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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 1d

Headed to #SREE2025 this week? Be sure to catch the presentations from our Annenberg team! For more details on the schedule and sessions, check out the guide here: buff.ly/0AGQrj1

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 27d

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Do RCTs in higher ed risk contamination?

From a large in-person college course intervention, @catherinematah.bsky.social, @katharinemeyer.bsky.social & @linzpage.bsky.social show when individual-level randomization is preferred

📄 Full paper here: edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1083

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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · Aug 29

🚨Interested in a PhD focusing on quant methods and education & social policy? I'm recruiting this year at @bclynchschool in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment program www.bc.edu/bc-web/schoo...

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College

MESA has been training students to examine educational programs, design quantitative research studies, develop assessment instruments, and analyze educational data to help inform policy-making for ove...

www.bc.edu

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Education Finance and Policy Journal @efpjournal.bsky.social · Aug 12

#TakeawayTuesday: “A Bridge to Graduation: Post-Secondary Effects of an Alternative Pathway for Students Who Fail High School Exit Exams," by Jane Arnold Lincove, Catherine Mata, and Kalena E. Cortes.
🔗: doi.org/10.1162/edfp...
#EFP

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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · Jun 30

Elisa, this paper sounds super interesting. Do you have a publicly available draft to share?

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Jun 30

Dear Friends,

I'm thrilled to launch the Sustainable Education Research Initiative! @EdSustainable 🎓+🌍

Join us for our first #SustainableED webinar aimed at building a network to advance research on climate-smart schools.

Tues 7/15 @ 1 pm ET
buff.ly/xbcXnIF

Please share! 📈📉

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Ericka (Wiggins) Weathers @erickaweathers.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hi! I’m looking for a few more doctorate holding reviewers for AERA Division L - Section 1 (governance and politics). Reviewing will take place later this summer. If you’re interested, drop a comment here or message me. Thanks for considering.

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APPAM @appam.bsky.social · Jun 11

Mentorship is critical to guiding the next generation of public policy researchers. Apply to participate in our Mentor Matching program today: ow.ly/spKx50W7WCI

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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · Jun 6

I changed the default settings so it doesn't ask me to 'confirm' if I actually want to leave the meeting...the downside to that is that now I leave and people are still waving goodbye 👋 🤭

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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · May 19

Congrats, so proud of you, Dr. King!

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · Apr 9

Reporting directly to the Principal Investigators, Drs. Lindsay Page, John Papay and Nate Schwartz, the Senior Research Associate drives all aspects of project planning for research projects in a dynamic, layered team setting.

Learn more and apply: buff.ly/x8XVKd6

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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · Mar 28

@ellenbryer.bsky.social

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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · Mar 28

Come join us—Annenberg is an amazing place to be!
#EduSky

Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · Mar 28

The Research Associate will work directly with Annenberg Institute faculty such as Drs. Lindsay Page and Christopher Cleveland to advance a range of ongoing research projects related to educational opportunity and higher education policy topics.

buff.ly/ihCRhU4

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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · Mar 18

Congrats, Matt!!

Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · Mar 13

Congrats, @andrewmcamp.com!!! @annenberginstitute.bsky.social

AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · Mar 13

Congratulations to our Jean Flanigan Outstanding Dissertation Award Honorable Mention winners

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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · Mar 13

Terrific session indeed! All great papers, presenters, and conversations with everyone in the room. #AEFP2025

We have a working paper available now, but stay tuned for the updated version coming soon! @katharinemeyer.bsky.social @linzpage.bsky.social

edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1083

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Greer Mellon @greermellon.bsky.social · Mar 3

I'm looking forward to attending #ESS this week. I'm presenting research on the role of partisan affiliation in local public sector hiring - focusing on the case of school district superintendents - in the "From Polarization to Solidarity" mini-conference. DM me if you want to chat or grab coffee!

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Catherine Mata @catherinematah.bsky.social · Feb 27

Honored to be one of the recipients of the 2025 Brown Postdoctoral Excellence Awards!

Huge thanks to Brown Postdoctoral Affairs for this recognition and to @linzpage.bsky.social and the Annenberg Institute for their support in advancing my research! ¡Seguimos!
postdocs.brown.edu/news/2025-02...

2025 Brown Postdoctoral Excellence Awards

postdocs.brown.edu

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Katharine Meyer @katharinemeyer.bsky.social · Feb 13

I've been working (w/Lindsay Page and @catherinematah.bsky.social) on projects using chatbots in higher education for the past few years.

There are many promising uses for AI in supporting students through complicated college processes - and many important guardrails to include when you do that!

Dana Goldstein @danagoldstein.bsky.social · Feb 13

1. Scoop: DOGE staffers embedded in the Education Department plan a new role for generative A.I., interacting with kids and parents who have questions about student aid, and potentially replacing many human call center workers www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

DOGE Proposes A.I. Bot as Replacement for Financial Aid Help

A new chatbot would answer questions from student borrowers. The idea comes from staffers with ties to the tech industry as they push further into the agency’s work.

www.nytimes.com

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · Feb 12

The Inter-American Development Bank is forming a poverty group, with multiple staff positions.

Lead Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic...

Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic...

Great opportunity to help shape the organization's operational & analytical work around poverty reduction.

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Lucy Sorensen @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social · Jan 28

Please message below or email me if you're headed to 2025 AEFP and interested in being a MENTOR for the Early Career Mentorship Program.

Happy to answer any questions -- and thank you in advance!!

AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · Dec 31

Applications for AEFP Early Career Mentorship program are due TODAY by 11:59 pm PST ! Learn more and apply here: aefpweb.org/mentorsh...

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Dec 19

Researchers typically assume that student-level randomization in college classrooms will bias treatment effects toward zero, due to spillovers

Randomizing across classrooms minimizes spillovers but hugely reduces power

V cool study provides guidance on tradeoff
edworkingpapers.com/sites/defaul...

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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · Dec 16

Conditions Under Which College Students Can be Responsive to Text-based Nudging www.nber.org/papers/w3325...

Conditions Under Which College Students Can be Responsive to Text-based Nudging

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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