Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

Finally approved after 7 months 🥳😅

A third-year PhD advisee of mine is interested in remote summer research associate/fellowship opportunities. She already knows about RAND's summer associate program . . . are there others?

Who Lives in a STEM Desert?: https://osf.io/s8wzv

I highly recommend this postdoc at the @annenberginstitute.bsky.social! If anyone is considering applying, I’m happy to chat about what the postdoc was like for me and what it’s been like living in Providence. Feel free to reach out!

📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg! The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement! More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...

Have any NCES data users gotten a disclosure review approved for a paper/report since spring? I've been waiting for 6+ months 😞

Check out @melissadgentry.bsky.social's job market paper on transportation for people with disabilities ⬇️ She also conducts great research in the economics of education, including work on a parental engagement RCT.

Digital Incentives in Surveys: Response Rates and Sociodemographic Effects in a Large-Scale Parental Nudge Intervention: https://osf.io/rtj4e

🚨 New preprint! We examine how Texas’s high-school endorsement system (similar to majors)—especially STEM—shapes college choice. Rather than expanding opportunity, the STEM endorsement largely reflects pre-existing academic advantages and rebrands old sorting practices.

The Texas A&M College of Education & Human Development Ph.D. program in Educational Administration, PK-12 Leadership & Policy will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM CT. Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw

📢 Are you interested in studying Educational Leadership & Policy? Come join me next Tuesday evening at 7pm CT to learn about our PhD program at Texas A&M! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw

🚨 New preprint! We examine how English learner (EL) status shapes access to college-level coursework (AP, IB, dual credit) in high school—and how this contributes to postsecondary enrollment & completion gaps. #SocEd #HigherEd #EdPolicy #EL

The Texas A&M College of Education & Human Development Ph.D. program in Educational Administration, PK-12 Leadership & Policy will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM CT. Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw

📢 New working paper with Daniel Klasik & Angel Jones: "The Many Paths to College Enrollment: Re-Conceptualizing the Transition to College" We propose a new college choice model that captures the diverse, nonlinear pathways students take to college. edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1269

Postdoc at the Houston Education Research Consortium at Rice University: bit.ly/45voJmA

Houston Education Research Consortium representation at ASA! #rpp #soced

Postdoc opening in education for the upcoming year: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/592...

Our paper “Gaps in the College Application Gauntlet” (w Daniel Klasik & Rachel Baker) is in this #RIHE collection showcasing research using #NCES data—an invaluable resource for understanding postsec opportunity. Articles are open access for 4 weeks: bit.ly/RIHE-NCES

🚨 New preprint! We examine gender gaps in high school STEM pathways & whether senior-year guidance counseling was associated with greater persistence among girls—especially those from low-income backgrounds & underserved communities. #EdPolicy #STEMEducation #SocEd

AERA is sharing this statement issued by former NCES commissioner Dr. Peggy Carr on the “devastating shutdown and decimation of a critical national institution.” Read it here: www.aera.net/Portals/38/P...

📢 ICYMI: Our new regression discontinuity analysis on social capital, low-SES students, & selective college access ⬇️

1/ 🚨New paper from me in Education Finance & Policy: "EMERGEing Educational Opportunities: The Effects of Social Capital on Selective College Outcomes" doi.org/10.1162/edfp... #EdPolicy #HigherEd #SocEd

Congrats to Peggy Carris who defended a great dissertation on sense of belonging in higher ed & will start a faculty position this fall! 🥳

EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn. BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS. #EconSky

📢 POSTDOC AT TEXAS A&M A postdoc position is open at the Education Research Center, which is evolving into a broader education policy center. The center is led by Profs. Dan Bowen & Andy Kwok. Please share widely! 🔗Job ad: bit.ly/3ROsEoh 🌐ERC site: erc.cehd.tamu.edu (currently being updated)

📢 POSTDOC AT TEXAS A&M A postdoc position is open at the Education Research Center, which is evolving into a broader education policy center. The center is led by Profs. Dan Bowen & Andy Kwok. Please share widely! 🔗Job ad: bit.ly/3ROsEoh 🌐ERC site: erc.cehd.tamu.edu (currently being updated)

AERA, in partnership with the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education over the unlawful dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences. www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...

BREAKING: We filed a lawsuit against Trump’s Department of Education for its unlawful dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences. IES is the backbone for education research in the US. Secretary McMahon has no authority to override Congress and shut it down.

Incredibly important action from IHEP, @aefpweb.bsky.social and @publiccitizen.bsky.social to fight the administration's dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences. #EduSky www.citizen.org/news/lawsuit...

In a new letter, AERA and other education research leaders call on Congress to protect the nation’s education data, research infrastructure, and knowledge base, by safeguarding the IES and broader Education Department staff, leadership, and mission. www.aera.net/Portals/38/E...

"IES data remain an essential source of basic information about the operation of K–12 and pre-school programs." www.educationnext.org/doge-targets...

Federal education research and data are under attack. AERA is speaking out, alerting association members, and coordinating with the scientific community to advocate for protecting the integrity of federal research & data. www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

Seen on my morning walk 📈

Two noteworthy things about the White House press release ahead of today's announcement regarding ED: (1) It's all about K-12, while most federal money goes to higher ed. (2) Most of the links are to NCES reports...and NCES is now down to about three employees. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

(DOE is the Department of Energy, the Department of Education is ED)

"For leaders hoping to identify the best on-track indicators for college completion, the information collected in student longitudinal data systems better predicts ... educational outcomes than the survey-based self-regulation and cognitive measures." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...

News outlets are reporting that Trump will sign an Exec Order tmrw/Thurs pushing for the Dept of Ed to be closed. The draft order apparently argues that even though the department has spent $1 trillion in federal education dollars over 46 years, the U.S. has not improved in education. [thread]

This is probably why AERA urged people to take action by March 20 😞 www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Want to help save research using NCES restricted-use data? Here is a gdrive with actions, background, and context from my colleague sean reardon (sharing with permission): 1) actions 2) background 3) list of data files: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Protesters rallied Friday against layoffs at the Education Department. People who rely on the agency's student aid distributions, civil rights investigations, & data collection — seriously doubt if the reduced staff will be able to keep performing those services www.chronicle.com/article/i-wa...

This need not be limited to those who are currently using restricted-use licenses. All researchers can join the call to preserve access to NCES data that helps improve U.S. schooling for children.

Thanks to everyone who attended #AEFP2025 and safe travels home! We're thinking about how to support members in the year ahead. Feel free to reach out with suggestions, or you can provide ideas on the post-conference survey.

AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...

"Silence does not change the reality: Education data, statistics, research, and vital people at NCES/IES are now gone. NCES contracts and people obliterated. We urge Congress to embrace bipartisanship, step in, and act on its Constitutional responsibilities to the nation." (2/2)

AERA Exec Dir Felice Levine: "AERA condemns the administration's staff firing and assault on the mandated purposes of the U.S. Education Department." (1/2)

📢 Check out these 2 #AEFP2025 presentations on college access on Friday: 1. A study on AVID and college predisposition & search at 8:15am (presented by Kristian Edosomwan) 2. A qual study on selective college choice among low-income & first-gen students at 1:45pm (presented by me)

Very excited about this resource, which will be useful for research and teaching. Thanks to all the contributors!

Are you attending #AEFP and a grad student? Come hang out with us! 🎉 Whether you want to talk all things academic or completely avoid it, we’ve got you. I love discussing dogs 🐶 and what’s on your Goodreads. #AEFP2025 #GradStudentLife

Anyone have guidance on IES restricted data contracts now that NCES is gone? Is disclosure review just not happening anymore? Is this a license agreement violation? Devastating blow for education research, and for early career folks whose research relies on these data #edusky #socsky