they are owed under the Leandro case.

Yesterday, June 2, was an interesting day at work. I was reporting a story about how the Education Department hadn't delivered a report to Congress on the Condition of Education, despite the June 1 deadline mandated by law. 🧵 (1/9)

This provocative, data-infused essay by James Wyckoff — edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1197 — serves as a reminder that fully understanding the declines in student achievement requires us to look well before the COVID-19 pandemic.

🚨New paper out! We use large language models to analyze 11,000+ pieces of preservice teacher (PST) feedback and reflections from a Texas teacher prep program. What did we learn about supervisor feedback quality? 🧵 👇 📄: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1203 ✍️: Me, Brendan Bartanen, and @profkwok.bsky.social

Need more #education -to-workforce data? Access insights for your #community today using a new Urban Institute #data tool.

I've said it before, but my Stevie rule is simple. Somebody mentions "As" and I am contractually obligated to take a break and play it.

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Not good folks!