Joshua Goodman
@joshua-goodman.com
Education economist @ BU Wheelock & Economics Dept | Wheelock Education Policy Center | Co-editor @ JHR | White House CEA 2022-23 | www.joshua-goodman.com
Our @buwheelock.bsky.social comms director told me I now hold every "In the Media" spot on our homepage, something no faculty member has done before!
I'm grateful for the attention our work is getting.
And now I understand why this week felt like a whirlwind.
www.bu.edu/wheelock/
I'm grateful for the attention our work is getting.
And now I understand why this week felt like a whirlwind.
www.bu.edu/wheelock/
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Our @buwheelock.bsky.social comms director told me I now hold every "In the Media" spot on our homepage, something no faculty member has done before!
I'm grateful for the attention our work is getting.
And now I understand why this week felt like a whirlwind.
www.bu.edu/wheelock/
I'm grateful for the attention our work is getting.
And now I understand why this week felt like a whirlwind.
www.bu.edu/wheelock/
Wow. That enrollment (vs. staffing) trend is absolutely striking. Not much recovery so far.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Wow. That enrollment (vs. staffing) trend is absolutely striking. Not much recovery so far.
This Wednesday, join me and other @buwheelock.bsky.social faculty/staff for a Graduate Program Virtual Open House.
I'll be discussing our MA in Educational Policy Studies, which I direct.
Register here 👇
mywheelock.bu.edu/virtualadmis...
I'll be discussing our MA in Educational Policy Studies, which I direct.
Register here 👇
mywheelock.bu.edu/virtualadmis...
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This Wednesday, join me and other @buwheelock.bsky.social faculty/staff for a Graduate Program Virtual Open House.
I'll be discussing our MA in Educational Policy Studies, which I direct.
Register here 👇
mywheelock.bu.edu/virtualadmis...
I'll be discussing our MA in Educational Policy Studies, which I direct.
Register here 👇
mywheelock.bu.edu/virtualadmis...
Definitely exacerbated by post-pandemic enrollment losses we show in recent work.
At left: enrollment losses for the highest income 20% of MA school districts.
At right: Newton's losses are even larger. District is 1,100 students (9%) smaller than it "should" be.
drive.google.com/file/d/1O5Ry...
At left: enrollment losses for the highest income 20% of MA school districts.
At right: Newton's losses are even larger. District is 1,100 students (9%) smaller than it "should" be.
drive.google.com/file/d/1O5Ry...
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Definitely exacerbated by post-pandemic enrollment losses we show in recent work.
At left: enrollment losses for the highest income 20% of MA school districts.
At right: Newton's losses are even larger. District is 1,100 students (9%) smaller than it "should" be.
drive.google.com/file/d/1O5Ry...
At left: enrollment losses for the highest income 20% of MA school districts.
At right: Newton's losses are even larger. District is 1,100 students (9%) smaller than it "should" be.
drive.google.com/file/d/1O5Ry...
Hard times for states starting with "M".
From the latest @mattbarnum.bsky.social newsletter on pandemic-era school closures and post-pandemic learning recovery:
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/we-re-stil...
From the latest @mattbarnum.bsky.social newsletter on pandemic-era school closures and post-pandemic learning recovery:
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/we-re-stil...
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hard times for states starting with "M".
From the latest @mattbarnum.bsky.social newsletter on pandemic-era school closures and post-pandemic learning recovery:
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/we-re-stil...
From the latest @mattbarnum.bsky.social newsletter on pandemic-era school closures and post-pandemic learning recovery:
cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/we-re-stil...
This email was not spam but was trying its hardest to convince me that it was.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This email was not spam but was trying its hardest to convince me that it was.
Great Q to which I don't have a ready answer. I'm wondering whether @ehutt.bsky.social might?
FWIW, here's Claude's answer to the question:
FWIW, here's Claude's answer to the question:
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Great Q to which I don't have a ready answer. I'm wondering whether @ehutt.bsky.social might?
FWIW, here's Claude's answer to the question:
FWIW, here's Claude's answer to the question:
And here's the corrected abstract, as the one I posted mis-described the sign of the treatment effect (even as the rest of the paper described it correctly):
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
And here's the corrected abstract, as the one I posted mis-described the sign of the treatment effect (even as the rest of the paper described it correctly):
Corrected abstract here (we had misdescribed the sign of the treatment effect in the abstract, though the rest of the paper is correct):
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Corrected abstract here (we had misdescribed the sign of the treatment effect in the abstract, though the rest of the paper is correct):
Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Joe Winkelmann & I have released a new @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social working paper:
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
We show stronger labor markets since 2009 explain most of the decline in community college enrollments.
wheelockpolicycenter.org/high-quality...
Why would you phrase it this way? Just be a normal website and ask if I'm willing to provide a reference. This is chaotic bad.
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Why would you phrase it this way? Just be a normal website and ask if I'm willing to provide a reference. This is chaotic bad.
"Cambridge voters show desire for change on school committee, less so on city council"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Cambridge voters show desire for change on school committee, less so on city council"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/m...
My name is even less Brazilian than yours ;)
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
My name is even less Brazilian than yours ;)
There are a lot of us, particularly born from the late 1970s through the 2000s.
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
There are a lot of us, particularly born from the late 1970s through the 2000s.
“Adopting a phone-free schools policy is a more effective intervention than anything we have seen before...”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/o...
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Adopting a phone-free schools policy is a more effective intervention than anything we have seen before...”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/o...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/30/o...
Better, more timely data can protect Americans. It's a shame our current fed govt is actively degrading such capabilities.
Just out in AEJ Pol by @vaibhavanand.bsky.social:
"Does Getting Forecasts Earlier Matter? Evidence from Winter Advisories and Vehicle Crashes"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Just out in AEJ Pol by @vaibhavanand.bsky.social:
"Does Getting Forecasts Earlier Matter? Evidence from Winter Advisories and Vehicle Crashes"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Better, more timely data can protect Americans. It's a shame our current fed govt is actively degrading such capabilities.
Just out in AEJ Pol by @vaibhavanand.bsky.social:
"Does Getting Forecasts Earlier Matter? Evidence from Winter Advisories and Vehicle Crashes"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Just out in AEJ Pol by @vaibhavanand.bsky.social:
"Does Getting Forecasts Earlier Matter? Evidence from Winter Advisories and Vehicle Crashes"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Massachusetts is typical of the nation as a whole.
Though national data is lagged by a year, we still see US-wide drops in public school enrollment, driven more White and Asian families and largest in middle grades.
This is a national phenomenon.
Though national data is lagged by a year, we still see US-wide drops in public school enrollment, driven more White and Asian families and largest in middle grades.
This is a national phenomenon.
October 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Massachusetts is typical of the nation as a whole.
Though national data is lagged by a year, we still see US-wide drops in public school enrollment, driven more White and Asian families and largest in middle grades.
This is a national phenomenon.
Though national data is lagged by a year, we still see US-wide drops in public school enrollment, driven more White and Asian families and largest in middle grades.
This is a national phenomenon.
Public school losses are almost entirely concentrated in middle grades (5-8), where enrollment is down 8%.
October 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Public school losses are almost entirely concentrated in middle grades (5-8), where enrollment is down 8%.
White and Asian public school enrollments have stabilized at levels 3% and 8% below pre-pandemic trends
Black and Hispanic enrollments have more than fully recovered.
Black and Hispanic enrollments have more than fully recovered.
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
White and Asian public school enrollments have stabilized at levels 3% and 8% below pre-pandemic trends
Black and Hispanic enrollments have more than fully recovered.
Black and Hispanic enrollments have more than fully recovered.
This is largely a phenomenon of high income families leaving public schools.
The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined (lower income districts have largely recovered enrollments).
The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined (lower income districts have largely recovered enrollments).
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is largely a phenomenon of high income families leaving public schools.
The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined (lower income districts have largely recovered enrollments).
The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined (lower income districts have largely recovered enrollments).
Fall 2020 and 2021 saw massive disruptions to school enrollment patterns. Did they persist five year later? Yes!
In Massachusetts, local public school enrollment is down 2% relative to trend, while private and home school enrollments are up 16% and 50% respectively.
In Massachusetts, local public school enrollment is down 2% relative to trend, while private and home school enrollments are up 16% and 50% respectively.
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Fall 2020 and 2021 saw massive disruptions to school enrollment patterns. Did they persist five year later? Yes!
In Massachusetts, local public school enrollment is down 2% relative to trend, while private and home school enrollments are up 16% and 50% respectively.
In Massachusetts, local public school enrollment is down 2% relative to trend, while private and home school enrollments are up 16% and 50% respectively.
🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
October 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨New publication alert🚨
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm thrilled Economics of Education Review has just published my work w/ @abbyfrancis.bsky.social:
"School enrollment shifts five years after the pandemic"
Abstract below, but read the next few posts for the story told via a handful of graphs.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
I'm at a conference run by U Arkansas' Dept of Education Reform and the setting (the Crystal Bridges Art Museum) couldn't be more stunning.
On the lunch tour, we ran across Rosie the Riveter!
On the lunch tour, we ran across Rosie the Riveter!
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I'm at a conference run by U Arkansas' Dept of Education Reform and the setting (the Crystal Bridges Art Museum) couldn't be more stunning.
On the lunch tour, we ran across Rosie the Riveter!
On the lunch tour, we ran across Rosie the Riveter!
Turns out the OECD is taking our research on heat and learning seriously!
October 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Turns out the OECD is taking our research on heat and learning seriously!