Haeryun Kim
@haeryunkim.bsky.social
Ph.D. Student of Education Policy, Organization, & Leadership, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | K-12 Education Policy; School Finance and Teacher Labor Market
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The Operations of School Hiring Committees: Committees’ Preferences, Agreement, and Hiring Outcomes
This study explores the operation of school hiring committees using data from one district in Illinois, including candidate rankings, handwritten interview notes, and hiring outcomes. We find that ...
www.tandfonline.com
🚨 New paper from me and my advisor, @paul-bruno.com! Using unique hiring data from a school district in Illinois, we examined how school hiring committees operate, focusing on their inter-rater agreement and what characteristics they prioritize in applicants.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
Our recent paper on hiring committees was featured in our college news👇 This study was supported by a Public Engagement Faculty Fellowship from @educationillinois.bsky.social. Many thanks to my co-author and advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and to the school district for this valuable partnership!
Congratulations to @paul-bruno.com, an assistant professor, and Haeryun Kim, a Ph.D. student at EPOL, on their new publication in the journal Leadership and Policy in Schools.
Their research uses unique data from a school district in Central Illinois to study how teacher hiring committees work.
Their research uses unique data from a school district in Central Illinois to study how teacher hiring committees work.
EPOL Team Publishes Research as Part of Public Engagement Fellowship Program
blogs.illinois.edu
February 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Our recent paper on hiring committees was featured in our college news👇 This study was supported by a Public Engagement Faculty Fellowship from @educationillinois.bsky.social. Many thanks to my co-author and advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and to the school district for this valuable partnership!
Resharing our paper for anyone who may have missed it and is interested in school hiring practices!
🚨 New paper from me and my advisor, @paul-bruno.com! Using unique hiring data from a school district in Illinois, we examined how school hiring committees operate, focusing on their inter-rater agreement and what characteristics they prioritize in applicants.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
The Operations of School Hiring Committees: Committees’ Preferences, Agreement, and Hiring Outcomes
This study explores the operation of school hiring committees using data from one district in Illinois, including candidate rankings, handwritten interview notes, and hiring outcomes. We find that ...
www.tandfonline.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Resharing our paper for anyone who may have missed it and is interested in school hiring practices!
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
School districts have SO MUCH data just waiting to be transformed into insights and I love how Haeryun and Paul made use of that in this study.
❗️❗️The strength of this study lies in the data we use:
(1) committees’ paper evaluation forms, noting candidate strengths and weaknesses.
(2) interview ballots indicating the rank-ordered preference of each committee member for each candidate.
(3) Information on ultimately hired candidates.
(1) committees’ paper evaluation forms, noting candidate strengths and weaknesses.
(2) interview ballots indicating the rank-ordered preference of each committee member for each candidate.
(3) Information on ultimately hired candidates.
January 29, 2026 at 3:46 PM
School districts have SO MUCH data just waiting to be transformed into insights and I love how Haeryun and Paul made use of that in this study.
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
Look forward to reading this impressive study diving deep into school hiring practices.
🚨 New paper from me and my advisor, @paul-bruno.com! Using unique hiring data from a school district in Illinois, we examined how school hiring committees operate, focusing on their inter-rater agreement and what characteristics they prioritize in applicants.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
The Operations of School Hiring Committees: Committees’ Preferences, Agreement, and Hiring Outcomes
This study explores the operation of school hiring committees using data from one district in Illinois, including candidate rankings, handwritten interview notes, and hiring outcomes. We find that ...
www.tandfonline.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Look forward to reading this impressive study diving deep into school hiring practices.
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
Massive credit to Haeryun for making this possible. The data were hard copies and handwritten when we got them!
❗️❗️The strength of this study lies in the data we use:
(1) committees’ paper evaluation forms, noting candidate strengths and weaknesses.
(2) interview ballots indicating the rank-ordered preference of each committee member for each candidate.
(3) Information on ultimately hired candidates.
(1) committees’ paper evaluation forms, noting candidate strengths and weaknesses.
(2) interview ballots indicating the rank-ordered preference of each committee member for each candidate.
(3) Information on ultimately hired candidates.
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Massive credit to Haeryun for making this possible. The data were hard copies and handwritten when we got them!
🚨 New paper from me and my advisor, @paul-bruno.com! Using unique hiring data from a school district in Illinois, we examined how school hiring committees operate, focusing on their inter-rater agreement and what characteristics they prioritize in applicants.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
The Operations of School Hiring Committees: Committees’ Preferences, Agreement, and Hiring Outcomes
This study explores the operation of school hiring committees using data from one district in Illinois, including candidate rankings, handwritten interview notes, and hiring outcomes. We find that ...
www.tandfonline.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:07 PM
🚨 New paper from me and my advisor, @paul-bruno.com! Using unique hiring data from a school district in Illinois, we examined how school hiring committees operate, focusing on their inter-rater agreement and what characteristics they prioritize in applicants.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/J2TJW...
Last week, I presented ongoing work with my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, at #2025APAMM, as part of an amazing panel! Our work examined how school hiring committees operate using actual hiring data from one Illinois school district. I truly appreciated attentive listening and insightful discussion! :)
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Last week, I presented ongoing work with my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, at #2025APAMM, as part of an amazing panel! Our work examined how school hiring committees operate using actual hiring data from one Illinois school district. I truly appreciated attentive listening and insightful discussion! :)
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
We know the school finance matters to the kids and the compensation matters to the teachers but we don't actually know much about how to trade off between different things in that general area. bsky.app/profile/paul...
The main focus of the chapter is what we know about the teacher supply and the evidence for those things. But I also conclude with a brief discussion of some issues that I think are both important and more poorly understood.
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We know the school finance matters to the kids and the compensation matters to the teachers but we don't actually know much about how to trade off between different things in that general area. bsky.app/profile/paul...
Excited to share that our work was featured!
The summary thread for this work is available here: bsky.app/profile/paul..., shared by @paul-bruno.com!
The summary thread for this work is available here: bsky.app/profile/paul..., shared by @paul-bruno.com!
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Excited to share that our work was featured!
The summary thread for this work is available here: bsky.app/profile/paul..., shared by @paul-bruno.com!
The summary thread for this work is available here: bsky.app/profile/paul..., shared by @paul-bruno.com!
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
One of the things that I find interesting in this work is that the relationship between teacher applications/slot and poverty is different for traditional public and charter schools. Here's a pic, you'll have to read the paper for more on this!
October 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
One of the things that I find interesting in this work is that the relationship between teacher applications/slot and poverty is different for traditional public and charter schools. Here's a pic, you'll have to read the paper for more on this!
🔔 Our new working paper is out at EdWorkingPapers!
Using our unique, self-collected longitudinal data on CS policies, we examined their impact on postsecondary CS participation.
If you’re curious about the details of our work, please check it out here👇 (@paul-bruno.com shared a cool summary!)
Using our unique, self-collected longitudinal data on CS policies, we examined their impact on postsecondary CS participation.
If you’re curious about the details of our work, please check it out here👇 (@paul-bruno.com shared a cool summary!)
We have a new EdWorkingPaper up, from @edutuan.bsky.social, @haeryunkim.bsky.social, Chanh Lam, Mariam Saffar Pérez, Jinyoung Hur, Colleen Lewis, and me:
The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301
The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1301
The Effects of K-12 Computer Science Education Policies on Postsecondary CS Participation
States have increasingly adopted policies to promote computer science education at the elementary and secondary levels. These policies are intended, in part, to promote the pursuit of computer science...
edworkingpapers.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🔔 Our new working paper is out at EdWorkingPapers!
Using our unique, self-collected longitudinal data on CS policies, we examined their impact on postsecondary CS participation.
If you’re curious about the details of our work, please check it out here👇 (@paul-bruno.com shared a cool summary!)
Using our unique, self-collected longitudinal data on CS policies, we examined their impact on postsecondary CS participation.
If you’re curious about the details of our work, please check it out here👇 (@paul-bruno.com shared a cool summary!)
From my experience, presenting to the Quantitative Working Group in my department is a great opportunity to practice sharing your work and to receive constructive feedback from faculty and peers. I highly recommend taking advantage of it!
For grad students or postdocs out there: let me know if you'd like to present in my department's (Ed Policy, Org, & Leadership) Quantitative Working Group meeting Wednesday of next week (October 8) at 3pm Central time. Work at any stage is fine, it's very informal. I have a presenter gap this month.
September 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
From my experience, presenting to the Quantitative Working Group in my department is a great opportunity to practice sharing your work and to receive constructive feedback from faculty and peers. I highly recommend taking advantage of it!
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
A study by Jennifer Nelson and @paul-bruno.com looked at hiring practices in Los Angeles schools. They found that despite a standardized screening system to find teachers, principals often use hiring strategies outside the system to find new candidates.
More: education.illinois.edu/about/news-e...
More: education.illinois.edu/about/news-e...
Los Angeles School District Principals’ Views on Teacher Hiring System Vary Widely
education.illinois.edu
August 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A study by Jennifer Nelson and @paul-bruno.com looked at hiring practices in Los Angeles schools. They found that despite a standardized screening system to find teachers, principals often use hiring strategies outside the system to find new candidates.
More: education.illinois.edu/about/news-e...
More: education.illinois.edu/about/news-e...
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
If we're heading into summer that means academic job market season is looming. As a reminder, my collected tips are here (along with my standing offer to set up time to chat with folks): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips...
Some Basic Tips About the Academic Job Market – Paul Bruno
www.paul-bruno.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
If we're heading into summer that means academic job market season is looming. As a reminder, my collected tips are here (along with my standing offer to set up time to chat with folks): www.paul-bruno.com/2021/07/tips...
Please let us know if you’re interested in joining our AERA symposium submission below!👇 Our paper is about the impact of computer science (CS) education policies.
Let me know if you have any interesting in participating in symposium submission to AERA this cycle. Our team has a paper on nationwide computer science education policies and their effects, which could go in multiple thematic directions (CSed, teacher production, undergrad major choice, etc).
June 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Please let us know if you’re interested in joining our AERA symposium submission below!👇 Our paper is about the impact of computer science (CS) education policies.
🚨If you're curious about who teaches computer science (CS) in high school, check out my advisor @paul-bruno.com's recent paper! It shows cool findings on the relationship between CS teachers' backgrounds and student outcomes.
It turns out that besides the uncorrected version of this paper on my website I have 50 free eprints for folks, so if that's of interest: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GAU9Z...
Who teaches high-school computer science and does it matter?
High schools have rapidly increased the availability of computer science (CS) courses. One challenge for these expansions is staffing CS classrooms with qualified teachers.This study provides novel...
www.tandfonline.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🚨If you're curious about who teaches computer science (CS) in high school, check out my advisor @paul-bruno.com's recent paper! It shows cool findings on the relationship between CS teachers' backgrounds and student outcomes.
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
I went on BAM Radio to talk teacher shortages. www.bamradionetwork.com/track/the-my...
The Myths We Need to Shatter to Set Realistic, Clear-Eyed Expectations for Teaching and Teachers
Jon Harper with Annette Ponnock, PhD, Amir Taron Aryes, Robert Pondiscio, Devon Beck, and Dr. Rachelle Dené Poth, JD This conversation delves into the pressing issue of teacher shortages across the Un...
www.bamradionetwork.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I went on BAM Radio to talk teacher shortages. www.bamradionetwork.com/track/the-my...
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
ICYMI, now with results summary thread!
🔔 Excited to share that my paper, “Who Takes Computer Science in High School? Intersectional and Longitudinal Evidence,” has been published!: doi.org/10.1177/1478....
Huge thanks to my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and also to Dr. Colleen M. Lewis and @rhp.bsky.social for their generous feedback💪🏻
Huge thanks to my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and also to Dr. Colleen M. Lewis and @rhp.bsky.social for their generous feedback💪🏻
May 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
ICYMI, now with results summary thread!
🔔 Excited to share that my paper, “Who Takes Computer Science in High School? Intersectional and Longitudinal Evidence,” has been published!: doi.org/10.1177/1478....
Huge thanks to my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and also to Dr. Colleen M. Lewis and @rhp.bsky.social for their generous feedback💪🏻
Huge thanks to my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and also to Dr. Colleen M. Lewis and @rhp.bsky.social for their generous feedback💪🏻
May 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🔔 Excited to share that my paper, “Who Takes Computer Science in High School? Intersectional and Longitudinal Evidence,” has been published!: doi.org/10.1177/1478....
Huge thanks to my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and also to Dr. Colleen M. Lewis and @rhp.bsky.social for their generous feedback💪🏻
Huge thanks to my advisor, @paul-bruno.com, and also to Dr. Colleen M. Lewis and @rhp.bsky.social for their generous feedback💪🏻
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
I appreciate the coverage of some of our computer science teacher work from the News Bureau. news.illinois.edu/computer-sci...
Computer science teachers may be better qualified than their peers – News Bureau
news.illinois.edu
April 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I appreciate the coverage of some of our computer science teacher work from the News Bureau. news.illinois.edu/computer-sci...
Reposted by Haeryun Kim
Nice coverage of my recent work on school staff shortages from the UIUC News Bureau.//Staff shortages exceed those for teachers in many Illinois public schools
news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...
news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...
March 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nice coverage of my recent work on school staff shortages from the UIUC News Bureau.//Staff shortages exceed those for teachers in many Illinois public schools
news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...
news.illinois.edu/staff-shorta...