Jeff Henig
@jhenig.bsky.social
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Washington DC’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (Vouchers for Low-Income Students to Attend Private School): high-quality RCT of students entering grades 2-12 in 2004-2005 found no discernible long-term impact on college enrollment rates. nospin.evidencebasedpolicy.org/articles/was...
Washington DC’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (Vouchers for Low-Income Students to Attend Private School) | No-Spin Evidence Review
nospin.evidencebasedpolicy.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Washington DC’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (Vouchers for Low-Income Students to Attend Private School): high-quality RCT of students entering grades 2-12 in 2004-2005 found no discernible long-term impact on college enrollment rates. nospin.evidencebasedpolicy.org/articles/was...
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How do administrative designs shape access to democracy? We analyze U.S. school district websites and meetings to show how bureaucracy and group mobilization facilitate access to school board info and the democratic process. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jonathanecollins.bsky.social
Administrative Designs and Access to Political Arenas in Public Education
What administrative and political features render spaces of political action publicly accessible? Drawing on Schattschneider's core elements of visibility and scope, we offer a framework to identify ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
How do administrative designs shape access to democracy? We analyze U.S. school district websites and meetings to show how bureaucracy and group mobilization facilitate access to school board info and the democratic process. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jonathanecollins.bsky.social
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Shell Game is back! Every time Evan tells me something about this season I wind up laughing hysterically even though it’s also obviously very depressing that some people are so desperate to ruin our lives and jobs for this vaporware technology
Episode 1: Minimum Viable Company
Podcast Episode · Shell Game · S2 E1 · 33m
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November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Shell Game is back! Every time Evan tells me something about this season I wind up laughing hysterically even though it’s also obviously very depressing that some people are so desperate to ruin our lives and jobs for this vaporware technology
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Given education's essential role in shaping democracy and its recent drift into general, partisan politics, we argue that poli sci should take seriously studying the broader political dynamics of education & offer suggestions as to how to do so.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Given education's essential role in shaping democracy and its recent drift into general, partisan politics, we argue that poli sci should take seriously studying the broader political dynamics of education & offer suggestions as to how to do so.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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@camarnzen.bsky.social and @chloeoneill.bsky.social explore how political science courses can better integrate education politics into the curriculum in “Teaching About Schooling: Integrating Education Politics into Political Science Curricula.”
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November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@camarnzen.bsky.social and @chloeoneill.bsky.social explore how political science courses can better integrate education politics into the curriculum in “Teaching About Schooling: Integrating Education Politics into Political Science Curricula.”
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1551...
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1551...
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On the "Mississippi Miracle:"
We've heard a lot about MS reading gains. The puzzle: in the Spencer (2024) study, MS NAEP math and scores in 4th grade increased by similar amounts. Perhaps retention, not instruction, is doing some of the work here?
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We've heard a lot about MS reading gains. The puzzle: in the Spencer (2024) study, MS NAEP math and scores in 4th grade increased by similar amounts. Perhaps retention, not instruction, is doing some of the work here?
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November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
On the "Mississippi Miracle:"
We've heard a lot about MS reading gains. The puzzle: in the Spencer (2024) study, MS NAEP math and scores in 4th grade increased by similar amounts. Perhaps retention, not instruction, is doing some of the work here?
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We've heard a lot about MS reading gains. The puzzle: in the Spencer (2024) study, MS NAEP math and scores in 4th grade increased by similar amounts. Perhaps retention, not instruction, is doing some of the work here?
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The current homepage of USDA. This is deeply and profoundly fucked up. And illegal. People need to go to jail.
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The current homepage of USDA. This is deeply and profoundly fucked up. And illegal. People need to go to jail.
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I will be joining a panel on school choice and civic education hosted by the League of Women Voters of Murfreesboro-Rutherford County on Monday, October 27 from 5:30-7 at the Rutherford Co BOE www.lwvtn.org/lwv_murfrees...
October 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I will be joining a panel on school choice and civic education hosted by the League of Women Voters of Murfreesboro-Rutherford County on Monday, October 27 from 5:30-7 at the Rutherford Co BOE www.lwvtn.org/lwv_murfrees...
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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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October 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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.
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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
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...
edworkingpapers.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1302
With absolute dream team @mimiarnoldlyon.bsky.social @stevebholt.bsky.social & PhD student Ji Hyun Byeon
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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. :-)
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. :-)
October 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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. :-)
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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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.
Small animal ultrasound, $779.99
Taxpayers are subsidizing pet pregnancy care while public schools scrape for basics.
October 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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.
Small animal ultrasound, $779.99
Taxpayers are subsidizing pet pregnancy care while public schools scrape for basics.
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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-...
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
September 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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-...
www.the74million.org/article/now-...
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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...
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...
employment.tc.columbia.edu
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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...
employment.tc.columbia.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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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
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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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.
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
www.the74million.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Valuable work that should inform our understanding of the complicated political dynamics underlying anti-public school, anti-teacher union backlash to COVID policies.
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Thank you!
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!
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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...
www.pbump.net
August 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Thank you!
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Erika McEntarfer, fired as BLS head by Trump
…got her PhD in 2002
…has 47 publications
…which have 1327 citations
…got her PhD in 2002
…has 47 publications
…which have 1327 citations
August 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Erika McEntarfer, fired as BLS head by Trump
…got her PhD in 2002
…has 47 publications
…which have 1327 citations
…got her PhD in 2002
…has 47 publications
…which have 1327 citations
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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.
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."
August 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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.
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.
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.
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
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: Frankly, the media industry across this country needs a course correction
July 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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.
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The multi-year increase in aggressive and indiscriminate enforcement could cause millions of workers to lose their jobs
July 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The multi-year increase in aggressive and indiscriminate enforcement could cause millions of workers to lose their jobs
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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...
"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...
July 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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...
"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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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.
@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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June 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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.
@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.
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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
June 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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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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
June 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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