A new NBER working paper by @jscottclayton.bsky.social and colleagues shows that about two-thirds of the unexplained gap in post-college earnings by family income may be due to challenges in finding that first job. Family connections and resources matter.

By expanding to include all acts of violence--even those perpetrated by the right--they are trying to strengthen their claim that the nation faces a spiral of crisis necessitating extraordinary federal intervention.

New working paper on contemporary child labor in the U.S. and its impacts on school attendance ⬇️

edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302

With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon

Prospective PhD Students:

I am planning to accept a PhD student for AY 2026-27 in the economics and education program at Teachers College. Apply if you want to use the economics of education to study immigration or politics/political engagement and public schools. :-)

In my ongoing series, "You can buy *that* with Arizona ESA funds?"

Small animal ultrasound, $779.99

Taxpayers are subsidizing pet pregnancy care while public schools scrape for basics.

Blake Heller and I wrote an editorial about Trump’s proposals to end federal funding for adult education- whatever comes for FY 2026, it’s worth keeping an eye on this often overlooked part of our education sector @blakeheller.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/now-...

We are hiring in sociology of education at Teachers College! Come join us in EPSA - we're a great crew :-)

employment.tc.columbia.edu/cw/en-us/job...

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Valuable work that should inform our understanding of the complicated political dynamics underlying anti-public school, anti-teacher union backlash to COVID policies.

Thank you!

Erika McEntarfer, fired as BLS head by Trump

…got her PhD in 2002

…has 47 publications

…which have 1327 citations

The FBI released its Uniform Crime Report *today* showing that all categories of violent crime are down in Washington DC, returning to pre-2020 levels.

Hey Gallup! Hey Pew! Next time you poll Americans re trust, please ask about trust in Colbert, Stewart, Kimmel vs. Brendan Carr, Russell Vought, Stephen Miller.

The multi-year increase in aggressive and indiscriminate enforcement could cause millions of workers to lose their jobs

New blurb!

"Ultimately, their findings illustrate both a complex picture of police shootings and demonstrable patterns to these events, hopefully laying the groundwork for effective conversations about reforms." - @libraryjournal.bsky.social #DeadlyForce www.libraryjournal.com/review/deadl...

"Go look for yourselves" (except if you're a Democratic member of Congress).

In our 2024 U.S. Post-Election Reflection via
@apsa.bsky.social, Rebecca Jacobsen and I preview some of our ongoing research on how partisanship and nationalization influence on-cycle local school board elections.

If the Founders had known about Truth Social I’m sure they would have said that’s how legislation gets made instead of doing the whole complicated Congress thing

We are excited to announce our 2024-2025 award winners. Congratulations to all our prize winners! First up, Jeffrey R. Henig Best Book Award goes to R. Shep Melnick (Boston College), for The Crucible of Desegregation: The Uncertain Search for Educational Equality. University of Chicago Press, 2023

The current wave of federal immigration raids began in January with a “rogue” operation in California’s Central Valley.

My new study finds these raids increased school absences by 22%—a leading indicator of the resulting family stress & lost learning opportunities👇

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

🇺🇸Patriots preparing for peaceful protest today against wanna-be dictator Donnie playing Army man with his lethal toys. #NoKings day 6/14 find ur protest 🇺🇸 @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social

Today is the official publication day of our book! You can download and read Chapter 1 using the link. I hope you'll buy a copy of the book, read it, cite it, and/or tell others about it. Public access to the data is forthcoming! #DeadlyForce #polisky press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

These attacks on international students, postdocs, and faculty are existential threats to American higher ed. Our universities are international. Every professor should be on the Capitol steps. Who’s organizing?

This is an excellent - and thus terrifying - explainer.
$$ + tax credits + “scholarships” - oversight = massive grift