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Jeremy Singer @jeremylsinger.bsky.social · 29d

Come work with us! We’re really excited about our research on attendance and chronic absenteeism. And we’d be really excited to work with you! Reach out if you have any questions.

Detroit-based preferred, but remote might be possible. Start as early as Dec 2025 or later in Spring/Summer 2026.

Sarah W. Lenhoff @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!

Detroit PEER Postdoc Job Description 2025.pdf

drive.google.com

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Steve B. Holt @stevebholt.bsky.social · 8d

Hi everyone. Some exciting news. We are hiring an Assistant Professor in Public Policy here at Rockefeller College. We are pretty flexible on topic areas. We have a great team here and Albany is a great place to live. #econsky #academicsky

Posting: albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...

albany.interviewexchange.com

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 9d

TLDR; predominantly Black schools and Black students tend to be overpoliced; we provide recommendations for policy, practice, and research for both education and police actors.

Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 9d

We find that:
1. Interventions are concentrated in predominantly Black schools,
2. Differences in student characteristics and behavior do not explain this concentration-- but differences in teacher resource do,
3. Disparities in intervention are greatest in areas with greater white enrollment

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · 9d

First pub on the tenure track! 📣🎉

Stoked to see my work with Luis Rodriguez out in AERA-Open. We provide evidence regarding the distribution of different types police interventions in NYC public schools across school-level demographic characteristics.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Overpoliced? A Descriptive Portrait of School-Based Targeted Police Interventions in New York City - Jo R. King, Luis A. Rodriguez, 2025

This study provides a descriptive analysis of police intervention as a response to student behavior in New York City public schools. We find that between the 20...

journals.sagepub.com

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Taylor Odle @taylorodle.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Come join us in Ed Policy at @uwmadison.bsky.social! We're hiring an Asst/Assoc Prof studying the intersection of education and the environment. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant or Associate Professor in Educational Policy Studies - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

jobs.wisc.edu

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Sarah W. Lenhoff @sarahlenhoff.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Job Posting! 📢 We are hiring TWO postdocs at Detroit PEER at Wayne State (detroitpeer.org)! We are looking for one quant/mixed methods expert and one qual/mixed expert to work with me & @jeremylsinger.bsky.social on attendance research. Apply by Oct. 10, but flexible on start date! Please share!

Detroit PEER Postdoc Job Description 2025.pdf

drive.google.com

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · Aug 26

My department is searching for two tenure-line positions to start in August 2026. Come join our growing team and make a difference in building the future!

Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680

Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

apply.interfolio.com

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · Aug 25

Let's go! The School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in artificial intelligence in K-12 education starting July 1, 2026. (1/2) unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/305...

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Aug 19

Running my robustness checks and sorting through all the .tex output to see if they pass like

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Aug 8

Come work with us!

Pia Caronongan @piacar.bsky.social · Aug 8

We're looking for a junior data analyst to join our @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social team, primarily to supporti a research partnership with the MA Dept. of Early Education and Care. Full details at: bit.ly/2025ECE-WEPCRA

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 3

Look at what happens to male teacher salaries (blue line) v.s. female teacher salaries (red line) after collective bargaining laws expire.

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Aug 4

The day Rihanna releases new music is the day that the economy /really/ implodes

Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · Aug 4

New recession indicator?

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Jul 27

Displeased about moving; too sleepy to do anything about it

Tuxedo cat perched on mattress looking very accusatory

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Jul 22

dream crossover episode 🤩

Emma Baccellieri @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social · Jul 22

Spent a bit of time at the WNBA All-Star Game chatting with a new basketball fan: Harvard economist Claudia Goldin, who has been advising the WNBA players in their labor negotiations, part of a more robust strategy this year from the union

In Search of Equity, WNBA Players Have a Nobel Laureate on Their Side

Harvard economist Claudia Goldin, who focuses on the role of women in the American economy, has been advising the WNBPA in its CBA negotiations.

www.si.com

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Emma Baccellieri @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social · Jul 22

Spent a bit of time at the WNBA All-Star Game chatting with a new basketball fan: Harvard economist Claudia Goldin, who has been advising the WNBA players in their labor negotiations, part of a more robust strategy this year from the union

In Search of Equity, WNBA Players Have a Nobel Laureate on Their Side

Harvard economist Claudia Goldin, who focuses on the role of women in the American economy, has been advising the WNBPA in its CBA negotiations.

www.si.com

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Jul 10

@robmickey.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social let me post the working paper

Why doesn't police reform work? Because police depts can't credibly commit to their end of the bargain (doing more/better/riskier work in exchange for more $)

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/35o94...

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Wheelock Educational Policy Center @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social · Jul 9

Last week just-out work by @joshua-goodman.com & @abbyfrancis.bsky.social was featured on the @educationnext.bsky.social podcast. Listen for interesting convo of key insights and implications.

www.educationnext.org/the-educatio...

Full policy brief at: wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Jul 9

Kinda slays

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Jun 30

I'm grateful to have been able to leave, but yeesh is it painful to watch from afar.

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Jun 30

Coeur d'Alene was my hometown-- special sort of white nationalist, militia, conservatism that has been brewing here for decades that's been spilling over the past few years:

2022: www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/u...
2024: www.teenvogue.com/story/north-...
2025: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Jun 25

Need your Letterboxd reviews on all of these!

Mine:

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Jun 25

🔥What’s the only thing hotter than this week’s weather?🔥

Our new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:

“School Enrollment Shifts Five Years After the Pandemic”

In it, BU Wheelock PhD @abbyfrancis.bsky.social and I ask:

Has the pandemic permanently changed families' schooling choices?

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Jo R. King @jo-r-king.bsky.social · Jun 4

She is! Mostly because of the green eyes

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