Caitlin Kearney
@caitlinkearney.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Purdue University, Department of Sociology | Ed Policy PhD from UNC Chapel Hill
I use sociological theories of organizations to study education policy!
I use sociological theories of organizations to study education policy!
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If your Friday brain is fried like mine, whatever you're looking for is probably in the AEFP live Handbook. Hopefully, this saves others from annoyingly texting their co-authors @caitlinkearney.bsky.social
livehandbook.org
livehandbook.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
If your Friday brain is fried like mine, whatever you're looking for is probably in the AEFP live Handbook. Hopefully, this saves others from annoyingly texting their co-authors @caitlinkearney.bsky.social
livehandbook.org
livehandbook.org
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🚨 New working paper!
I examine how universities and students use federal TEACH Grants, how these grants change recipients’ financial aid packages and out-of-pocket costs, and their relationship to students’ decisions to pursue teaching degrees.
Read it here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1278
I examine how universities and students use federal TEACH Grants, how these grants change recipients’ financial aid packages and out-of-pocket costs, and their relationship to students’ decisions to pursue teaching degrees.
Read it here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1278
Financial Aid For Future Educators: Assessing A Federal Grant's Impact On Students' Postsecondary Decisions
Created in 2007, the federal TEACH grant program is a large federal financial aid program that seeks to attract postsecondary students to the teaching profession by providing financial assistance to h...
edworkingpapers.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨 New working paper!
I examine how universities and students use federal TEACH Grants, how these grants change recipients’ financial aid packages and out-of-pocket costs, and their relationship to students’ decisions to pursue teaching degrees.
Read it here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1278
I examine how universities and students use federal TEACH Grants, how these grants change recipients’ financial aid packages and out-of-pocket costs, and their relationship to students’ decisions to pursue teaching degrees.
Read it here: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1278
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Do profs respond to student evaluations?
On average? Nope.
Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do.
But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers.
"Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On average? Nope.
Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do.
But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers.
"Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Do profs respond to student evaluations?
On average? Nope.
Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do.
But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers.
"Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On average? Nope.
Those who have a more positive view of their own teaching do.
But all of these responses are driven by the female teachers.
"Male teachers appear to be unresponsive to student feedback."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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If you missed this the first time—there's still time to sign up! I’ll start matching papers after Friday, May 16, so get yours in before then if you want to participate. The submissions so far are super exciting, and I can't wait to see more!
🚨Organizing a paper swap for early career edu policy researchers.🚨
Share a nearly-complete draft, exchange feedback, and connect with peers.
Great if you’ve got a lingering project or diss chapter that could use feedback and soft deadlines to move it forward this summer.
Sign up & learn more here:
Share a nearly-complete draft, exchange feedback, and connect with peers.
Great if you’ve got a lingering project or diss chapter that could use feedback and soft deadlines to move it forward this summer.
Sign up & learn more here:
Education Policy Early Career Paper Swap
The goal is to create an opportunity for early career scholars and recent Ph.D. graduates to connect with peers at similar stages and receive constructive feedback on article-length drafts they’re pre...
docs.google.com
May 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you missed this the first time—there's still time to sign up! I’ll start matching papers after Friday, May 16, so get yours in before then if you want to participate. The submissions so far are super exciting, and I can't wait to see more!
Reposted by Caitlin Kearney
🚨Organizing a paper swap for early career edu policy researchers.🚨
Share a nearly-complete draft, exchange feedback, and connect with peers.
Great if you’ve got a lingering project or diss chapter that could use feedback and soft deadlines to move it forward this summer.
Sign up & learn more here:
Share a nearly-complete draft, exchange feedback, and connect with peers.
Great if you’ve got a lingering project or diss chapter that could use feedback and soft deadlines to move it forward this summer.
Sign up & learn more here:
Education Policy Early Career Paper Swap
The goal is to create an opportunity for early career scholars and recent Ph.D. graduates to connect with peers at similar stages and receive constructive feedback on article-length drafts they’re pre...
docs.google.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🚨Organizing a paper swap for early career edu policy researchers.🚨
Share a nearly-complete draft, exchange feedback, and connect with peers.
Great if you’ve got a lingering project or diss chapter that could use feedback and soft deadlines to move it forward this summer.
Sign up & learn more here:
Share a nearly-complete draft, exchange feedback, and connect with peers.
Great if you’ve got a lingering project or diss chapter that could use feedback and soft deadlines to move it forward this summer.
Sign up & learn more here:
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Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
March 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
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Our friends at Brookings have been preparing for this moment. www.brookings.edu/collection/w...
Why we have and need a US Department of Education
This series considers what the U.S. Department of Education does to shape education policy and practice in the United States.
www.brookings.edu
March 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Our friends at Brookings have been preparing for this moment. www.brookings.edu/collection/w...
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Can we go back to freedom fries, at least that was funny
March 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Can we go back to freedom fries, at least that was funny
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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
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Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
Yes and...chronically absent is defined as teachers that miss 10 or more days, although half (or more) of these days are ones they are allotted as sick or personal days. 1/4 www.the74million.org/article/40-o...
40% of Chicago Teachers Are Chronically Absent. Those Gaps Carry Real Costs
Aldeman: Nationwide, educator attendance has dropped since COVID. It could be a symptom of employee dissatisfaction, or of larger problems in schools.
www.the74million.org
January 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Yes and...chronically absent is defined as teachers that miss 10 or more days, although half (or more) of these days are ones they are allotted as sick or personal days. 1/4 www.the74million.org/article/40-o...
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Register to hear @kirabojackson.bsky.social discuss his experiences as a member of President Biden's Council of Economic Advisers. He'll talk with Andrew Papachristos, director of @ipratnu.bsky.social.
🗓️ Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025
⏳ 5 to 6 p.m. CT
📍 Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium
✏️ spr.ly/0575.
🗓️ Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025
⏳ 5 to 6 p.m. CT
📍 Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium
✏️ spr.ly/0575.
December 12, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Register to hear @kirabojackson.bsky.social discuss his experiences as a member of President Biden's Council of Economic Advisers. He'll talk with Andrew Papachristos, director of @ipratnu.bsky.social.
🗓️ Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025
⏳ 5 to 6 p.m. CT
📍 Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium
✏️ spr.ly/0575.
🗓️ Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025
⏳ 5 to 6 p.m. CT
📍 Kellogg Global Hub, White Auditorium
✏️ spr.ly/0575.
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Look out 👀 Sociology of Education the ASA journal is on BlueSky! We will be up and running in the new year! @soceducation.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Look out 👀 Sociology of Education the ASA journal is on BlueSky! We will be up and running in the new year! @soceducation.bsky.social
A brilliant former student is in need of help. ❤️https://gofund.me/d56a3b96
Donate to Help a Black Genderqueer Student Secure a Safe Future., organized by Charlene Stines
Hello all, my name is Kyle Gaff. Many of you may know me as Cha… Charlene Stines needs your support for Help a Black Genderqueer Student Secure a Safe Future.
gofund.me
December 9, 2024 at 4:20 PM
A brilliant former student is in need of help. ❤️https://gofund.me/d56a3b96
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Lovely story about how schools and their staffs became the center of community recovery efforts in McDowell County after Hurricane Helene by @arielgilreath.bsky.social
hechingerreport.org/school-buses...
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School buses provided by McDowell County Schools helped a hurricane-battered medical plant come back to service - The Hechinger Report
McDowell County schools, in western North Carolina, helped to blunt the community impact from Hurricane Helene in late September. Following the storm, medical company Baxter International and official...
hechingerreport.org
December 2, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Lovely story about how schools and their staffs became the center of community recovery efforts in McDowell County after Hurricane Helene by @arielgilreath.bsky.social
hechingerreport.org/school-buses...
hechingerreport.org/school-buses...
New article alert! We investigate the factors associated with the uptake of school-sponsored research: doi.org/10.3102/0002...
Offer It and They Will Come? An Investigation of the Factors Associated With the Uptake of School-Sp...
In response to economic distress, schools are increasingly serving as providers and distributors of social service resources. However, even when schools offer r...
doi.org
December 13, 2023 at 10:31 PM
New article alert! We investigate the factors associated with the uptake of school-sponsored research: doi.org/10.3102/0002...