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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 5d

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.

Who Rides Out the Storm? The Immediate Post-College Transition and its Role in Socioeconomic Earnings Gaps

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...

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Jeff Henig @jhenig.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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Lucy Sorensen @lucy-sorensen.bsky.social · 7d

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

Contemporary Child Labor and Declining School Attendance in the U.S.

The United States has experienced a 400% increase in reported child labor violations over the past decade, coinciding with declines in K-12 school attendance and enrollment. We examine the causal rela...

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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 8d

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. :-)

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 11d

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.

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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · 23d

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-...

Now Is Not the Time to Zero Out Adult Education

Mumma and Heller: Adult education works, especially for English learners. Congress should reject Trump’s proposed cuts.

www.the74million.org

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Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social · Sep 9

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...

Assistant/Associate Professor in Sociology and Education, Tenure-Track Position

The Sociology and Education Program in the Department of Education Policy & Social Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University (EPSA) is seeking a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor w...

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Sep 8

[Looks up from coding]

[Sees updates]

[Goes back to coding]

Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Jeff Henig @jhenig.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · Aug 20

New at @the74.bsky.social, work from Dan Silver, Daniel Hackman and me on our most recent research on children's well-being during COVID. www.the74million.org/article/blac...

Black, Latino & Low-Income Kids Felt Better Doing Remote School During COVID

Silver, Polikoff & Hackman: Overall, students felt happier, less stressed attending classes in person during pandemic. But that's not true for all

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Crispus Attucks Brigade @milophd.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thank you!

Philip Bump @pbump.com · Aug 17

Going on vacation tomorrow so spent Saturday night making maps of all the places in Ohio, West Virginia and South Carolina with higher violent crime and murder rates than D.C. Perhaps better places for those governors to focus resources!
www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than do people in D.C.

Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · Aug 10

Erika McEntarfer, fired as BLS head by Trump

…got her PhD in 2002

…has 47 publications

…which have 1327 citations

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Justin Glawe @justinglawe.bsky.social · Aug 5

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.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 5

Trump: "If DC doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City, and run this City how it should be run, and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it anymore."

Crime in Washington, D.C., is totally out of control. Local “youths” and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released. They are not afraid of Law Enforcement because they know nothing ever happens to them, but it’s going to happen now! The Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these “minors” as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14. The most recent victim was beaten mercilessly by local thugs. Washington, D.C., must be safe, clean, and beautiful for all Americans and, importantly, for the World to see. If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City, and run this City how it should be run, and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it anymore. Perhaps it should have been done a long time ago, then this incredible young man, and so many others, would not have had to go through the horrors of Violent Crime. If this continues, I am going to exert my powers, and FEDERALIZE this City. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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Jeff Henig @jhenig.bsky.social · Jul 25

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.

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Jul 25

Does it now.

I know about HUAC and McCarthy. The Palmer Raids before that. “Premature Anti-Facists” and loyalty oaths and blacklists and surveillance and worse of civil rights and anti-war groups.

But AFAIK, no government official has ever been so open about punishing disfavored speech.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 25

CNBC: Colbert is a comedian. You keep talking about journalism and fairness in news, but we all remember Carson and Jay Leno giving Reagan the business. Where does that fit in?

FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: Frankly, the media industry across this country needs a course correction

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · Jul 3

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

Bar graph showing estimated employment effects of Trump's goals of one million annual deportations from the analysis in https://www.epi.org/blog/the-republican-budget-bill-would-eliminate-nearly-six-million-jobs-by-unleashing-trumps-radical-mass-deportation-agenda/

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Crispus Attucks Brigade @milophd.bsky.social · Jul 3

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...

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Jeff Henig @jhenig.bsky.social · Jul 1

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

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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · Jun 26

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.

Local Elections, National Tides: The Role of Partisanship in School Board Elections: 2024 Post-Election Reflection Series -

Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled 2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections, for a PSNow blog series of political science scholars who reflect on [...]

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · Jun 23

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

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APSA Education Politics & Policy @apsaedpolitics.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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Thomas S. Dee @tomdee.bsky.social · Jun 16

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...

Immigration Raids Add to Absence Crisis for Schools

www.nytimes.com

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Kate Manning @katemanningauthor.bsky.social · Jun 14

🇺🇸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

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Crispus Attucks Brigade @milophd.bsky.social · Jun 3

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...

Deadly Force

A groundbreaking study of when, where, and whom police shoot in America’s largest cities

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · May 29

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?

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · May 29

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

Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · May 29

“This bill would introduce the most significant & costliest new federal ed program in decades. It has virtually no quality-control measures, transparency provisions, protections against discrimination, or evidence to suggest that it’s likely to improve ed outcomes.”

A+ Jon Valant ECCA explainer

The Educational Choice for Children Act opens the door to waste, fraud, and abuse

Jon Valant examines how the proposed federal tax-credit scholarship program can be plagued by fraud and discriminatory practices.

www.brookings.edu

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