Brian Holzman
@brianholzman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, College of Education & Human Development || Soc of ed, higher ed, ed policy, race/immigration/language, & RPPs || "a noted dog enthusiast"
www.brianholzman.com
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🚨 New article out in Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis
“Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity”
🔗: doi.org/10.3102/0162... (open access!)
#SocEd #HigherEd #EdPolicy #EL
🚨 New article out in Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis
“Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity”
🔗: doi.org/10.3102/0162... (open access!)
#SocEd #HigherEd #EdPolicy #EL
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New study: Drawing on categorical inequality concepts & leveled tracking, this study explores how EL labeling limits access to college-level course-taking; finding differences in postsecondary outcomes vary by reclassification timing & disparities in college-level coursework.https://buff.ly/lPeK4G8
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January 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
New study: Drawing on categorical inequality concepts & leveled tracking, this study explores how EL labeling limits access to college-level course-taking; finding differences in postsecondary outcomes vary by reclassification timing & disparities in college-level coursework.https://buff.ly/lPeK4G8
Our paper, “EMERGEing Educational Opportunities,” is now assigned to an issue in Education Finance & Policy. First online in summer 2025, it uses sharp RD to estimate effects of intensive advising on selective college outcomes for high-achieving, low-SES students.
doi.org/10.1162/edfp...
doi.org/10.1162/edfp...
January 14, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Our paper, “EMERGEing Educational Opportunities,” is now assigned to an issue in Education Finance & Policy. First online in summer 2025, it uses sharp RD to estimate effects of intensive advising on selective college outcomes for high-achieving, low-SES students.
doi.org/10.1162/edfp...
doi.org/10.1162/edfp...
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🚨 New article out in Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis
“Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity”
🔗: doi.org/10.3102/0162... (open access!)
#SocEd #HigherEd #EdPolicy #EL
🚨 New article out in Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis
“Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity”
🔗: doi.org/10.3102/0162... (open access!)
#SocEd #HigherEd #EdPolicy #EL
January 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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🚨 New article out in Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis
“Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity”
🔗: doi.org/10.3102/0162... (open access!)
#SocEd #HigherEd #EdPolicy #EL
🚨 New article out in Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis
“Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity”
🔗: doi.org/10.3102/0162... (open access!)
#SocEd #HigherEd #EdPolicy #EL
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Digital incentives increase parent survey participation, but language matters. Higher incentives and clearer options lead to more equitable engagement, from Kalena Cortes, Brian Holzman, Melissa D. Gentry, and Miranda I. Lambert www.nber.org/papers/w34653
January 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Digital incentives increase parent survey participation, but language matters. Higher incentives and clearer options lead to more equitable engagement, from Kalena Cortes, Brian Holzman, Melissa D. Gentry, and Miranda I. Lambert www.nber.org/papers/w34653
Reposted by Brian Holzman
The same old story about the intractability of poverty—and the uphill efforts of those who help students work past it—needs retelling in as many ways as we can.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/18/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/18/t...
Texas college completion rises, low-income students left behind
Economically disadvantaged students are much less likely to go on and attain degrees, according to new state data that tracks long-term outcomes.
www.texastribune.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The same old story about the intractability of poverty—and the uphill efforts of those who help students work past it—needs retelling in as many ways as we can.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/18/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/18/t...
Reposted by Brian Holzman
More Texas students complete journey through college, but low-income students still left behind.
Texas college completion rises, low-income students left behind
Economically disadvantaged students are much less likely to go on and attain degrees, according to new state data that tracks long-term outcomes.
www.texastribune.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
More Texas students complete journey through college, but low-income students still left behind.
Reposted by Brian Holzman
Texas tracks the long-term outcomes of public school students. See how your school district compares here.
Texas school district higher education outcomes lookup
Newly-released state data tracked the long-term outcomes of public school students who enrolled a decade ago.
www.texastribune.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Texas tracks the long-term outcomes of public school students. See how your school district compares here.
Reposted by Brian Holzman
Institutional Social Capital and Postsecondary Outcomes: https://osf.io/8arh6
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Institutional Social Capital and Postsecondary Outcomes: https://osf.io/8arh6
Reposted by Brian Holzman
Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Sorted and Tracked: English Learners, College-Level Course-Taking in High School, and Postsecondary Opportunity journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3...
Finally approved after 7 months 🥳😅
Have any NCES data users gotten a disclosure review approved for a paper/report since spring? I've been waiting for 6+ months 😞
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Finally approved after 7 months 🥳😅
A third-year PhD advisee of mine is interested in remote summer research associate/fellowship opportunities. She already knows about RAND's summer associate program . . . are there others?
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A third-year PhD advisee of mine is interested in remote summer research associate/fellowship opportunities. She already knows about RAND's summer associate program . . . are there others?
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Who Lives in a STEM Desert?: https://osf.io/s8wzv
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Who Lives in a STEM Desert?: https://osf.io/s8wzv
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I highly recommend this postdoc at the @annenberginstitute.bsky.social! If anyone is considering applying, I’m happy to chat about what the postdoc was like for me and what it’s been like living in Providence. Feel free to reach out!
📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg!
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I highly recommend this postdoc at the @annenberginstitute.bsky.social! If anyone is considering applying, I’m happy to chat about what the postdoc was like for me and what it’s been like living in Providence. Feel free to reach out!
Reposted by Brian Holzman
📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg!
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
📢 New postdoc opportunity at Annenberg!
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
The Annenberg Institute is seeking a postdoctoral research associate for a 2‐year appointment to join a diverse community of scholars committed to educational equity and improvement!
More info here: annenberg.brown.edu/opportunitie...
Have any NCES data users gotten a disclosure review approved for a paper/report since spring? I've been waiting for 6+ months 😞
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Have any NCES data users gotten a disclosure review approved for a paper/report since spring? I've been waiting for 6+ months 😞
Check out @melissadgentry.bsky.social's job market paper on transportation for people with disabilities ⬇️
She also conducts great research in the economics of education, including work on a parental engagement RCT.
She also conducts great research in the economics of education, including work on a parental engagement RCT.
I am excited to announce I am on the #EconJobMarket this year! 🎉 My research explores economic barriers for people with disabilities at the intersection of labor, public, and health economics.
My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
My #EconJMP examines how reliable transportation transforms outcomes for this population. 🧵1/6
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Check out @melissadgentry.bsky.social's job market paper on transportation for people with disabilities ⬇️
She also conducts great research in the economics of education, including work on a parental engagement RCT.
She also conducts great research in the economics of education, including work on a parental engagement RCT.
Reposted by Brian Holzman
Digital Incentives in Surveys: Response Rates and Sociodemographic Effects in a Large-Scale Parental Nudge Intervention: https://osf.io/rtj4e
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Digital Incentives in Surveys: Response Rates and Sociodemographic Effects in a Large-Scale Parental Nudge Intervention: https://osf.io/rtj4e
🚨 New preprint!
We examine how Texas’s high-school endorsement system (similar to majors)—especially STEM—shapes college choice. Rather than expanding opportunity, the STEM endorsement largely reflects pre-existing academic advantages and rebrands old sorting practices.
We examine how Texas’s high-school endorsement system (similar to majors)—especially STEM—shapes college choice. Rather than expanding opportunity, the STEM endorsement largely reflects pre-existing academic advantages and rebrands old sorting practices.
October 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🚨 New preprint!
We examine how Texas’s high-school endorsement system (similar to majors)—especially STEM—shapes college choice. Rather than expanding opportunity, the STEM endorsement largely reflects pre-existing academic advantages and rebrands old sorting practices.
We examine how Texas’s high-school endorsement system (similar to majors)—especially STEM—shapes college choice. Rather than expanding opportunity, the STEM endorsement largely reflects pre-existing academic advantages and rebrands old sorting practices.
Reposted by Brian Holzman
The Texas A&M College of Education & Human Development Ph.D. program in Educational Administration, PK-12 Leadership & Policy will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM CT.
Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
September 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Texas A&M College of Education & Human Development Ph.D. program in Educational Administration, PK-12 Leadership & Policy will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM CT.
Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
📢 Are you interested in studying Educational Leadership & Policy? Come join me next Tuesday evening at 7pm CT to learn about our PhD program at Texas A&M!
Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
September 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 Are you interested in studying Educational Leadership & Policy? Come join me next Tuesday evening at 7pm CT to learn about our PhD program at Texas A&M!
Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
The Texas A&M College of Education & Human Development Ph.D. program in Educational Administration, PK-12 Leadership & Policy will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM CT.
Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
September 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Texas A&M College of Education & Human Development Ph.D. program in Educational Administration, PK-12 Leadership & Policy will host an informational webinar on Tuesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM CT.
Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
Join us to learn more about our program! Register here: bit.ly/4p2OMuw
📢 New working paper with Daniel Klasik & Angel Jones:
"The Many Paths to College Enrollment: Re-Conceptualizing the Transition to College"
We propose a new college choice model that captures the diverse, nonlinear pathways students take to college.
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1269
"The Many Paths to College Enrollment: Re-Conceptualizing the Transition to College"
We propose a new college choice model that captures the diverse, nonlinear pathways students take to college.
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1269
August 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
📢 New working paper with Daniel Klasik & Angel Jones:
"The Many Paths to College Enrollment: Re-Conceptualizing the Transition to College"
We propose a new college choice model that captures the diverse, nonlinear pathways students take to college.
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1269
"The Many Paths to College Enrollment: Re-Conceptualizing the Transition to College"
We propose a new college choice model that captures the diverse, nonlinear pathways students take to college.
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1269
Postdoc at the Houston Education Research Consortium at Rice University: bit.ly/45voJmA
Postdoctoral Associate - Kinder Institute for Urban Research
The Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a program of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research (KIUR) at Rice University, is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow with expertise in education...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Postdoc at the Houston Education Research Consortium at Rice University: bit.ly/45voJmA
August 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM