Judith Scott-Clayton

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton

@jscottclayton.bsky.social

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Professor of Economics & Education at Teachers College. Affiliations: NBER, CCRC, former Senior Economist at CEA (2022-23). This is a personal account.

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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Calvin K. Lai, Joshua Goodman , and 8 more Richard S.J. Tol, Calvin K. Lai, Joshua Goodman, Niclas Berggren, Daniel W. Drezner, Aaron Sojourner, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Amy W. Ando, Roddy Theobald, Judith Scott-Clayton, Peter Bergman

Sarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 17h

📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣

"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu

Screenshot of working paper: The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 6d

Yay I can go to bed early 🥰

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 9d

Update: me frantically, and belatedly, dumping out last night’s leftover stickers to pick out the AI fails.

Motivational stickers in flouncy fonts reading things like “CREAT your OWN FUTURE”, “Success SERIES small THINGS george” and my personal favorite, “MOST DAYS I HAVE idea WHAT I’M DOING”

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 10d

🥰 glad I’m already safely sitting on my fainting couch! Thank you for your brilliant writing and thinking (most recently, really appreciated your NYT essay from 2 days ago) and in general for being an inspiration on multiple levels

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 10d

parents somewhere frantically dumping out their kids’ candy bags to pick out the dangerous ideas

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Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 10d

I am dying laughing as one kid, who took a little longer to pick bc he didn’t want candy (braces), saw the Declaration of Independence and then had to run to catch up w/ his friends, unsuccessfully yelling over their howls and hoots “Guys - guys, guys - GUYS! I GOT A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!!!”

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Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 10d

Our Halloween offerings this year.

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 12d

Private nonprofits cannot replace federal food assistance, which is scheduled to run out this Saturday. But they can help soften the blow. I started a “virtual food drive” for City Harvest. Consider donating to this or another organization in your community. secure.cityharvest.org/site/TR/VFD/...

Virtual Food Drive, VFD FY26: Judith Scott-Clayton - City Harvest

secure.cityharvest.org

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 23d

🖐️ awesome! I was on the student newspaper at my HS and got to go to journalism camp one summer at IU. I distinctly remember one panel on the First Amendment and how it applied to student papers at public schools (because I went to a private HS and we couldn’t write about sh*t).

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 23d

More scenes from Midtown NYC today.

Beautiful mass of protesters in Times Square on October 18th, 2025. Man with rainbow American flag in center foreground. Lots of No Kings signs and tkts booth in background.

More Times Square protesters. A sign reading “COURAGE IS CONTAGIOUS” is in the right foreground, in front of a massive ad for Line Friends plushies.

Heads of protesters, most with greying hair, one with bright yellow sign reading “I AM HERE BECAUSE I LOVE AMERICA”

An adult person in full frog costume, with a small kid also in full frog costume, with NO KINGS IN AMERICA and FROGS FOR FREEDOM signs, are delighted to meet another adult person in a fully inflated frog costume, with a sign reading FROGS TOGETHER STRONG. They pose for a photo near Times Square.

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · 23d

A few scenes from Times Square protest march today.

Spouse and I with one of our signs reading “WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY”

Person in full frog costume, standing on a trash can in front of the Times Square Bubba Gump’s restaurant, with a sign reading “DO I LOOK LIKE THE ENEMY WITHIN?”

Lots of New Yorkers marching with colorful signs past 44th and 7th Ave, with CBS News and Raising Cane’s in the background. Signs read, WE’RE FAILING AN OPEN-BOOK HISTORY TEST, WE LOVE AMERICA, STAND UP AGAINST ICE, STOP State Terror - Solidarity With Our Immigrant Neighbors, and The Bodhisattva Stands Up - This is Walking Meditation

New Yorker casually stands on midtown street corner holding a sign reading: YOU KNOW IT’S BAD IF NEW YORKERS ARE WALKING THIS SLOW.

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CJ Libassi @clibassi.bsky.social · 28d

🧵 New working paper! In joint work w/ @jscottclayton.bsky.social, Veronica Minaya, & Joshua Thomas, we use admin data from a large public univ system to examine earnings gaps for high- vs low-SES college grads 5 years out & the role of first jobs in explaining the gaps. 1/ www.nber.org/papers/w34366

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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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 28d

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

www.nber.org

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 9 more Brendan Nyhan, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Rosemary A. Joyce, Joseph Schafer, Robert C. Richards, Rebecca Tushnet, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Aaron Sojourner, Judith Scott-Clayton, Kate Starbird, Greg Linden

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · Oct 8

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 New #EdWorkingPapers Policy and Practice Series summary features “The Net Benefits of Raising Bachelor’s Degree Completion Through The City University of New York ACE Program” by @jscottclayton.bsky.social and colleagues!

📄 edworkingpapers.com/policy-pract...
#EdExchange

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Sherman Dorn @shermandorn.com · Aug 12

@jscottclayton.bsky.social quoted in this AZ Republic article on community-college loan repayment issues

Students of Maricopa Community Colleges are falling behind on their loans. What's next?

Experts say federal standards can put community colleges at a disadvantage compared to larger universities.

www.azcentral.com

Reposted by Joshua Goodman, Gema Zamarro, Judith Scott-Clayton

AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · Aug 8

Developing a syllabus for the upcoming academic year? Consider including the AEFP Live Handbook. It provides a dynamic, evolving collection of insights from education finance and policy experts. A digital hub for evidence-based education policy research: livehandbook.org/

Evidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live Handbook

Explore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies.

livehandbook.org

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Daniel Sparks @jdsparks.bsky.social · Aug 4

Since NYT spends 99% of the time talking about elite colleges, its worth highlighting when they put out a great piece on community colleges.

CCs are already under resourced, and the trump cuts to higher ed will limit opportunities for social mobility thru these institutions

How Trump’s War on Higher Education Is Hitting Community Colleges

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Joshua Goodman, David J. Berri, Judith Scott-Clayton , and 2 more Joshua Goodman, David J. Berri, Judith Scott-Clayton, Kris Hardies, Dietmar Fehr

John A. List @johnlist.bsky.social · Aug 4

Referees make the journal system work. They are selfless in volunteering their time to ensure that our science continues to progress.

All of the great referees out there please know that editors recognize your hard work and tireless effort. We do not always say it, but we do! Thank you.

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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is at once the very most HOPEFUL (it has solidarity, insight, faith in learning) and the most DEVASTATING (look at what Trump has messed up for zero reason and largely by accident as he targeted elite unis) thing you can read about higher ed right now.

Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Colin F. Camerer, Shelly Lundberg, C. Kirabo Jackson , and 1 more Colin F. Camerer, Shelly Lundberg, C. Kirabo Jackson, Judith Scott-Clayton

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Aug 3

Hassett went on TV and claimed you can’t trust the economic data anymore because all the recent revisions are partisan.
A bald-faced lie.
Every serious economist still in this administration should resign. They are actively underminding the US economy by lending their credibility to this horse****

White House economist calls for 'fresh set of eyes at the BLS' after weak jobs report | Fox Business Video

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett discusses the latest jobs report, the firing of the labor statistics chief and the consumer impact of tariffs on 'Fox News Sunday.'

www.foxbusiness.com

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · Aug 2

A lot of stuff is crappy but it is an absolutely gorgeous day for summer street closures in NYC. Can’t wait to get outside!

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thank you for your service! You do not deserve this. ❤️‍🩹

Reposted by Timothy J. Bartik, Aaron Sojourner, Judith Scott-Clayton

Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Aug 1

I was a colleague of Erika's at CEA and can't think of a smarter, more honest person to run BLS. Which is why the president fired her.

Fed govt data is going to be a lot harder to trust going forward.

Michael R Strain @michaelrstrain.bsky.social · Aug 1

Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.

#econsky

Dr. Judith Scott-Clayton @jscottclayton.bsky.social · Jul 31

Seriously. This story made my kid late for work this AM (triggered a rant and they forgot where they were going)!

Reposted by Joshua Goodman, Aaron Sojourner, Todd Pugatch , and 2 more Joshua Goodman, Aaron Sojourner, Todd Pugatch, Judith Scott-Clayton, Matthew A. Kraft

Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Jul 29

Excited to announce the call for papers for the inaugural MidSouth Education Policy Workshop, October 16-17, in Lexington, KY!

Send us your abstracts on all things econ of ed & ed policy by 8/27. Grad students & early career folks especially welcome!

Info & link to submit here: bit.ly/44TdiGf

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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · Feb 26

Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published

I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know